Vietnamese teacher joins SE Asian colleagues for educational development
Ha Anh Phuong, recognised by the Thai Princess' award for outstanding achievements in education, joined her fellow Southeast Asian educators in a forum on October 18 to exchange best practices to recover from the COVID-19 education crisis.
HCM City extends congratulations to new President of Catholic Bishops’ Conference
Secretary of the Ho Chi Minh City Party Committee Nguyen Van Nen on October 19 extended congratulations to Joseph Nguyen Nang, Archbishop of the city’s Archdiocese, who has been elected as the new President of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Vietnam in the 2022-2025 tenure.
Vietnamese, Lao localities forge cooperation
Officials from the People’s Council of Vietnam’s central province of Quang Nam and Sekong province of Laos met to exchange experience in Quang Nam’s Tam Ky city on October 18.
Informal female labourers - a force for plastic waste management in Vietnam
VOV.VN - While waste collection is an unsteady job with limited hygienic conditions, informal labourers – mostly women – play a crucial role in the plastic waste segregation at source and collection in Vietnam.
Green hydrogen development prospects in Vietnam under discussion
A webinar discussing prospects of green hydrogen in low-carbon economy in Vietnam was hosted by the Vietnam Imitative for Energy Transition (VIET) on October 18.
Vietnam, Egypt eye closer collaboration
Vietnam and Egypt enjoy a traditional relationship and boast great potential to promote cooperation in various fields, saying that this is a solid foundation for Hanoi and Cairo to establish friendship and cooperative relations, Nguyen Van Phong, deputy secretary of Hanoi Party Committee, has said.
UNDP pledges to help Vietnam in human rights-based approach to climate action
The UN Development Programme (UNDP) held policy discussion on the human rights and climate change nexus in Hanoi on October 18, focusing on how to achieve a just, green and sustainable environmental development with principles of equity and human rights at the centre.
Endangered turtles, tortoises found in Thanh Hoa nature reserve
Some 15 big-headed turtles and 10 impressed tortoises have been found at the Pu Hu Nature Reserve in the central province of Thanh Hoa under a two-year project starting in 2020.
Nesat downgraded, heading for central Vietnam
VOV.VN - Tropical storm Nesat has further weakened due to interaction with a strong cold air wave from the North, and is currently heading for the central coast of Vietnam from Nghe An to Quang Binh.
Foreign NGOs’ relations with Vietnamese partners continue to be enhanced: official
Relations of foreign non-governmental organisations (NGOs) with Vietnamese agencies and partners have continued to be enhanced while the effectiveness of their programmes and projects improved, an official has said.