Deputy Prime Minister Vuong Dinh Hue has asked the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development to supply 300 tonnes of rice seedlings from the national reserve as a relief aid to help Lao people restore production in the post-natural disaster time.
The restoration of Phung Tien palace, part of the Hue Citadel world heritage site in the central province of Thua Thien-Hue, has now been completed with significant German support.
Vietnam sets a target of having 60-62 percent of its labourers trained by the end of 2019, of whom 24-25 percent will be granted certificates.
The Supreme People’s Procuracy has accomplished an indictment involving Phan Van Anh Vu, known as Vu Nhom and high-ranking officers of the Ministry of Public Security for their violations in the purchase and sale of State-owned houses and land in Da Nang and Ho Chi Minh City.
Vice President Dang Thi Ngoc Thinh, who is also Chairwoman of the National Fund for Vietnamese Children (NFVC) Sponsorship Council, held a meeting in Hanoi on January 6 with outstanding donors who had great contributions to activities for children in 2018.
A pagoda of Vietnamese people in Most city of Ustecky region, the Czech Republic, was inaugurated on January 5, becoming the community’s first spiritual cultural centre officially recognised by local authorities.
President of the Vietnam Red Cross Society (VRCS) Nguyen Thi Xuan Thu on January 5 presented 30 gift packages to poor children who are undergoing treatment at Hanoi-based Viet Duc Hospital ahead of the upcoming Lunar New Year (Tet) festival.
A ceremony was held in Ho Chi Minh City on January 6 to launch this year’s voluntary spring campaign for the benefit of the needy households in the city on the occasion of the coming lunar New Year, the longest and most important traditional festival in Vietnam.
Politburo member and permanent Secretary of the Party Central Committee Tran Quoc Vuong on January 6 visited workers at the Ha Phong garments for export company in the northern province of Bac Giang on the occasion of the coming traditional lunar New Year (Tet), the longest and most important annual festival in Vietnam.
There are now nearly 70 places for blood donation throughout the country in anticipation of the coming lunar New Year, the longest festival in Vietnam, organizers of the drive announced at a ceremony in Hanoi on January 6.
An airplane carrying the bodies of three Vietnamese people, who were killed in a recent roadside bomb in Egypt, arrived at Tan Son Nhat International Airport in Ho Chi Minh City on early January 6.
Storm Pabuk, the first to hit the East Sea this year, killed one person, left one missing and injured six others in southern localities by 10am on January 5, according to the Office of the Central Steering Committee for Natural Disaster Prevention and Control.
The Ministry of National Defence is carrying out a project to build a process collecting and handling data on martyrs who lacked information.
A military delegation from the High Command of Naval Zone 4 on January 4 sailed from Cam Ranh port, Khanh Hoa province to visit officers and soldiers in Truong Sa (Spratly) island district.
The border city of Ha Tien in the Mekong Delta province of Kien Giang has recently been paying special attention to maintaining and promoting friendship and comprehensive cooperation with localities in Cambodia, contributing to fostering socio-economic development in the locality.
Deputy Prime Minister Trinh Dinh Dung has asked the Ministry of Construction to pay attention to the development of social housing projects and homes for low-income earners while enhancing urban management and creating favourable conditions for construction businesses.
The overthrow of the Pol Pot regime in Cambodia by the Vietnamese military was an act of saving the humanity, and a great contribution to the international community, said a Japanese expert.
A total of 330 bicycles worth nearly 500 million VND (21,500 USD) have been presented to poor students with excellent academic performances in northern localities.
