Counsellor and head of the trade office of the Vietnam Embassy in India Bui Trung Thuong participated in the India Energy Week and the 9th Asian Ministerial Energy Roundtable (AMER9) which ran from February 6-8 in India. Illustrative photo (Photo: VNA) The event – the first major one of the country’s presidency of the Group of 20 leading...

Saxion University of Applied Sciences (SUAS) of the Netherlands and Ton Duc Thang University (TDTU) of Vietnam have signed a memorandum of understanding on cooperation in education, training, applied research and exchange of lecturers, students and PhD students. Ambassador Pham Viet Anh addresses the ceremony (Photo: VNA) Respective faculties of the two sides also signed a cooperation agreement on...

The number of human organ trafficking crimes has risen with increasingly sophisticated tricks and techniques, triggered by high demand and low rate of donation from dead brain donors, according to local authorities. Doctors at Cho Ray Hospital in Ho Chi Minh City perform an organ transplantation. The hospital cooperate with another one to transplant two corneal, two kidneys,...

Promoting the spirit of actively and creativity in performing political tasks of the unit, over the past time, the young soldiers of the Youth Union of the Provincial Border Guard Command has actively implemented and participated in many volunteer activities, contributing to socio-economic development and firmly protecting national border sovereignty. From 2022, the model of "Vietnamese border bamboo embankment"...

Over 644,000 payment transactions with a total value of more than 279 billion VND (over 11.8 million USD) were processed through the National Public Service Portal in January, according to the Ministry of Information and Communications. Illustrative image (Photo: hanoimoi.com.vn)   Over 338,000 accounts were registered, while over 7.2 million records were synchronised with the portal in the month....

Saltwater intrusion has begun to increase in the Mekong Delta’s rivers, affecting irrigation of crops. Caption: The Cai Lon - Cai Be irrigation system in Kien Giang province is the largest of its kind in the country. (Photo: VNA) A salinity rate of four grammes per litre was seen 45-70km upstream in major rivers this week, according to...

As many as 16 districts in Hanoi - 11 urban and 5 rural ones - no longer have any households living under the poverty line, and the number of poor households in the capital city stands at 2,134, making up only 0.095% of its population. Illustrative image (Source: VNA) The municipal People’s Committee has set the target of reducing...

The newspaper Ulsan City News of Ulsan city of the Republic of Korea (RoK) has launched a multilingual electronic version, including Vietnamese. The first issue of Ulsan City News newspaper in Vietnamese version. (Photo: Foreign Resident Support Centre in Ulsan) The newspaper is published in 11 languages with a view to providing a variety of news to foreigners,...

The Republic of Korea (RoK)’s Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries has announced that on February 4 night, a fishing boat sank off the coast of Sinan county in the province of Jeonnam, leaving 9 out of its 12 crewmembers missing, including two Vietnamese citizens, according to the Vietnamese Embassy in the RoK. Rescuers are searching for the victims....

Vietnam’s relevant agencies have stepped up training since mid-2022 in an effort to increase the number of workers sent to the Republic of Korea (RoK). Vietnamese workers at Incheon airport in the RoK. (Photo: VNA) The Korean Ministry of Employment and Labour said the country has plans to employ about 110,000 migrant workers this year to work at...