President Nguyen Xuan Phuc and representatives of the overseas Vietnamese attending the Homeland Spring 2023 programme on January 14 offered incense at the Thang Long Royal Citadel in Hanoi, on the occasion of the coming traditional Lunar New Year which will arrive later next week. President Nguyen Xuan Phuc (C) and delegates offer incense at Kinh Thien palace (Photo:...

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on January 14 urged the labour, invalids and social sector to take stronger determination in 2023 to complete its tasks, towards spreading the spirit of kindness; accelerating human resources development and promoting social progress and justice, and sustainable social development in line with the motto of “leaving no one behind”. Prime Minister Pham Minh...

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh hosted a reception in Hanoi on January 13 for Aurélia Nguyen, Chief Programme Strategy Officer at the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunisation (GAVI) and former Managing Director of COVAX Facility. At the reception (Photo: VGP) The PM said he is glad to see Nguyen in Vietnam when she returned home to attend Xuan...

The Vietnam Union of Friendship Organisations (VUFO) on January 13 held a get-together for historical witnesses to look back on the Paris Agreement on Ending the War and Restoring Peace in Vietnam (Paris Peace Accords) which was signed on January 27, 1973. An overview of the meeting (Photo: VNA) The event drew 26 international friends from friendship and peace...

Hanoi aims to reduce the number of poor households by 30% this year, compared to 2022. Secretary of the Hanoi Party Committee Dinh Tien Dung presents Tet gifts to disadvantaged households in Gia Lam district on January 13. (Photo: VNA) According to Decision 337 QD-UBND of the municipal People’s Committee issued on January 12, the city had 2,134 poor...

Hanoi aims to have doctors at all healthcare stations by 2025, according to a human resources development plan for the 2022-2025 period issued by the municipal People’s Committee. Hanoi has set the target of having doctors at all healthcare stations by 2025,(Photo: soyte.hanoi.gov.vn) By 2025, there will be 26.4 nurses and midwives per 10,000 inhabitants, and up to 41%...

Vietnamese Minister of Justice Le Thanh Long and his Lao counterpart Phayvy Siboualypha signed a judicial assistance agreement on civil affairs under the witness of the two Prime Ministers in Vientiane, Laos on January 11, within the framework of PM Pham Minh Chinh’s Lao visit from January 11-12. At the signing ceremony (Photo: VNA) In the afternoon the...

Vietnam’s passport climbed four spots to rank 88th among the most powerful passports in the world, according to the newly-released Henley Passport Index 2023. People with a Vietnamese passport enjoy free entry or are just required an e-visa or a visa on arrival to 55 countries and territories globally. (Photo: VNA) Accordingly, people with a Vietnamese passport enjoy...

Honda Vietnam will present 620,000 helmets to first and second graders in Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City and Can Tho during the 2022-2023 academic year, the company’s representative said in an announcement ceremony held in Hanoi on January 11. Illustrative image (Photo: VNA) The programme aims to raise the awareness and observance of rules on wearing helmets when...

The Vietnamese Ministry of Information and Communications handed over a platform for massive open online courses (MOOCs) and a security operations centre (SOC) system to the Lao Ministry of Technology and Communications on January 11. Vietnamese and Lao officials at the hand-over ceremony in Vientiane on January 11. (Photo: VNA) These are two projects that the Vietnamese ministry...