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.

More than 19,400 disadvantaged students in the central province of Thanh Hoa will receive over 1,170 tonnes of rice in the second academic semester this year under a decision of the provincial People’s Committee.

VOV.VN - Representatives of the 53 ASEM member countries today (Mar. 30) are hosting a day-long conference in Hue to explore things that governments can undertake to boost the economic well-being of their people.

Vietnam Television Film Centre (VFC) held a press conference on March 19 to announce the debut of the centre’s latest TV series Silence of the Abyss.

Vietnamese Ambassador to Argentina Nguyen Dinh Thao and representatives from the Ministry of Education and Training attended the ​second International Conference on Safe School, which took place in Buenos Aires from March 28-29.

Scholars and experts on French language and culture have affirmed Vietnam’s increasingly important role in the French-speaking community and the International Organisation of La Francophonie (OIF) at a conference in Montpellier city, France as part of the Francophone Week from March 27-31.

A training course was held in Hanoi on March 29 to equipped officers who are going to join UN peacekeeping missions in 2017 with skills to handle bombs, mines and explosive materials.

Vice President of the Vietnam-USA Society (VUS) Bui The Giang received a delegation of the US-based organisation PeaceTrees Vietnam led by advisor Robert Stokes in Hanoi on March 29.

On March 28, AkzoNobel - the leading global paint and coatings company and producer of Dulux cooperated with Khai Tri Specialised Education School to organise the “Colour and the development of autistic children” event.

A series of workshops are being held in Hanoi from March 28-31 on the theme of green architecture for sustainable communities (GASC 2017) to exchange experiences on the direction of green architecture and green building.

A woman has been injured in an explosion at an electrical substation in Ho Chi Minh City, sparking fears over the safety of the equipment in use.

The UK Embassy in Vietnam and the UN Action for Cooperation Against Trafficking in Persons organised a conference on human trafficking and modern slavery in the central city of Da Nang on March 29.

The number of Vietnamese workers holding college and university degrees or higher accounted for 21.39 percent of the labour force in the last quarter of 2016, up 0.41 percentage point from a quarter earlier and 1.19 percentage points year on year.

The Ho Chi Minh City has received the first-class Development Order of the Lao State for its contributions to Vientiane capital’s construction and development cause. 

The Royal Cambodian Army (RCA) on March 29 held a ceremony marking the opening of the headquarters of the RCA’s Armour-Tank Command, which was built with funding by Vietnam’s Ministry of Defence.

Vietnam is willing to coordinate with Japan in ensuring information security, Minister of Information and Communications Truong Minh Tuan told Japanese Minister of Internal Affairs and Communications Sanae Takaichi. 

Representatives of the Vietnam Embassy in Malaysia made a consular visit of Doan Thi Huong, a suspect in the death of Democratic People’s Republic of Korean citizen Kim Chol, at the Kajang prison on March 29.

VOV.VN - Current environmental issues and ways to enhance collaboration on the environment topped the agenda of the 13th Vietnam – the Republic of Korea Ministerial Conference on Environment on March 29 in Hanoi.

A survey has found around 70 percent of medical staff took excessive precautionary measures while offering check-ups to HIV patients for fear of infection. 

Shortage of funding and trained personnel, as well as social discrimination, are undermining Vietnam’s hard-won success in combating the scourge of tuberculosis.

Vietnam is interested in India’s experience in e-government and information security and safety, Minister of Information and Communications Truong Minh Tuan told Indian Minister of Communications and Information Technology Ravi Shankar Prasad during their talks in New Delhi on March 28.

VOV.VN - A violent early-morning head on crash today (Mar. 29) of a tour bus carrying 30 passengers and a semi-trailer on National Highway 1A in the province of Thanh Hoa, has left dozens seriously injured.

The Ministry of Information and Communications (MIC) on March 29 presented 180 photos and 70 films featuring Vietnam to the Vietnam Embassy in Japan in service of national events and information campaigns.

The Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs will tighten regulations to ensure only qualified enterprises are permitted to provide guest worker services.

The central city of Da Nang plans to petition the Prime Minister for adjustments to the Son Tra Master Plan in order to better protect the eponymous nature reserve.

The 2nd Can Tho Book Festival, which has opened at Luu Huu Phuoc Park in Ninh Kieu district, features a large collection of children’s books.

Doctors of the HCM City-based Paediatrics Hospital No 1 have successfully performed a congenital heart surgery for a premature baby weighing 900grams, the lightest patient ever to receive the surgery.

Founded in 2013, Vietnam’s first forum for cyber security research community, the whitehat.vn, which is commonly known as a forum for “white-hat hackers”, has more than 31,000 members.

Authorities of the central province of Thua Thien - Hue presented the title of "Heroic Vietnamese Mother" to 183 women during a ceremony on March 28.

The People’s Court of the Central Highlands province of Dak Nong has handed sentences to a whistleblower-turned-bribe-giver and seven others for taking bribes.