Simple and low-cost interventions can reduce the level of pork contamination in traditional markets, which helps solve food safety issues, the results of a SafePork 'Market-based approaches to improving pork safety in Vietnam' project have shown. Illustrative image (Photo: VNA) SafePORK (2017-2023) is a project funded by the Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR) and co-implemented by...

The Department of Culture and Sports and the Department of Construction of south-central Khanh Hoa province, and the provincial Association of Architects launched an architectural and landscape design competition for the Truong Sa Museum. Overview of Truong Sa Museum (Photo: Khanh Hoa provincial Commission for Information and Education) This activity is part of a series of events marking the...

An international forum themed "Women, Cybersecurity and STEM" was held by the Vietnam Women's Union (VWU) and the UN Entity for Gender Equality and Empowerment of Women in Vietnam (UN Women) on March 29. Participants at the event (Photo: phunuvietnam.vn) The event was part of the activities to respond to the campaign of "Digital for All: Innovation and Technology...

The Decent Work Country Programme Vietnam 2022 - 2026 was signed between representatives of the Vietnamese Government, workers, and employers and the International Labour Organisation (ILO) in Hanoi on March 28. Representatives of the ILO and the Vietnamese partners show the signed Decent Work Country Programme Vietnam 2022 - 2026 on March 28. (Photo qdnd.vn) The MoU on...

People living in ethnic and mountainous areas have received a boost to improve their living conditions and infrastructure in their communities. Mang ethnic minority people, in the northern mountainous province of Son La, live in simple, makeshift tent-like structures made primarily from bamboo. (Photo: VNA) Deputy Prime Minister Tran Luu Quang has approved a decision to assist residents...

A conference to review the first phase of the programme on the transition to Internet Protocol version 6 for state agencies (IPv6 for Gov) and discuss the implementation of the second phase of the plan was held at the Vietnam Internet Network Information Centre (VNNIC) in Hanoi on March 28. Illustrative image (Photo: vietnamnet.vn) IPv6 for Gov’s first...

Over the past time, the reception and settlement of administrative procedures in Lang Son city has achieved many positive results, become more and more professional and modern, creating a good impression on individuals and organizations. Achieving the above results, the City People's Committee has paid attention to and promoted the reform of administrative procedures, in which, focused on the...

Malaysia still remains one of the top markets for Vietnamese unskilled workers after Japan, the Republic of Korea, and Taiwan (China), head of the Vietnamese Embassy's labour management department in Malaysia Thai Phuc Thanh has said. Illustrative image (Photo: VNA) According to Thanh, labour cooperation between Vietnam and Malaysia has developed continuously and substantively. The two governments in 2003...

The Ministry of Health and the World Bank in Vietnam held a workshop in Hanoi on March 27 to discuss the orientations for developing grassroots healthcare in the new context. A medical worker gives advice to a resident in Hanoi. (Photo: VNA) Deputy Minister of Health Do Xuan Tuyen said the Party, National Assembly, and Government have issued many...

The British Embassy in Hanoi on March 27 announced nine low carbon projects from across Vietnam as the first cohort to join Climate Finance Accelerator (CFA) Vietnam. Illustrative image (Source: VNA) The selected projects represent diverse sectors such as renewable energy, resource/energy efficiency, e-mobility, AFOLU (agriculture, forestry and other land uses), decarbonising construction, circular economy, and waste management;...