Ho Chi Minh City announced on April 1 that its average population growth rate during 2009-2019 is 2.15 percent per annum, which means the city has an addition of 170,000 people each year, equivalent to the population of a small district in the southern hub.
Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam has emphasised that tuberculosis is an infectious but not scary disease, and thanks to the development of medicine today it is no longer an "incurable disease."
Vietnam still lacks mechanisms to prevent the abuse of children in various forms and support children victims, participants said at the second meeting of the National Committee for Children in Hanoi on March 22.
A forum took place in Hanoi on March 16 to discuss the role of the press in linking the business community with the Government in the context of the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) officially taking effect on December 30 last year.
The UN Human Rights Committee held a session on March 11-12 in Geneva, Switzerland to review Vietnam’s third national report on the implementation of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR).
A forum on child, early, and forced marriage (CEFM) was held in Jakarta, Indonesia on March 6 by the ASEAN Secretariat in combination with the UN Children's Fund, UN Population Fund , and the Plan International.
BridgeFest 2019’s organizing board invited Top 5 Miss Universe 2018 H’Hen Nie and former FPT CEO Nguyen Thanh Nam to participate and share their inspiring stories with participants to the event.
Amidst the growing demands for microfinance in Vietnam, the potential of expansion for the sector is high, but experts have advised that microfinance organisations should work harder to develop in a sustainable manner.
The Prime Minister has issued a decision regulating the functions, tasks, power and organisation of the State Committee on Overseas Vietnamese Affairs under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
As many as 152 water filters have been presented to 49 schools in Nui Thanh district, the central province of Quang Nam, under a programme that provides clean drinking water for schools.
The Mekong Delta city of Can Tho plans to provide training in agriculture for at least 1,400 people in rural areas this year, focusing mostly on crop cultivation and animal husbandry.
Increasing the limits of unsecured loans given by banks will prevent people from approaching loan sharks, an online conference hosted by the State Bank of Viet Nam (SBV) heard on December 26.
A United Nations expert has praised the Vietnamese Government and the Government Inspectorate (GI) for their efforts in amending the Anti-Corruption Law.
Vietnam always attaches importance to contributions of social organisations, including help from the SOS Children's Villages International, for Vietnam, said Vice President Dang Thi Ngoc Thinh.
A conference was held in the central city of Da Nang on December 17 to introduce a set of tools to help parliaments self-evaluate their efficiency and share international experience in the implementation of sustainable development goals (SDG).
Since its inception 72 years ago (1946-2018), the Vietnamese sport sector has done more than provide games for the nation to play by enhancing the country’s international integration efforts.
The 2018 Information Security Index of Vietnam was 45.6 percent, a figure at average level, reported by Vietnam Information Security Association (VNISA) in Hanoi on November 30.
A workshop on cooperation for better air quality in Hanoi took place in the capital city on November 27, attracting nearly 200 delegates from Vietnam and abroad.
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