Vietnam developing green buildings towards net zero emissions
Vietnam developing green buildings towards net zero emissions

Vietnam is focusing on developing more green works as an effort to achieve net zero emissions by 2050.

Vietnam developing green buildings towards net zero emissions
Three female scientists receive L’Oreal-UNESCO awards
Three female scientists receive L’Oreal-UNESCO awards

Three female scientists were granted the 2022 L'Oreal-UNESCO awards at a ceremony in Hanoi on November 25.

Three female scientists receive L’Oreal-UNESCO awards
HIV infections rise among people under 29
HIV infections rise among people under 29

VOV.VN - The number of young people catching HIV has seen an upward trend recently, with 50% of new cases being under the age of 29.

HIV infections rise among people under 29
Da Nang hosts start-up innovation event
Da Nang hosts start-up innovation event

VOV.VN - The Da Nang Startup and Innovation Festival (SURF) 2022 titled ‘Innovation - Mastering the Future’ officially opened on November 25.

Da Nang hosts start-up innovation event
WB education projects prove effective in Vietnam
WB education projects prove effective in Vietnam

Many projects on education and training funded by the World Bank (WB) have reported good results, affirmed Minister of Education and Training Nguyen Kim Son during his recent working session with Cristian Aedo, Practice Manager for the Global Practice Education in South Asia at the WB.

WB education projects prove effective in Vietnam
Conference seeks to mobilize resources for ethnic minority, mountainous areas
Conference seeks to mobilize resources for ethnic minority, mountainous areas

The building of cooperation programmes to mobilise resources and attract investment for the implementation of the national target programme for socio-economic development in ethnic minority and mountainous areas in 2021-2025 was the focus of an international conference in Hanoi on November 24.

Conference seeks to mobilize resources for ethnic minority, mountainous areas
Ha Giang province, RoK’s Beoun county cooperate in labour export
Ha Giang province, RoK’s Beoun county cooperate in labour export

The People’s Committee of northern Ha Giang province and authorities of Boeun county in the Republic of Korea (RoK)’s Chungcheongbuk province on November 24 signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on the supply of seasonal labourers.

Ha Giang province, RoK’s Beoun county cooperate in labour export
PM chairs nationwide teleconference on policy communication
PM chairs nationwide teleconference on policy communication

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on November 24 chaired a nationwide teleconference on policy communication.

PM chairs nationwide teleconference on policy communication
Binh Duong to host Techfest Vietnam 2022
Binh Duong to host Techfest Vietnam 2022

VOV.VN - The National Innovative Entrepreneurship Day (Techfest Vietnam 2022) due to take place from December 2 to 4 in Binh Duong province is expected to help train local workers to meet market demands, create jobs, and accelerate economic recovery in the post-COVID period.

Binh Duong to host Techfest Vietnam 2022
UFO-shaped clouds shrouding Vietnam mountain
UFO-shaped clouds shrouding Vietnam mountain

VOV.VN - Images of a rare natural phenomenon have been recorded at Ba Den Mountain in the south-western province of Tay Ninh, with its peak surrounded by white clouds which look like unidentified flying objects (UFOs).

UFO-shaped clouds shrouding Vietnam mountain
President Ho Chi Minh – simple but noble example: ICAP leader
President Ho Chi Minh – simple but noble example: ICAP leader

President of the Cuban Institute of Friendship with the Peoples (ICAP) Fernando González Llort has affirmed that late President Ho Chi Minh is an ordinary but noble example.

President Ho Chi Minh – simple but noble example: ICAP leader
Australian professor wins Ho Chi Minh Prize for joint TB research
Australian professor wins Ho Chi Minh Prize for joint TB research

VOV.VN - One of two 2022 Ho Chi Minh Scientific Prize in the area of health care has been presented to a team of 23 respiratory researchers that include three researchers from Australian universities and research institute.

Australian professor wins Ho Chi Minh Prize for joint TB research
Another Hanoi's urban rail system to be tested early next month
Another Hanoi's urban rail system to be tested early next month

The Nhon-Hanoi Railway Station urban rail system in the capital city will undergo a test run starting from December 5 in limited conditions, according Sytra – the consulting contractor of the project.

Another Hanoi's urban rail system to be tested early next month
UNDP and Norway support Vietnamese marine spatial planning
UNDP and Norway support Vietnamese marine spatial planning

VOV.VN - The UN Development Program (UNDP) and the Norwegian Embassy signed an agreement on November 23 in Hanoi to support the planning of national marine space for ocean sustainability and climate change response in the country over the next three years.

UNDP and Norway support Vietnamese marine spatial planning
Young Vietnamese, Cambodian border guard officers meet
Young Vietnamese, Cambodian border guard officers meet

The Vietnam Border Guard High Command held a talks between young Vietnamese and Cambodian border guard officers in the southern province of Kien Giang on November 22-23, as part of their first exchange.

Young Vietnamese, Cambodian border guard officers meet
Nearly 1,100 delegates to attend ninth National Buddhist Congress
Nearly 1,100 delegates to attend ninth National Buddhist Congress

Nearly 1,100 delegates from across the country will attend the ninth National Buddhist Congress, scheduled for November 28-29 in Hanoi, heard a press conference on November 23 to introduce the event.

