Social security offices across the country have recently witnessed long lines of people waiting to claim lump-sum payments.

The Mekong Delta city of Can Tho wants to attract investors in green industries serving the local sustainable development, said Nguyen Van Hieu, Secretary of the municipal Party Committee at a working session with Kelvin Teo, CEO of Sembcorp Development and co-chairman of Vietnam-Singapore Industrial Park (VSIP) Group on June 14.

VOV.VN - Vietnamese Ambassador to India, Nepal and Bhutan Nguyen Thanh Hai presented President Vo Van Thuong’s Credentials to King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck in Thimpu, capital of Bhutan, on June 14.

Vietnam always attaches importance to promoting its friendship and cooperation with Côte d’Ivoire and considers Côte d’Ivoire as one of its important partners in Africa, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has said.

VOV.VN - Canada seeks to promote the global carbon pricing initiative and expects Vietnam to consider joining this programme, said Catherine Stewart, ambassador for Climate Change of Canada.

VOV.VN - School violence can be traumatic for both the perpetrator and the victim. This story raises the question of how to prevent school violence from occurring among students who bully their friends on the premises of school.

VOV.VN - Aiman Mussakhajaeva, director of the Kazakh National Academy of Arts, has conducted a successful tour of Vietnam after putting on an impressive solo performance during the Vietnam - Kazakhstan Friendship Concert held at the Vietnam National Academy of Music.

Agriculture has long been the backbone of Vietnam’s economy for a number of comparative advantages, such as cultivated land, forest cover, sea territories, tropical climate, and available and cost effective labour, according to Surajit Rakshit, head of Global Trade and Receivables Finance, HSBC Vietnam.

Senior tourism is described as a potential market segment in Vietnam, especially for domestic tours.

Members of the Vietnam Automobile Manufacturers’ Association (VAMA) sold 22,409 automobiles of all kinds in May, a decrease of 8% compared with the previous month.