A “going out to sea” festival was held in the northern city of Hai Phong’s Cat Hai district on March 31, aiming to encourage fishermen to maintain and expand offshore fishing and safeguard the country’s sovereignty over seas and islands.

The principal of a public kindergarten in the northern mountainous province of Lao Cai was recently suspended on charges of mistreating a four-year-old boy enrolled at the school.

Localities are facing difficulties in implementing policies and legal documents in HIV/AIDS, drugs, and prostitution prevention, heard a workshop in Ho Chi Minh City on March 31.

VOV.VN - Voice of Vietnam (VOV) Deputy President Vu Hai received on March 31 AFP Chairman and CEO Emmanuel Hoog in Hanoi.

VOV.VN - The ASEM conference, themed “Innovative and building human resources for sustainable development”, concluded on March 31 in the central cit y of Hue.

The proportion of people with HIV/AIDS in HCM City who have health insurance surged to 70% last February from 20% in April last year, according to the city HIV/AIDS Prevention Centre.

A great deal of young shrimps and fish were released into sea and river on March 31 in different provinces across Vietnam to regenerate aquatic resources.

Nearly 2,600 cases of violation had been handled as of March 15 by the customs sector, with the total goods value of VND66 billion (US$2.9 million), according to the General Department of Vietnam Customs.

VOV.VN -A storm moved through the Hanoi metro area this morning (Mar.31), bringing much needed rain to the region, that also uprooted trees, caused power outages and traffic accidents.

VOV.VN - Vietnam needs skilled workers in many sectors to maintain economic growth. International cooperation in training is the best way to ensure a qualified labor force. 

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There is great potential for organic food production in Vietnam, but the industry faces a number of challenges, experts said.

VOV.VN - On March 31, Minister Truong Minh Tuan of the Ministry of Information and Communications, who is currently visiting Tokyo, spoke at a Vietnam-Japan IT trade fair and exhibition.

VOV.VN - More than 1,000 Hanoi college and university students gathered at a meeting on March 30-31 to listen to specialists from the Republic of Korea (ROK) addressing current youth problems like gambling, drug and alcohol abuse and how to solve them, and to develop future leaders.

The police of northern Ha Nam province and the Police Department for Drug-related Crimes Investigation under the Ministry of Public Security have broken up a large-scale drug trafficking ring.

VOV.VN - Recently, the healthcare company Abbott has been named among the Best Places to Work in Vietnam.

Standard medical wastewater treatment systems have been set up in only 60% of total 13,000 healthcare clinics nationwide, said Deputy Minister of Health Nguyen Thanh Long at a conference held in Hanoi on March 30.

The People’s Court of southern An Giang province on March 30 sentenced 51 – year – old Cambodian, Rim Ri Linh, to six years in jail for illegally transporting 18 kilograms of gold from Cambodia to Vietnam.

Statistics show that of the total number of roughly 13,000 Vietnamese people living in Singapore, nearly 3,000 are working for state agencies and economic sector in the country, not to mention nearly 5,000 students here.

Da Nang University, the University of Nice Sophia Antipolis and the Agence Universitaire de la Francophonie (AUF) (Francophone University Association) have inked a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) in the fields of scientific research, education and student exchange.

A court in southern Vietnam has sentenced a former Cambodian border security officer to six years in jail after convicting him of smuggling 18 kilograms (40 lb) of gold bars, Vietnam News Agency reported.

Authorities in the central Vietnamese city of Da Nang are requiring a local firm to dismantle a resort project that had been built without proper permits on Son Tra Peninsula.

Vietnam’s Ministry of Transport is seeking feedback on a plan to expand Tan Son Nhat International Airport in Ho Chi Minh City.

The ASEAN Community and social-labour issues were highlighted at a training conference hosted by the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs in the central province of Thua Thien-Hue on March 30. 

Deputy Minister of Education and Training Bui Van Ga had a meeting with President of the Swiss Council of States Ivo Bischofberger on March 30 in Hanoi to compare notes on information on education cooperation between the two countries.

VOV.VN - Emcee Phan Anh and Thien Minh recently presented gifts to children at the Social Support Centre in the northern mountainous province of Dien Bien as part of a Samsung Connect program.

VOV.VN - In Poland, local authorities are responsible by law for the provision and management of the urban landscape and have gained a worldwide reputation for their leadership in managing public green space.

The 6th Vietnam-US Pediatrics Conference officially opened in the Bach Mai General Hospital, Hanoi, on March 30, bringing together leading domestic and foreign pediatric experts.

HCM City might not achieve its target of buying more than 800 compressed natural gas (CNG) buses by the end of the year, according to the Public Transport Management and Operation Centre.

Dao Thanh Chien, a university graduate from the central province of Thanh Hoa, earns a monthly average of VND8 million (US$355) selling ice tea and driving a motorbike taxi, not from working as a public official as he wished after graduating from the university.