Nearly 1,100 delegates to attend ninth National Buddhist Congress
Positive results seen in transition of financial resources for HIV/AIDS fight
Positive results seen in transition of financial resources for HIV/AIDS fight

Encouraging results have been recorded in the transition of financial resources for HIV/AIDS prevention and control in Vietnam over the last 10 years, heard a conference in Hanoi on November 23.

Positive results seen in transition of financial resources for HIV/AIDS fight
Workshop seeks measures to minimise tobacco use
Workshop seeks measures to minimise tobacco use

A workshop providing the press with information on the use of tobacco in Vietnam, challenges in minimising tobacco use and solutions to them was held by the Ministry of Information and Communications in Hanoi on November 23.

Workshop seeks measures to minimise tobacco use
85% of healthcare workers develop post-COVID clinical symptoms
85% of healthcare workers develop post-COVID clinical symptoms

About 85% of healthcare workers develop clinical symptoms after contracting COVID-19, with men having more symptoms than women, a study revealed.

85% of healthcare workers develop post-COVID clinical symptoms
Vietnam moves to conserve critically endangered ungulates
Vietnam moves to conserve critically endangered ungulates

The Centre for Nature Conservation and Development and the Department for Nature Conservation and Biodiversity jointly held a consultation meeting on November 22 to finalise a project to receive and raise, and restore the populations of Indian hog deer, Rucervus eldii, giant muntjac, and Truong Son (Annamite) muntjac.

Vietnam moves to conserve critically endangered ungulates
14 arrested for involvement in online football betting
14 arrested for involvement in online football betting

VOV.VN - Southern police forces detained 14 men across Ho Chi Minh City and Dong Nai province on November 21 and November 22 for their alleged involvement in a large football betting ring on the Internet worth trillions of VND.

14 arrested for involvement in online football betting
Meeting helps finalise strategy for species conservation
Meeting helps finalise strategy for species conservation

A meeting to finalise a strategy to raise funds for species conservation in Vietnam was held by the Centre for Nature Conservation and Development in collaboration with the Nature and Biodiversity Conservation Agency under the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment in Hanoi on November 22.

Meeting helps finalise strategy for species conservation
HCM City to host friendship dialogue in December
HCM City to host friendship dialogue in December

The first Ho Chi Minh City Friendship Dialogue (FD HCMC), themed “Resilience Adaptation for Recovery and Development”, will be held on December 2-4 in the city with the participation of over 20 delegations from localities worldwide.

HCM City to host friendship dialogue in December
ISchool food poisoning: hundreds of pupils recovering
ISchool food poisoning: hundreds of pupils recovering

VOV.VN - Hundreds of ISchool Nha Trang suffering food poisoning infections have passed the stage of disease severity and only two are relying on intensive care treatment, according to an official of the Vietnamese Ministry of Health.

ISchool food poisoning: hundreds of pupils recovering
Over 23 million Vietnamese suffer non-communicable diseases
Over 23 million Vietnamese suffer non-communicable diseases

VOV.VN - Roughly 23 million Vietnamese people are suffering from non-communicable diseases (NCDs) that are the leading cause of death in the country, revealed Prof. Nguyen Lan Viet, vice president of the Vietnam National Heart Association, at a conference in Ho Chi Minh City on November 22.

Over 23 million Vietnamese suffer non-communicable diseases
Vietnam wins big at Seoul International Invention Fair
Vietnam wins big at Seoul International Invention Fair

VOV.VN - Vietnam claimed several high prizes on offer at the Seoul International Invention Fair 2022 (SIIF) which was recently held in the Republic of Korea (RoK).

Vietnam wins big at Seoul International Invention Fair
Better Work Vietnam to expand locations and supporting industries
Better Work Vietnam to expand locations and supporting industries

VOV.VN - The Better Work Vietnam programme for the 2023 - 2027 period will be replicated in new locations with new industries involved, alongside other strong industries such as garments, textiles and footwear.

Better Work Vietnam to expand locations and supporting industries
Vietnam hosts int'l symposium on volcanic caves
Vietnam hosts int'l symposium on volcanic caves

VOV.VN - Vietnamese and foreign volcanologists are gathering in Dak Nong province in the Central Highlands for the 20th international symposium on vulcanospeleology (ISV) and a symposium on 15 years of geopark development in Vietnam.

Vietnam hosts int'l symposium on volcanic caves
Vietnam breaks up largest-ever transnational drug smuggling ring
Vietnam breaks up largest-ever transnational drug smuggling ring

VOV.VN - The police broke up a huge transnational drug smuggling ring that has illegally trafficked and distributed a total of 1.6 tonnes of drugs of different types for consumption in Vietnam, according to the Ministry of Public Security.

Vietnam breaks up largest-ever transnational drug smuggling ring
Vietnam’s three medical universities cooperate with Harvard Medical School
Vietnam’s three medical universities cooperate with Harvard Medical School

The Hanoi Medical University, the Hue University of Medicine and Pharmacy and the University of Medicine and Pharmacy at HCMC have signed a partnership with Harvard Medical School (HMS), a graduate medical school of Harvard University, to set up a program for the training, study, and exchange of students and lecturers.

Vietnam’s three medical universities cooperate with Harvard Medical School