If the high growth rate of international travelers in the last two years can be maintained, Vietnam’s tourism could catch up with Singapore in two years and with Thailand in 15 years, according to Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Nguyen Ngoc Thien.

VOV.VN - Last October Pham Huong was spotted making door-to-door delivery of food to flood victims in Quang Binh. All told she helped supply rice and 1,000 bags of needy supplies to those hit hard by the ravaging floods.

The first outlet of 7-Eleven, the largest convenience store chain in Japan, opened in Vietnam last week with a lot of fanfare.

Vietnamese Ambassador Duong Chi Dung highlighted Vietnam’s achievements in natural disaster mitigation and climate change response in his speech to a discussion session as part of the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC)Humanitarian Affairs Segment (HAS) in Geneva, Switzerland.

President of the Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) Central Committee Tran Thanh Man welcomed visiting Nhem Valy, Acting Secretary General of the Solidarity Front for the Development of Cambodian Motherland (SFDCM) National Council in Hanoi on June 24.

The Vietnam Association of Small and Medium Enterprises (VASME) has committed to providing continuous support for disadvantaged and policy beneficiary families in the northern province of Thai Binh from 2017 - 2020.

The Vietnam Union of Friendship Organisations (VUFO) and the ActionAid International Vietnam (AAV) organised a conference in Hanoi on June 23 to share information about people-to-people diplomacy. 

VOV.VN - The Ministry of Interior has launched a program to send 600 young intellectuals to work as Vice Chairpersons of extremely poor communes in 64 districts nationwide. 

VOV.VN - Over the last decade, hundreds of millions of dollars have been spent on campaigns to remind the public of the dangers of drinking and driving, failing to buckle up, not wearing helmets and using mobiles while on road.

The Electricity of Vietnam (EVN) said it has continued investing in power projects in rural and remote areas and islands, especially localities with a low rate of rural households gaining access to electricity.

VOV.VN - A rally was held today (June 24) at the city of Vinh Phuc Theatre Square to celebrate the 3rd International Yoga Day, reported Vietnam News Agency.

Countless hectares of forest in Vietnam’s Central Highlands are being destroyed as the result of industrial and agricultural activities conducted by local businesses and residents at such a rate that authorities are unable to prevent the situation.

VOV.VN - In the previous edition of Village Life, we introduced you to Da Sy village, one of the most famous blacksmith craft villages in the northern delta region.

An American tourist was stabbed to death during a fight with a Vietnamese man in Ho Chi Minh City's backpacker district on Thursday night.

Ho Chi Minh City has become the first city or province in Vietnam to introduce a representative body for its minors with the establishment of a children’s council.

VOV.VN - Various activities will take place at the 2017 Vietnam Family Festival, to be held this weekend at the Vietnam Cultural and Arts Exhibition Centre in Hanoi. 

Vietnam should calculate in advance damage caused by climate change as its effects have become more obvious and devastating in recent years, with changes in temperature and rainfall, sea level rises and extreme weather.

A Thursday morning at the National Institute of Hematology and Blood Transfusion (NIHBT) is just like every other weekday morning at a hospital: crowded, noisy with patients awaiting medical examinations.

Professors and experts shared their experiences and measures to improve public administration reform with the authorities of central Quang Tri province during a seminar held from June 20-23.

Ho Chi Minh City will expand pedestrian area in District 1 to include Bui Vien Street as from July 15.

The Hanoi People’s Committee has proposed a roadmap to revoke outdated motorbikes that discharge harmful substances into the environment.

HCM City in the first half of the year sold 1,000 state-owned houses and apartment buildings, far short of its plan to sell 5,000 of the buildings by the end of the year.

VOV.VN - Secretary of the municipal Party’s Committee Hoang Trung Hai has underlined the need for the Hanoi Party’s Committee to take all necessary measures to address environmental pollution.

The World Bank (WB) in Vietnam on June 23 announced that it has recently approved a US$300 million fund to support Vietnam in enhancing transport connectivity in countryside and forest protection in eight coastal localities.

VOV.VN - Youths wearing blue shirts who have volunteered to assist in administering the 2017 National High School exams can be spotted just about everywhere in the capital city of Hanoi these days.

VOV.VN - Hundreds of residents of Ho Chi Minh City were forced to evacuate from their homes last night (June 22) after a gigantic warehouse fire at the Saigon Port sent plumes of black smoke and fireballs billowing high into the air.

The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) and the Construction Ministry co-hosted a training conference for the project “Strengthening capacity of cost estimation, contract management, quality and safety of construction works” in the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho on June 23. 

VOV.VN - The Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs cosponsored a seminar regarding the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities today (June 23) in the capital city of Hanoi.

VOV.VN - The village of Dong Mai in the Red River Delta northern province of Hung Yen, Vietnam was the site of a severe epidemic of lead poisoning first confirmed in 2007 by a group of researchers from the Blacksmith Institute.

The Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs (MoLISA) held a conference in Hanoi on June 22 to discuss spreading successful drug rehabilitation models.