Members of the Vietnam General Confederation of Labour (VGCL) and workers can enjoy big sales promotions when shopping online for Lunar New Year (Tet) celebration at a Tet market especially opened for them on the e-commerce platforms of Shopee and Tiki from January 15 to February 7. A Tet market is especially opened for VGCL members and workers...

The Vietnamese Embassy in the Republic of Korea (RoK) held a “Xuan Que Huong” (Homeland Spring) programme in Seoul on January 14 to bring the warm Tet atmosphere to the Vietnamese community in the East Asian nation. Homeland Spring programme opens in the RoK on January 14. (Photo: VNA) The event, the biggest of its kind after COVID-19...

The eighth Vietnam - Japan environmental policy dialogue was held on January 12 in a hybrid format. It was co-chaired by Japan’s State Minister of the Environment Yagi Tetsuya, and Deputy Minister of Natural Resources and Environment Le Cong Thanh. Japan’s State Minister of the Environment Yagi Tetsuya, and Vietnamese Deputy Minister of Natural Resources and Environment Le Cong...

Vietnam expects to have 108 social housing projects with over 47,500 apartments completed in 2024, according to the Ministry of Construction. Social housing project Thang Long Green City in Hanoi's Dong Anh district. (Photo: VNA) Localities nationwide were asked to register their numbers of social housing projects that are scheduled to be completed in 2024, providing housing for...

The Vietnamese Embassy in China held a get-together on January 12 for overseas Vietnamese living, working and studying in China ahead of the Lunar New Year (Tet) Festival, which falls on February 10 this year. Vietnamese students sing at the get-together on January 12. (Photo: VNA) Speaking at the event, Vietnamese Ambassador to China Pham Sao Mai informed...

More than 1.5 million units of blood were donated nationwide in 2023, with 99% of which came from voluntary blood givers who account for 1.5% of the total population, heard a conference to review the voluntary blood donation work in Hanoi on January 12. Illustrative image (Photo: VNA) According to reports presented at the event, which was held by...

Along with traditional cigarettes, recently, new cigarette products have appeared on the market, causing negative effects on the behavior, lifestyle, and health of young people. Faced with that situation, the provincial education sector has implemented many propaganda measures to prevent cigarettes and new cigarette from entering schools. Students at Hoang Van Thu High School participate in extracurricular activities to...

A hi-tech waste-to-energy plant was inaugurated in Ngu Thai commune, Thuan Thanh township in the northern province of Bac Ninh on January 11. Delegates at the opening ceremony of the waste-to-energy plant in Ngu Thai commune, Thuan Thanh town, Bac Ninh province. (Photo: VNA) The plant, a cooperation project between Thuan Thanh Environment Joint Stock Company and Japan’s JFE...

The Ministry of Public Security (MPS) Office for UN Peacekeeping Operations held an inauguration ceremony for the Vietnam Police Peacekeeping Unit No.1 in Hanoi on January 11. Deputy Minister of Public Security Luong Tam Quang (second from right) and UN Police Advisor and Director of Police Division Faisal Shahkar (second from left) hand over the decision to establish...

A cultural and academic exchange forum was held between Vietnam and China in Hanoi on January 11, drawing the participation of many experts, scholars, intellectuals and artists from the two countries. At the forum in Hanoi on January 11 (Photo: VNA) The event was chaired by Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee and head of its...