An eight-month training course in basic Vietnamese language for officials and medical staff of Laos's 103 Military Hospital closed on November 3. Trainees receive certificates after the Vietnamese language training course. (Photo: VNA) After the course, 37 students of the hospital were all able to communicate in Vietnamese, with 22 achieving excellent certificates. Addressing the event, Savengxay Salasath, director...

The key values of socialism were highlighted at an international seminar in the Mekong Delta province of Vinh Long on November 3. Participants at the seminar pose for a photo. (Photo: VNA) The event was co-organised by the Institute of Philosophy under the Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences (VASS) and Rosa-Luxemburg-Stiftung, Regional Office Southeast Asia, Hanoi. Participants touched...

A meeting was held on November 3 in Cat Ba Biosphere Reserve in the northern port city of Hai Phong in response to the first International Day for Biosphere Reserves. The Kon Ha Nung biosphere reserve in Gia Lai (Photo: VNA) Addressing the event, Deputy Minister of Natural Resources and Environment Vo Tuan Nhan said that the day is...

After nearly a year of operation, Hanoi's first metro project, the Cat Linh - Ha Dong urban railway has welcomed more than 7.2 million passengers. 70% of passengers on Cat Linh - Ha Dong elevated urban railway use monthly tickets, a sign of the line's effective operation. (Photo: VNA) Also known as the 2A line, the metro line...

Vietnamese scientist Prof. Dr. Tran Dang Xuan and his colleagues at Hiroshima University in Japan have discovered anti-cancer agents in rice husks. Illustrative image (Photo: thethaovanhoa.vn) The research titled ‘Cytotoxic Mechanism of Momilactones A and B against Acute Promyelocytic Leukemia and Multiple Myeloma Cell Lines’ was published on Cancers magazine in October this year. This is the first study...

The Global Network of Young Vietnamese Medical Scientists (GYVS) was officially launched at the 21st science and technology conference of the health sector in Hanoi on November 2. The Board of Directors of the Global Network of Young Vietnamese Medical Scientists for the term 2022-27. (Photo: VNA) As an organisation under the Vietnam Young Doctors Association and a voluntary...

The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) will work with relevant ministries, agencies and localities to strengthen patrols, inspections and control at sea to prevent vessels from infringing foreign waters, and take thorough solutions to violations. Illustrative image. (Photo: VNA) The ministry will coordinate with relevant ministries and agencies to improve the enforcement capacity of competent forces...

The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) will work with relevant ministries, agencies and localities to strengthen patrols, inspections and control at sea to prevent vessels from infringing foreign waters, and take thorough solutions to violations. Illustrative image. (Photo: VNA) The ministry will coordinate with relevant ministries and agencies to improve the enforcement capacity of competent forces...

The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), in collaboration with the Department of Climate Change under the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (MONRE), launched a special report entitled “Youth for Climate Action in Vietnam 2022” on November 1. Young people clean up the environment. (Photo: VNA) This year's report was co-written by 24 young authors from all over the...

The My Duc Hospital’s annual charity programme called Uom Mam Hanh Phuc (Nurturing Happiness) in Ho Chi Minh City will begin to accept applications for free IVF treatment on November 8. The My Duc Hospital’s annual charity programme Uom Mam Hanh Phuc (Nurturing Happiness) provides free IVF treatment to infertile couples facing financial difficulties. (Photo Courtesy of the My...