USAID, KOICA help mitigate climate change in Vietnam
USAID, KOICA help mitigate climate change in Vietnam

VOV.VN - Representatives of the US Agency for International Development (USAID) and the Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) signed the first Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to reduce pollution, mitigate climate change and accelerate the transition to clean energy in Vietnam.

USAID, KOICA help mitigate climate change in Vietnam
Communications on child labour prevention and reduction stepped up
Communications on child labour prevention and reduction stepped up

VOV.VN -The Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs (MoLISA),in collaboration with Save the Children International (SCI) and Ho Chi Minh City’s Association of Protection of Child Right, has held a conference on enhancing the dissemination work on child protection and child labour prevention.

Communications on child labour prevention and reduction stepped up
V2K mandate to replace 5K protocol in national COVID-19 fight
V2K mandate to replace 5K protocol in national COVID-19 fight

VOV.VN - The Ministry of Health (MoH) has proposed the V2K message, which represents vaccines, khau trang (face masks), and khu khuan (disinfection), replace the current 5K guidelines on COVID-19 control.

V2K mandate to replace 5K protocol in national COVID-19 fight
Hue develops green urban model
Hue develops green urban model

The Thua Thien-Hue Institute for Development Studies, in coordination with the Danish Embassy in Vietnam, on June 7 organised the “Cycling – The story of a green road”, an activity aimed at turning the ancient imperial capital of Hue into a cultural, eco-friendly and smart city.

Hue develops green urban model
Long An, RoK University Hospital cooperate in health care
Long An, RoK University Hospital cooperate in health care

Vice Chairman of the People’s Committee of Long An province Pham Tan Hoa on June 6 had a working session with a delegation from the Wonkwang University Hospital of the Republic of Korea (RoK).

Long An, RoK University Hospital cooperate in health care
Vietnamese professor receives UK Royal Society of Chemistry’s noble prize
Vietnamese professor receives UK Royal Society of Chemistry’s noble prize

Vietnamese Professor Nguyen Thi Kim Thanh has been honoured with the Interdisciplinary Prize of the United Kingdom’s Royal Society of Chemistry for her outstanding achievements in research and innovation.

Vietnamese professor receives UK Royal Society of Chemistry’s noble prize
Heavy rain causes deep flooding across Son La
Heavy rain causes deep flooding across Son La

VOV.VN - A spell of torrential rain on the morning of June 7 left many areas severely inundated in flooding in the northwestern province of Son La, causing traffic chaos.

Heavy rain causes deep flooding across Son La
USAID officials awarded insignia for natural resources and environment efforts
USAID officials awarded insignia for natural resources and environment efforts

Minister of Environment and Natural Resources Tran Hong Ha on June 6 awarded the insignia “For the Natural Resources and Environment cause” to two US Agency for International Development (USAID) officials.

USAID officials awarded insignia for natural resources and environment efforts
Conference to focus on future of internet
Conference to focus on future of internet

A conference will be held by the Vietnam Internet Network Information Centre (VNNIC) in the central city of Da Nang from June 22-25 to discuss the future of the internet.

Conference to focus on future of internet
Ninh Binh protects biodiversity for sustainable future
Ninh Binh protects biodiversity for sustainable future

Ninh Binh is blessed by nature with a wide range of beautiful natural landscapes and ecosystems. The province's forest area exceeds 29,000 hectares, making it the region's largest, exceeding the forests in neighbouring provinces in the Red River Delta.

Ninh Binh protects biodiversity for sustainable future
Vietnam to adopt V2K protocol in COVID-19 fight
Vietnam to adopt V2K protocol in COVID-19 fight

VOV.VN - The Ministry of Health (MoH) has proposed that the Government take steps to replace the current 5K guidance on COVID-19 control with a V2K practice to match the actual situation.

Vietnam to adopt V2K protocol in COVID-19 fight
Nearly US$2 billion spent on unemployment insurance in 2 years
Nearly US$2 billion spent on unemployment insurance in 2 years

The Vietnam Social Security (VSS) has used more than VND45.444 trillion (US$1.96 billion) from the unemployment insurance fund to pay for employees and employers over the past two years, given serious COVID-19-induced difficulties facing production and business activities.

Nearly US$2 billion spent on unemployment insurance in 2 years
Ministry asks for urgent repair of French-era bridge
Ministry asks for urgent repair of French-era bridge

The Ministry of Transport has requested the Vietnam Railway Authority and the Vietnam Railways Corporation (VNR) to take immediate measures to ensure safety of Long Bien Bridge in Hanoi after the collapse of two concrete floor tiles on the bridge in May.

Ministry asks for urgent repair of French-era bridge
Hanoians come together to celebrate International Yoga Day
Hanoians come together to celebrate International Yoga Day

VOV.VN - As many as 1,000 yoga enthusiasts gathered in Hanoi on June 5 to flex their bodies in celebration of International Yoga Day, which takes place on June 21.

Hanoians come together to celebrate International Yoga Day
Heavy rain set to lash northern Vietnam this week
Heavy rain set to lash northern Vietnam this week

VOV.VN - Vietnam’s northern localities are forecast to experience a deluge of heavy rain over the coming days, according to the National Centre for Hydro-meteorological Forecasting.

