The 2023 National Press Festival, themed “Solidarity-professionalism-culture-innovation,” will take place at the Hanoi Museum from March 17-19, heard a press conference in Hanoi on March 10. Standing Vice Chairman of the Vietnam Journalists’ Association (VFA) Nguyen Duc Loi, head of the festival’s organising committee, speaks at the press conference. (Photo: VNA) The opening and closing ceremonies will be...

Drug prevention and control activities must be put under the leadership and direction of the Party Committees and administration at all levels, especially the grassroots level, with the People’s Public Security force playing the key role but not the only force in the work, said Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh at an online conference on drug prevention and control...

The first Vietnam Amazing Brewing Master was held on March 10 as one of the 18 main activities of the eighth Buon Ma Thuot Coffee Festival in the Central Highlands province of Dak Lak. A booth displaying Vietnamese coffee (Photo: VNA) The contest attracted the participation of 33 baristas from nine localities across Vietnam. The awarding ceremony is expected...

Despite an improvement in the online disclosure of district-level land use plans and provincial-level land pricing frameworks, the difference between the reviews in 2021 and 2022 was not significant, according to recent research findings. Illustrative image (Photo: VNA) The findings were shared at a thematic discussion jointly organised by the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) in Vietnam and...

The Vietnam Red Cross Society (VRC) Central Committee on March 9 handed over 100,000 USD each to Red Crescent organizations of Turkey and Syria to support their earthquake recovery efforts. At the donation handover ceremony (Photo: VNA) Statistics show that the 7.8-magnitude earthquake that struck southeastern Turkey and neighbouring Syria on February 6 was one of the strongest in...

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Vietnam Society of International Law held a workshop in Hanoi on March 9 to discuss the role of the United Nations International Law Commission (ILC) in codification and progressive development of international law. Assistant to the Minister of Foreign Affairs Nguyen Minh Vu (standing) speaks at the workshop in Hanoi on...

The Government Committee for Religious Affairs released the white book on religions and religious policies in Vietnam at a conference held by the Ministry of Information and Telecommunications in Hanoi on March 9. The Government Committee for Religious Affairs released the white book on religions and religious policies in Vietnam (Photo:baoquocte.vn) A 132-page book consists of three chapters that...

Hanoi needs an urgent and optimal solution for waste treatment, environmental experts have said, suggesting the construction of modern waste treatment facilities and waste sorting at source are key points to improve the city’s waste treatment capacity. Garbage piles up on Kim Nguu Street in Hanoi's Hai Ba Trung District. (Photo: VNA) Since 2015, the city has experienced nearly...

Responding to the emulation movement "Developing Vietnamese women in the new era", all levels of women's unions in the province have been diversifying activities to support women to develop themselves, to affirm their position in all fields of social life. Building a happy family The emulation movement "Developing Vietnamese women in the new era" was launched from the 13th...

A chef in a restaurant in Da Lat city, Central Highland province of Lam Dong, has brought home two gold medals and two silver medals at the Malaysia Culinary World Cup 2023 that took place in Malaysia on February 21-23. Chef Doan Thanh Dien prepares a dish at Malaysia Culinary World Cup 2023. (Photo: VNA) Doan Thanh Dien, born...