The vocational training system of Vietnam needs reforming to create highly-skilled human resources that meet the requirements of the labour market in increasingly integrated international market, experts said. Workers in Binh Son district, the central province of Quang Ngai, participate in a high-tech welding apprenticeship at DooSan Vina Training Centre in Dung Quat Economic Zone. (Photo: VNA) Only about...

Small-scale farmers provide an estimated one third of global food output but are facing increasing fiercely climate conditions such as droughts, storms and floods, necessitating measures to boost sustainable development to cope with climate change, experts said at an international conference opened in Hanoi last week. Illustrative image (Source: VNA) The two-day conference served as a venue for...

Typhoon Noru is gaining strength while moving westward at 20-25km per hour, and is expected to make landfall in central Vietnam in the afternoon or evening of September 27, according to Nguyen Van Huong, head of the weather forecast department under the National Centre for Hydro-Meteorology Forecasting. Typhoon Noru is expected to make landfall in central Vietnam on...

Typhoon Noru enters the East Sea in the small hours of September 26 (Photo: VNA) Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on September 26 ordered ministries, sectors and localities to brace against Storm Noru, a strong storm that has entered the East Sea and is likely to hit central localities of Vietnam. They must keep a close watch on...

Minister of Education Nguyen Kim Son on September 25 concluded his US working trip that aimed to strengthen education partnership between the two countries. Minister of Education and Training Nguyen Kim Son (R) meets Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona (Photo: VNA) Along with attending the Transforming Education Summit, Son had meetings with the US Secretary of Education and...

As planned, the 9th Provincial Sports Festival in 2022 will open at 8:00 am on September 25 (Sunday), at Dong Kinh Stadium, Lang Son city (in case of natural disaster or complicated epidemic, it will be held in the Provincial Sports Hall according to the backup plan). The competition time will be from September 26 to September 30. This...

The Vietnamese border provinces of Cao Bang, Lang Son, Ha Giang and Quang Ninh, and the Education Department of China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, held a video conference on education and vocational training cooperation on September 23. At the event. (Photo: VNA) Each year, Guangxi grants the four Vietnamese border provinces 18 to 25 scholarships each for university or...

Over 30 leaders from the world’s top blockchain platforms have gathered at the Buidl Vietnam 2022 conference which is being held in Ho Chi Minh City from September 23-24. At the event (Photo: VNA) Co-hosted by KryptoSeoul and KryptoVietnam, the event drew 37 speakers from blockchain platforms and over 500 IT engineers, coders, CTOs and developers interested in blockchain...

A ceremony was held in Hanoi on September 24 to mark the 30th anniversary of the re-establishment of the Presidential Office (September 25, 1992 – 2022). Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong (R) and President Nguyen Xuan Phuc at the event. (Photo: VNA) The event saw the attendance of Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong, President Nguyen Xuan Phuc,...

The High Command of Naval Zone 4 has just aided a sick sailor, ordering its vessel to take him to shore for further treatment. The sick fisherman is brought on the coast guard vessel for a journey back to mainland (Photo: VNA) Huynh Van Do, born in 1982, from the central province of Binh Dinh, was onboard a fishing...