A project funded by the Spanish Government on integrating nutrition and food security for children and vulnerable groups in Vietnam was reviewed at a workshop in Hanoi on June 29. 

Ho Chi Minh City authorities have launched a plan worth US$1.54 million to provide vocational training to 12,000 rural workers in 2017.

Foreign experts and representatives from governmental agencies and local authorities gathered in Hanoi on June 29 to discuss experiences, effective strategies and interventions and policy recommendations for Vietnam in a conference to address child and early marriage.

VOV.VN - Investigators scrambled this morning (June 30) to find out who planted a bomb that rocked a bustling city of Tuy Hoa neighbourhood at about daybreak in the south central coastal province of Phu Yen.

VOV.VN - Authorities this week seized nearly five kilos of opium resin, one of the biggest such busts in recent history, in the northern province of Son La, according to the Vietnam News Agency.

 The Vietnam News Agency (VNA) and the Sputnik Information Agency, an arm of the Rossiya Segodnya International Information Agency (RSIIA), will exchange information in order to promote cooperation between Vietnam and Russia. 

Vietnam plans to develop a low-carbon economy and include climate-change resistance work in its updated Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) for the Paris climate accords.

A 35-minute documentary about a Vietnamese teenage victim of Agent Orange (AO) was screened at the US Senate headquarters in Washington DC on June 28.

Endovascular intervention, which is a minimally invasive procedure performed in many countries in the world, is also becoming a more common treatment in Vietnam, according to experts.

The number of dengue infections has risen significantly in the Mekong Delta, particularly in Can Tho city and the provinces of Dong Thap, Ben Tre, Ca Mau and Tien Giang, according to the Ministry of Health.

VOV.VN - Hanoi began operating a trial run of double-decker bus service on June 30 at major tourist attractions around the capital city.  

Former Miss Vietnam Russia has been putting up a staunch defense against those accusing her of swindling US$725,000.

A Swiss company is applying an advanced control and monitoring system to the water distribution network in Ho Chi Minh City, claiming the technology will cut daily water loss by up to half a million cubic meters.

The Board of Executive Directors of the World Bank (WB) on June 29 has approved a preferential credit package worth US$153 million for Vietnam’s national programme on poverty reduction and rural development.

Vietnamese is ranked fourth among 301 languages being used in Australia, according to the Australian Bureau of Statistics’ report on population survey in 2016.

The People’s Court of the central province of Khanh Hoa on June 29 gave a jail sentence of ten years to Nguyen Ngoc Nhu Quynh on the charge of conducting anti-State propaganda. 

Improving tourism service quality will be given overriding priority in the Ho Chi Minh City Department of Tourism’s policy to make tourists stay longer and spend more, Bui Ta Hoang Vu, director of the department said at a conference held in the city on June 29.

A humanitarian health care programme will be held from July 1-31 across the nation, aiming to provide free check-ups and treatment for at least 1 million people. 

Experts from the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) have assisted the Vietnam Environment Administration (VEA) in building circulars on water environment management in river basins.

VOV.VN - The Vietnam Ministry of Foreign Affairs on June 29 hosted a workshop in Hanoi on the implementation of recommendations following the second cycle of the UN Human Rights Council’s Universal Periodic Review.

The northeastern province of Quang Ninh will mobilise financial resources to relocate people from landslide- and flood-prone areas in 2018.

The central province of Thua Thien – Hue is exerting every effort to complete compensation for locals affected by the marine environment incident last year, according to an official of the provincial People’s Committee. 

VOV.VN - Phung Le, PhD, Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology was cited a top 100 Asian Scientist for her research creating biofuel out of agricultural waste such as rubber seed oil, ground coffee beans and fruit.

Khmer ethnic people in southern Vietnam are set to benefit from more support in educational, training, cultural, medical and religious affairs in the future.

VOV.VN - The Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee held a rally today (June 29) to mark the 50th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Vietnam and Cambodia, reported the Vietnam News Agency.

Medical tourism can bring huge incomes to countries, but it has not been properly exploited in Vietnam.

VOV.VN - Canada Day (which is on July 1st) is especially significant this year as it marks an important milestone for Canada: the 150th anniversary of Confederation.

Seven young doctors from the Vietnam National Hospital of Pediatrics and Bach Mai Hospital have been dispatched to work in impoverished districts in the northern mountainous provinces of Lao Cai, Bac Kan, Son La and Dien Bien.

Vietnam and Russia should diversify education cooperation programmes for better results in the field, said Minister of Education and Training Phung Xuan Nha during a working session with Russian Minister of Education and Science Olga Yurevna Vasylieva on June 28 in Moscow.

Ho Chi Minh City wishes to boost cooperative ties with Intel Group, particularly in high-tech human resource development.