Despite strong family bonds, many households in Vietnam now live in separate “worlds” shaped by technology and global integration. The rapid expansion of digital information has placed traditional family education under pressure, as children increasingly turn to online sources of knowledge rather than learning from parents and grandparents.
The Central Highlands province of Gia Lai is intensifying efforts to eliminate substandard houses, aiming to support the construction or repair of 8,178 homes for poor and near-poor households and revolution contributors in 2025.
A series of groundbreaking ceremonies to build and repair houses for poor and near-poor households were organised in Hanoi's 15 districts and townships on April 3 as part of activities to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the capital’s Liberation Day (October 10, 1954-2024) and welcome the Congresses of the Vietnam Fatherland Front at all levels for the 2024 - 2029 tenure.
To ensure good luck for the house, the selected “first foot” is normally required to have zodiac signs compatible with the host. He or she should also be successful and content with life.
People pay more and more attention to summer holiday vacation and consider it an opportunity to tighten connectivity among family members, according to travel agencies in Ho Chi Minh City.
Poverty-stricken families that suffered with the lingering effects of the COVID-19 pandemic are likely to put children at the risk of a disruption in studies or putting them to work. Therefore, it is necessary to have a proper social protection policy in place and timely support to solve this problem.
The northern mountainous province of Ha Giang has mobilised the whole political system and community to build houses for local impoverished people, with thousands of houses built over the past two years. The houses are a vivid illustration of the efforts of local authorities as well as the enthusiastic support of the community.
Victims of sexual abuse and other forms of gender-based violence not only suffer from physical and mental pain but also from the culture of victim blaming.
Indonesia’s police on May 15 shot dead a militant and arrested 13 others suspected of links to suicide bombings in Surabaya city on on May 13 and 14, which left at least 20 dead and many others injured.
Indonesia’s police are worried about new attacks after a series of bombings hitting East Java province on May 13 and 14 left at least 20 dead and many others injured.
Vietnam took second spot out of nine Asian countries and territories surveyed for the 2017 Prudential Relationship Index, which was released in HCM City last weekend.
Together with local people, Chinese nationals who are living and working in Vietnam have their own ways to enjoy the festive atmosphere of the Mid-Autumn Festival and learn more about the event
A Vietnamese delegation led by Ambassador Le Thi Tuyet Mai participated in the Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) conference on women’s economic empowerment in Vilnius, Lithuania, on May 25-26.
The average height of Hanoians is 2-3 cm taller than 10 years ago, according to head of the Hanoi Department of Population and Family Planning Nguyen Dinh Lan.
President Tran Dai Quang met female police role models of 2016 in Hanoi on May 16, during which he highlighted the important contributions by generations of Vietnamese women to the country’s achievements.
