The central province of Quang Tri has planned to set up corridors to protect its biodiversity from urbanisation and illegal exploitation.

More than 60 bamboo varieties of Vietnam have been planted in the Gao Giong eco-tourism site in Cao Lanh district, the Mekong Delta province of Dong Thap, as part of the site’s bamboo conservation project.

Up to 170 Vietnamese websites were attacked during the traditional Lunar New Year (Tet) holiday, the Authority of Information Security under the Ministry of Information and Communications reported on February 21.

Dr. Prof. Irina Konhiukhova from Russia’s Law University has called on Vietnam to participate in a number of projects for peace initiated by Russia. 

The Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs (MoLISA) has set a target to send 110,000 labourers to work abroad in 2018, with 40 percent being women. 

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) on February 21 announced the winners of its Instagram photo contest, which was held to showcase the development progress in the Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS) in celebration of the 25th anniversary of the GMS programme.

VOV.VN - Thousands of people returned to Hanoi on the morning of the first working day after the Lunar New Year (Tet) festival.

As many as 2,665 flights, or 11.1 percent, were delayed or cancelled in January, a positive sign reflecting recent efforts of the aviation industry to improve the flight punctuality, according to the Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam (CAAV).

No traffic accidents involving coaches and ships were recorded during the traditional Lunar New Year festival from February 14-20, according to the National Traffic Safety Committee. 

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc, head of the National Steering Committee on the Settlement of Post-war Unexploded Ordnance and Toxic Chemical Consequences, has signed a decision to establish the committee’s permanent office.

A total of 19,062 babies were born during the Lunar New Year holiday from February 14 to 20, according to Luong Ngoc Khue, Director of the Medical Service Administration under the Health Ministry.

VOV.VN - Despite the drizzly weather, thousands of pilgrims and tourists flocked to Huong Pagoda in My Duc district, Hanoi, on the first day of its Festival on February 21.

The network of deep, tiny alleys running side by side are part of the mysterious beauty of old Hanoi, but they also pose a death trap for those in flats and houses along them when fire breaks out.

The Central Highlands province of Dak Lak has taken a number of measures to manage, monitor and care for elephants so as to conserve and develop the animals.

VOV.VN - People have been returning in their droves to major cities around the country after visiting their hometowns for the Lunar New Year festival (Tet) and the volume of traffic is causing severe congestions at Build-Transfer-Operate (BOT) toll stations.

Ho Chi Minh City plans to have all students learn English since the first grade starting in the 2018-2019 academic year, according to Nguyen Quang Vinh, head of the primary education division at the city’s Department of Education and Training.

A string of activities have been held by overseas Vietnamese around the world to welcome the lunar New Year (Tet) – the biggest festival of the year, which falls on February 16-18 this year.

 A get-together of former revolutionists operating in the Sai Gon-Cho Lon-Gia Dinh region was organised on February 20 in Cu Chi district of Ho Chi Minh City.

VOV.VN - Thousands of people flocked to the Dong Da festival in Hanoi on February 20 to mark the 229th anniversary of Ngoc Hoi-Dong Da victory over the Chinese Qing invaders.

No one guards and protects Bach Ma National Park more zealously than the director of its service and environmental education centre who once hunted animals and cut down trees in the forest to earn a living.

Vietnam’s education system needs to more accurately reflect the needs of the economy. This requires reforms and easier access to the domestic education system for foreign investors, writes Eric Johnson, an attorney at the international law firm Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP.

VOV.VN - Khalid Muhmood, an English teacher and the co-founder of Hanoi-based English language training centre Apollo English, has dedicated more than 23 years to realising his burning desire to turn young Vietnamese people into global citizens.

Nguyen Thi Hong Thuong, 33, runs a large ginseng garden with more than 600 plants and many other traditional herbal medicine plants in Tra Cang commune in Nam Tra My district in the central province of Quang Nam.

Hanoi plans to stop the use of beehive-shaped coal bricks by 2020 as part of measures to improve air quality and living conditions, according to the municipal Department of Natural Resources and Environment.

Medical services at the grassroots level help save costs and ensure sustainability in healthcare, contributing to the improvement of medical service quality, according to the Ministry of Health.

Since its establishment in 1982, no female teacher has worked at a primary school in the central province of Nghe An because the working conditions are very difficult. The dedication of male teachers saves the day, Minh Duc reports.

Dang Quang Huu, 44, of Dakrong district in the central province of Quang Tri, is known as a bank owner who has risen from owning nothing to offering loans to 600 poor local households. 

There will be more than 40,260 redundant teachers when the new national curriculum for general education is implemented from 2019, according to the Ministry of Education and Training.

VOV.VN - The number of visitors to tourist attractions around Vietnam saw a sharp increase during the traditional Lunar New Year (Tet) holiday.

VOV.VN - Many Vietnamese in the US travelled to pagodas over the first few days of the Lunar New Year to offer their prayers for a felicitous year in 2018.