Heavy rain set to lash northern Vietnam this week
Building stable labour supply chain a key solution to post-pandemic recovery
Building stable labour supply chain a key solution to post-pandemic recovery

Building stable labour supply chains with labourers put at the centre of all policies and emphasis laid on ensuring income and social security is one of the solutions to post-pandemic economic recovery.

Building stable labour supply chain a key solution to post-pandemic recovery
Policy profiteering occurs in many large cases: Public Security Ministry's Spokesperson
Policy profiteering occurs in many large cases: Public Security Ministry's Spokesperson

Many defendants in major economic cases took advantage of policies and abused their positions and powers to make profit for themselves through violations of regulations on bidding, or through giving and receiving bribes.

Policy profiteering occurs in many large cases: Public Security Ministry's Spokesperson
Vietnamese doctors provide free health check-ups, medicines for needy people in Laos
Vietnamese doctors provide free health check-ups, medicines for needy people in Laos

A delegation of Ho Chi Minh City's Committee for Overseas Vietnamese Affairs on June 4 provided free health check-ups and medicines for impoverished overseas Vietnamese and Lao people in Vientiane.

Vietnamese doctors provide free health check-ups, medicines for needy people in Laos
Two more African swine fever vaccines to be licensed in Vietnam by year-end
Two more African swine fever vaccines to be licensed in Vietnam by year-end

Two more vaccines against African swine fever (ASF), developed by AVAC Vietnam Co., Ltd. and Dabaco Group JSC, are expected to be licensed in Vietnam by the end of this year.

Two more African swine fever vaccines to be licensed in Vietnam by year-end
Green industrial ecosystem to become dominant trend
Green industrial ecosystem to become dominant trend

Investors in Vietnam have paid more attention to developing green and clean industrial parks, focusing their investment on wastewater treatment systems, planting more trees and attracting clean production enterprises.

Green industrial ecosystem to become dominant trend
Mekong Delta sees spike in hand, foot and mouth disease
Mekong Delta sees spike in hand, foot and mouth disease

VOV.VN - The number of children being infected with hand, foot and mouth disease (HFMD) in Mekong Delta provinces, especially Can Tho, has recorded a sharp increase over the last month.

Mekong Delta sees spike in hand, foot and mouth disease
Nikkei Asia appreciative of Vietnamese post-pandemic recovery speed
Nikkei Asia appreciative of Vietnamese post-pandemic recovery speed

VOV.VN - Japanese news service Nikkei Asia announced on June 3 its COVID-19 Recovery Index for May, highlighting that both Vietnam and the Philippines recorded their best performances as both countries strived to ease restrictions while keeping infections low.

Nikkei Asia appreciative of Vietnamese post-pandemic recovery speed
France helps Vietnam with administrative modernisation
France helps Vietnam with administrative modernisation

France will provide technical assistance for Vietnam to streamline administrative procedures, improve its business environment and build the e-government and digital transformation under a cooperation programme between the Vietnamese Government Office and the French Embassy in Vietnam.

France helps Vietnam with administrative modernisation
Vietnam, Laos vow to boost cooperation in drug combat
Vietnam, Laos vow to boost cooperation in drug combat

The Vietnamese and Lao ministries of public security will work harder to raise the efficiency of cooperation in drug combat, heard a meeting in Vietnam’s central province of Thua Thien-Hue on June 3.

Vietnam, Laos vow to boost cooperation in drug combat
Former Google director becomes managing director Microsoft Vietnam
Former Google director becomes managing director Microsoft Vietnam

Nguyen Quynh Tram, former head of Google operations in Vietnam, Cambodia and Thailand, has been appointed as managing director of Microsoft Vietnam.

Former Google director becomes managing director Microsoft Vietnam
Vietnam to use new passport form from July 1
Vietnam to use new passport form from July 1

The Ministry of Public Security will use a new passport form from July 1, 2022, reported the Vietnam Government Portal (VGP).

Vietnam to use new passport form from July 1
Vietnam, Sweden step up partnership in sustainable development
Vietnam, Sweden step up partnership in sustainable development

The Embassy of Sweden in Hanoi, in partnership with the Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee and the Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry, held a conference titled “Pioneer to the Possible” in the southern city on June 2 as part of efforts to boost their partnership in sustainable development.

Vietnam, Sweden step up partnership in sustainable development
Natural disasters developing complicatedly, unpredictably this year: forecaster
Natural disasters developing complicatedly, unpredictably this year: forecaster

Natural disasters will develop complicatedly and unpredictably in 2022, according to the National Centre for Hydro-meteorological Forecasting.

Natural disasters developing complicatedly, unpredictably this year: forecaster
Five Vietnamese universities listed in Asian university rankings 2022
Five Vietnamese universities listed in Asian university rankings 2022

VOV.VN - Five Vietnamese universities have been named among the Asian university rankings 2022 announced by Times Higher Education (THE).

Five Vietnamese universities listed in Asian university rankings 2022