The Vietnam EPS (Employment Permit System) Labour Management Office, in collaboration with the Support Centre for Foreign Workers in Uijeongbu city of Gyeonggi province, held a meeting on April 23 with Vietnamese labourers working in the city and surrounding areas to update them on the Republic of Korea (RoK)’s law. Vietnamese guest workers get updated on the RoK’s...

The Vietnam Fisheries Society (VINAFIS) has voiced its objection to China’s unilateral fishing ban in the East Sea for 2023. A fishing vessel of Vietnam (Photo: VNA) VINAFIS sent the objection document to the Government Office, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and the Party Central Committee’s Commission for External Relations and Commission...

The Ministry of Health (MoH) has warned health departments, and medical examination and treatment establishments of localities nationwide about 14 cough syrup products banned in some countries which have caused death or acute kidney damage for hundreds of children. Illustrative image (Photo: Reuters) Previously, the ministry received a relevant warning from the International Criminal Police Organisation (Interpol) that these...

A cold spell will hit a number of northern localities, including Hanoi, from the night of April 24, resulting a drop in the temperature to 20-23 degrees Celsius on following days, according to the National Centre for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting. Illustrative image (Source: VNA) The cold spell will ease the extreme humidity during hot days with extreme humidity. Medium...

Forty-seven overseas Vietnamese (OVs) from 22 countries around the world and 200 domestic delegates concluded a programme to visit people and soldiers in Truong Sa island district and DK1 platform on April 23. Delegates attend a flag hoisting ceremony in the Truong Sa island district (Photo: VNA) According to Assistant Minister of Foreign Affairs Nguyen Minh Vu, the...

President Vo Van Thuong attended an event to launch the 2023 National Humanitarian Month and mark the 160th anniversary of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement in the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho on April 23. At the launch ceremony (Photo: VNA) At the event, which was co-organised by the Central Committee of Vietnam Red Cross...

Measures to promote renovation and make breakthrough development for the northern key economic region were discussed at the recent economic-financial forum 2023 held recently in Hai Phong city. The northern key economic region is a strategic region with extremely important role in the country’s politics, socio-economy, defence and security (Photo: vneconomy.vn) Addressing the event, Dr. Pham Thu Phong,...

Natural disasters caused economic loss worth nearly 19.5 trillion VND (approximately 830 million USD) in 2022, up 3.4 times from the loss recorded in 2021, a conference of the national steering committee for natural disaster prevention and control heard on April 20. Participants at the conference (Photo: VNA) Also, 175 persons were killed or went missing during natural...

Health Minister Dao Hong Lan, Deputy Health Minister Nguyen Thi Lien Huong and WHO Representative in Vietnam Angela Pratt co-chaired the Health Partnership Group meeting in Hanoi on April 21. Illustrative image (Photo: VNA) Speaking at the opening ceremony, Minister Lan stressed the significance of the meeting in the context that countries around the world, including Vietnam, are...

A mobile exhibition aiming to give visitors an insight into the historical and legal evidence proving Vietnam’s sovereignty over Hoang Sa and Truong Sa opened in the northern province of Ha Nam on April 21. Students from in Ha Nam province's Kim Bảng district at the exhibition. (Photo: VNA) On display are photos, documents and nearly 100 maps...