The coast guard force will continue to focus on implementing drastic and synchronous measures to prevent illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing in 2024, heard a conference held by the Vietnam Coast Guard (VCG) Command on January 3. Illustrative image (Source: VNA) Along with firmly protecting national sovereignty, maintaining security, order and safety on islands and seas, the force...

The Ministry of Information and Communications (MIC) has announced a "Black List" of 403 websites with signs of law violation in 2023. The Ministry of Information and Communications (MIC) has announced a "Black List" of 403 websites with signs of law violation in 2023. (Photo: VNA) Some of the websites are xoilacchamtv.com; xoilacchamtv.org; 7mvi.com; bongdalu4.com; 7mss.com/7m-livescore/; ibet888.win; 868vip.life;...

Air carriers said they are prepared for busy end-of-year holiday travel as the 2024 Lunar New Year (Tet) is approaching. Air carriers are prepared for busy end-of-year holiday travel. (Photo: VNA) Vietnam Airlines Group, comprising Vietnam Airlines, Pacific Airlines, and Vietnam Air Services Company (VASCO), plans to fly up to 2.1 million passengers between January 25 and February...

The Public Interest Foundation International Manpower Development Organization (IM Japan) has affirmed the safety of all Vietnamese interns under its management who are working in Toyama, Fukui and Ishikawa prefectures that were hit by the massive earthquake on January 1. At the sports hall of a school in Wakura Onsen city, Ishikawa, where Vietnamese workers seek shelter after...

The National Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology has signed contracts with domestic vaccine producers on the supply of ten types of vaccines used for the national expanded programme on immunisation (EPI). Illustrative image (Photo: VNA) According to the institute, the vaccines will be soon allocated to localities this month. Specifically, there will be over 1.55 million doses of...

Vietnam’s labour market quality has not yet improved with a large portion of informal workers although the employed population increased, according to the General Statistics Office (GSO). Workers in a garment factory in the southern province of An Giang (Photo: VNA) As of the fourth quarter of 2023, the number of employed workers is 51.5 million, increasing by 130,400...

The Hanoi-Ho Chi Minh City air route recorded over 10.8 million seats sold between October 2022 and September 2023, making it the fourth busiest domestic air route in the world in 2023, according to statistics from air travel data provider OAG. Illustrative photo (Photo: VNA) It ranked behind the Jeju-Seoul route in the Republic of Korea, the Fukuoka-Tokyo...

Da Nang International Airport in the central city of Da Nang has become the first and the only terminal in Vietnam to be certified as a 5-star airport by international airport rating agency Skytrax, according to Do Trong Hau, Deputy General Director of the Da Nang International Terminal Investment and Operation Joint Stock Company (AHT). Da Nang International Airport...

A get-together was recently held for Vietnamese enterprises in Berlin on the occasion of the New Year 2024. Minister-Counsellor at the Vietnamese Embassy Chu Tuan Duc speaks at the ceremony. (Photo: VNA) Speaking at the ceremony, Minister-Counsellor at the Vietnamese Embassy Chu Tuan Duc expressed his delight at the strong development and success of enterprises there. Duc said...

As of 9 pm on January 1, there had been no Vietnamese people reported dead or injured in the 7.6-magnitude earthquake that hit central Japan earlier the same day, according to Vietnam Embassy in Japan. A road is damaged by the earthquake in Wajima city, Japan's Ishikawa perfecture on January 1. (Photo: VNA) The embassy set up a...