The Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union (HCYU) and young people must be the pioneers in implementing the policy of promoting national digital transformation, and developing the digital economy based on science, technology and innovation, National Assembly (NA) Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue requested on March 21. National Assembly (NA) Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue talks with delegates to the...

Vietnam ranks 65th out of 137 countries and territories in the 2020-2022 period as per the World Happiness Report 2023, up 12 places from the 2022 Report. Vietnam ranks 65th out of 137 countries and territories in the 2020-2022 period as per the World Happiness Report 2023. (Photo: VGP) The report was released on March 20, which the...

The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment has asked other ministries, agencies, sectors, localities, and organisations to take practical and effective activities to mark the World Water Day (March 22), the World Meteorological Day (March 23), and the Earth Hour 2023 (March 25). This year, the World Water Day’s theme is “Accelerating Change” which aims to raise awareness and...

The Ministry of Health has asked the People's Committees of cities and provinces nationwide, the Pasteur Institutes and hygiene and epidemiology institutes to strengthen prevention and control of the Marburg virus disease. Illustrative image (Photo: Internet) The Marburg virus causes an acute infectious disease, which naturally resides in fruit-eating bats (Rousettus aegyptiacus). The disease is transmitted from animals (bats,...

Deputy Minister of Justice Nguyen Thanh Tinh, European Union Ambassador to Vietnam Giorgio Aliberti, and UNDP Resident Representative in Vietnam Ramla Khalidi jointly held the 2023 Legal Partnership Forum on Digital Transformation in the Justice Sector in Hanoi on March 20. An oveview of the forum. (Photo: nhandan.vn) Addressing the event, Tinh said that digital transformation is a major...

Task forces in the northern port city of Hai Phong seized about 7 tonnes of tusks hidden in a container arriving at Nam Dinh Vu Port from Africa on March 20, according to the General Department of Customs. This is the largest ever seizure of smuggled tusks in Hai Phong. (Photo: VNA) It is one of the three...

With 87% of Vietnamese children aged 12-17 years old access the internet every day, they are facing a myriad of risks in cyberspace, according to Tran Dang Khoa, deputy head of the Information Security Department under the Ministry of Information and Communications. A child learns online at home in Hanoi. (Photo: VNA) Khoa stated that parents often provide...

"Campus-in-Campus: Innovative Models for Internationalisation of Higher Education Institutions" was the main theme of the sixth international forum on internationalisation in higher education (FIHE 6) taking place in Hanoi on March 16. A panel discussion at the sixth international forum on internationalisation in higher education (FIHE 6) in Hanoi on March 16. (Photo courtesy of FTU) The FIHE...

Deputy Prime Minister Tran Luu Quang has signed off on a decision for assistance in house building and land reclamation for residents in ethnic minority and mountainous areas. The assistance in house building and land reclamation aims to help with the implementation of the national target programme on socio-economic development in ethnic minority and mountainous area. (Photo: VNA)...

About 500 Cambodian people and those of the Vietnamese origin in Borebo district, Cambodia's Kampong Chhnang province, received free health check-ups and medicine on March 18. Illustrative image. (Photo: VNA) The activity was organised by the Vietnamese Embassy in Cambodia, Cho Ray-Phnom Penh Hospital, the Khmer-Vietnamese Association, and local authorities. Ambassador Nguyen Huy Tang expressed his sincere thanks...