The Government has approved a project on designating September 8 as the Day for Honouring Vietnamese Language in Vietnamese Communities Abroad. Chairman of the State Committee for Overseas Vietnamese Affairs (COVA) and Deputy Foreign Minister Pham Quang Hieu talked to the press about the goals of the project and reasons to choose the date. Deputy Foreign Minister Pham...

As of August 8, more than 177,989 labourers in Hanoi have received housing rent support under the Prime Minister’s decision with a total amount of over 92.8 billion USD (3.966 million USD), equivalent to 63.6% and 51% of the set plan, respectively. Illustrative image (Photo: VNA) According to the municipal Department of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs, 170,338...

A group of four Australian doctors and experts visited My Duc Hospital in Phu Nhuan district, Ho Chi Minh City, to learn from the Vietnamese side’s experience in biphasic in vitro maturation (CAPA-IVM) from August 13-14. Foreign experts learn from Vietnam’s biphasic in vitro maturation technology. (Photo: VOV) The Australian delegation was headed by Prof. William Ledger, head...

The Mausoleum of President Ho Chi Minh in Hanoi will reopen to the public from August 16 after an annual maintenance since June 13. The Mausoleum of President Ho Chi Minh in Hanoi's Ba Dinh district (Photo: VNA) According to the management board of the mausoleum, respect-paying activities for the late President will resume on the day. President Ho...

President Nguyen Xuan Phuc offered incense to President Ho Chi Minh at the late leader’s temple at Ba Vi Mountain in the outskirt of Hanoi on August 14, on the occasion of President Ho Chi Minh’s 53rd death anniversary and the 53 years of implementing his testament. The incense offering ceremony was held at tPresident Ho Chi Minh's temple...

All four students in the Vietnamese team have brought home a medal at the 34th International Olympiad in Informatics (IOI 2022) hosted by Indonesia. All four students in the Vietnamese team win a medal at the 34th International Olympiad in Informatics (IOI 2022). (Photo: Ministry of Education and Training) Tran Xuan Bach, a 11th grader at the HUS High...

On the morning of August 12, 2022, the Ministry of Education and Training held an online conference to summarize the 2021-2022 school year, implementing the tasks of the 2022-2023 school year. Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam attended and directed the conference. Mr. Duong Xuan Huyen, Member of the Standing Committee of the Provincial Party Committee, Standing Vice Chairman...

Investment in education in Vietnam tended to increase steadily over the past decade, according to a report by the Vietnam National Institute of Educational Sciences (VNIES). Participants pose for a group photo at the event. (Photo: vnies.edu.vn) The report annalysing the education sector during 2011-2020 was released at a seminar in Hanoi on August 8. According to the report,...

Facing complex developments of the monkeypox outbreak in the world, the Health Ministry’s Drug Administration has asked pharmaceutical and material producers to increase the import of and proactively develop monkeypox medication. An antiviral drug for monkeypox treatment (Photo: AFP/VNA)   In a document sent on August 10, the agency requested the companies keep up with the development of monkeypox...

President Nguyen Xuan Phuc on August 12 decided to reduce death penalties to life sentences for 21 prisoners, including two foreigners. Illustrative image (Source: VNA) The decision was made in line with the 2013 Constitution and following proposals by the Chief Judge of the Supreme People’s Court, Prosecutor General of the Supreme People's Procuracy and Chairman of the...