VOV.VN - The 16th international conference on healthy soil for sustainable development opened in Thai Nguyen province, northern Vietnam, on March 26, drawing the participation of soil scientists and experts from Australia, Canada, China, the Republic of Korea, Japan, Sri Lanka, Thailand and Vietnam.

VOV.VN - The United Nations General Assembly on March 25 approved a resolution co-proposed by 13 countries including Vietnam, declaring June 11 as International Day of Play.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has asked the Mekong Delta province of Vinh Long to fully tap its potential and advantages to become a modern and ecological province, with a development level higher than the national average.

VOV.VN - The development of artificial intelligence (AI) is expected to contribute trillions of US$ to the global economy annually, with Vietnam being forecast to become an "AI dragon", thereby helping to further promote AI development in Southeast Asia.

A kick-off ceremony for the construction of the Khe Net pass railway rehabilitation project was held on March 22 by the Ministry of Construction, the People’s Committee of central Quang Binh province, and the Republic of Korea (RoK)’s Economic Development Cooperation Fund (EDCF).

VOV.VN - The country has set a target of wiping out tuberculosis (TB) by 2034 in order to meet one of the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) of eradicating TB as a global public health threat, said Minister of Health Dao Hong Lan at a ceremony held on March 22 in Hanoi to mark World Tuberculosis Day.

The Tourism Promotion Organisation for Global Cities (TPO) organised a regional meeting in Da Lat City, the Central Highlands province of Lam Dong on March 21, seeking measures to bolster regional connectivity for tourism development.

In a move to bolster engineering and technology education, Vietnam National University (VNU), Hanoi and Hyundai Motor Company (HMC) on March 19 signed a cooperation agreement on human resources development.

Canada is committed to supporting and promoting sustainable development and resilience in the region and Vietnam, said its Climate Change Ambassador Catherine Stewart.

Foreign affairs and diplomacy have played a pioneering role in mobilising external resources to serve the country's socio-economic development, Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son told a question and answer session at the National Assembly Standing Committee’s 31st sitting on March 18.