The 8th national festival for innovative startups (Techfest Vietnam 2022) kicked off in the northern mountainous province of Lai Chau on August 28. At the opening ceremony (Photo: VNA) This is biggest annual event of the Government for the innovative start-ups community, serving as a platform to connect innovative startups ecosystems nationwide. Addressing the event, Tong Thanh Hai, Vice...

President Nguyen Xuan Phuc attended a ceremony in Sam Son city of the central province of Thanh Hoa on August 28 to launch the construction of a monument commemorating people, officials, soldiers and students from the south who gathered in the northern region during the war. President Nguyen Xuan Phuc attends the ground-breaking of monument commemorating people officials, soldiers...

Deputy Prime Minister Le Van Thanh has signed a decision to promulgate a national plan on aquaculture development in the 2021 – 2030 period. Illustrative photo (Source: VNA) The scheme’s overall aims is to develop aquaculture sustainably in response to climate change. The plan is also being set in place to improve productivity, quality, value, and competitiveness of aquatic...

Increasing attention has been given to the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions in Vietnam’s agriculture sector, particularly rice production, in a bid to protect the environment given complex climate change developments. Illustrative photo (Source: VNA) According to Nguyen The Hinh from the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development’s agricultural project management board, currently, agricultural production contributes about 30% of...

With the implementation of movements and activities of the Union, over the past time, the Provincial Women's Union (PWU) has focused on implementing many good practices in performing office culture. Thereby, it contributes to improving the quality of activities, building a team of dynamic, creative and professional staff. Having visited the PWU many times for work, we were very...

The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development has asked central Quang Nam province to review the location of a project to build a road to Ngoc Linh ginseng development area in Nam Tra My district, which occupies more than 25 hectares of natural forest. The strictly protected sub-zone of special-use forests in Nam Tra My district in central Quang...

The Ministry of Transport (MoT) has asked domestic airlines to increase flights during the four-day National Day holiday (September 1-4) to better meet passengers’ travelling demand. Illustrative image (Source: VNA) In its dispatch to aviation agencies, the ministry requested the Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam (CAAV) to direct domestic airlines to organise more flights at night and minimise the...

The Ministry of Culture of France has provided a non-refundable aid worth over 840 million VND (nearly 36,000 USD) to help the central province of Thua Thien – Hue implement a project to restore the roof of Khai Tuong Lau (Khai Tuong Building) at An Dinh Palace in the Complex of Hue Monuments. The An Dinh Palace (Photo: VNA)...

President Nguyen Xuan Phuc joined teachers and students of Hope School in the central city of Da Nang in their "Going to school festival" on August 26. President Nguyen Xuan Phuc and Hope School students. (Photo: VNA) Founded by IT giant FPT and the Hope Foundation, the boarding school is home to children orphaned by COVID-19, and the 2022-2023...

Representatives of the Vietnamese Embassy in Thailand on August 25 visited a Vietnamese victim who was seriously injured in a nightclub fire in Thailand's eastern Chon Buri province. Hoang Minh Hai, the first secretary in charge of citizen protection at the Vietnamese Embassy in Thailand meets relatives of the victim (Photo: VNA) According to the embassy, the 25-year-old female...