Work on a mega trade center on water is expected to begin in early next year in Ecopark, a housing development in the northern province of Hung Yen's Van Giang district, with an investment of more than VND3 trillion (US$132 million).

Vietnamese lensman Tran Tuan Viet won the Readers’ Choice Award in this year’s Smithsonian photo contest with a shot from a colorful hot air balloon festival in Hanoi.

It is an honour and great responsibility for Vietnam when the country assumes the rotating presidency of the UN Security Council (UNSC) this month, the second time during its tenure as a non-permanent member of the UNSC (2020-2021).

Promoting the role of regional organisations in settling disputes is one of the three priorities that Vietnam has set for the month it serves as chairman of the UN Security Council (UNSC) in April, said Director of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs’ Department of International Organisations Do Hung Viet.

VOV.VN - Vietnamese Ambassador to Venezuela Le Viet Duyen paid a working visit to Trujillo state between March 25 and March 28 as part of efforts to ramp up business co-operation between Vietnamese and Venezuelan firms.

Fostering the cooperation between the United Nations (UN) and regional organisations to promote trust building and dialogue in preventing and settling disputes will continue to be one of three priorities of Vietnam while it holds the rotating presidency of the UN Security Council (UNSC) in April, said a Foreign Ministry official.

VOV.VN - Amid public concerns regarding the feasibility of a vaccine passport, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Nguyen Viet Nhung, director of National Lung Diseases Hospital, has suggested that such a model could be trialed on a pilot basis before it is put into wider use.

VOV.VN - Hai Phong launched its vaccination campaign to combat the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) on March 11, with medical workers in the northern city being inoculated with the AstraZeneca vaccine.

Nearly 15,000 blood units were successfully collected through “Chung dong mau Viet 2020” (Blood for Vietnamese 2020) programme, bringing the total units of blood that Samsung Vietnam’s employees have donated since 2010 to 100,000.

VOV.VN - Amid complicated developments by the COVID-19 pandemic, local textile and apparel firms have been forced to change their business mindset, boost connectivity, expand into new markets, and maximise the benefits from free trade agreements (FTAs) to meet this year’s export target of US$39 billion, according to insiders.