Authorities in Ho Chi Minh City held a ceremony on March 8 to posthumously confer the title of “Heroic Vietnamese Mother” to eight women whose husbands and children laid down their lives in the struggle for national liberation and protection. At the ceremony. (Photo:thanhuytphcm.vn) Addressing the ceremony, Phan Van Mai, Chairman of the municipal People’s Committee, said the...

A ceremony took place at the Japanese Consulate General in Ho Chi Minh City on March 7 to sign a contract on the funding of three projects in Vietnam at a total value of 252,528 USD. At the signing ceremony (Photo: tuoitre.vn) The assistance is part of the Japanese Government’s Grant Assistance for Grassroots Human Security Projects (GGP)...

Vietnam calls on the international community to enhance cooperation and coordinate policies in order to ensure women’s rights and gender equality, Ambassador Dang Hoang Giang, Permanent Representative of Vietnam to the United Nations (UN), said at a debate of the UN Security Council on March 7. Vietnamese women have made great contributions to national peace, independence, construction and...

The Airports Corporation of Vietnam (ACV) is testing a biometric authentication system for passengers who use electronic identity cards in the aviation security check process. A passenger is verified by biometric authentication in Cat Bi International Airport of Hai Phong. ( Photo: baogiaothong.vn) Accordingly, Cat Bi International Airport in Hai Phong was the first airport to install the...

On the morning of March 7, the Provincial Confederation of Labor held a conference to honor the typical female heads of committee for female affairs of the trade union at grassroots level in the 2018-2023 period. The leader of the Provincial Confederation of Labor speaks at the conference According to the report, there are currently more than 41,000 members...

Miss World Vietnam 2019 Luong Thuy Linh has joined a campaign in response to the “Fix My Food” initiative by the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) aiming to promote healthier food environments for children in East Asia and the Pacific. Miss World Vietnam 2019 Luong Thuy Linh (second row, fifth, R) at the event in Bangkok, Thailand. (Photo:...

Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha has signed a decision to approve the general planning scheme of the Cuu Long (Mekong) river basin for the 2021-2030 period with a vision to 2050. Cape Ca Mau area seen from above (Photo: VNA). The planning scheme aims to ensure water security in the river basin, and reserve, regulate and distribute...

Experts discussed the implementation of policies and laws on energy development in the 2016-2021 period at a conference co-organised by the Vietnam Union of Science and Technology Associations (VUSTA) and the National Assembly (NA)'s Committee for Science, Technology and Environment (CSTE) in Hanoi on March 5. Solar electricity panels in Truong Sa (Spratly) (Photo: VNA) Chairman of the National...

"Whatever can be done for the People must be done with all its might, no matter how difficult it is." That is the sharing of Senior Lieutenant Colonel Tran Thi Thu Trang, Deputy Head of the Police Division for Administrative Management of Social Order, Provincial Public Security – one of the individuals who received a certificate of merit from...

The Ministry of Planning and Investment held a meeting spotlighting disabled women's determination to overcome difficulties, in Hanoi on March 8 as part of activities marking International Women's Day (March 8). At the event (Photo: Ministry of Planning and Investment) Addressing the event, Minister of Planning and Investment Nguyen Chi Dung said over the years, the ministry has...