The Spanish Embassy in Vietnam on August 1 announced that it cannot accept Schengen visa applications from Vietnamese citizens using new-style passports until further notice. New-style Vietnamese passports (Photo: the Government's portal) The notice posted on the Facebook page of the Embassy of Spain in Vietnam stated that new-style passports (dark blue cover) granted to Vietnamese citizens from...

"Hanh trinh Do" (Red Journey), the country’s largest-scale blood donation campaign, has contributed to raising awareness about voluntary blood donation and handling blood shortages over the past 10 years. Blood donors join the Red Journey in Ca Mau (Photo: VNA) The campaign also helped expand the number of blood donors; raised the public’s awareness about thalassemia prevention and...

Garbage from take-away food and drinks accounts for 44% of plastic waste found at surveyed sites in Vietnam, according to the World Bank (WB). Take-away food packaging (Photo: Vnexpress) Vnexpress e-newspaper cited a WB report released this week showing that plastic waste at both surveyed river and coastal sites across Vietnam came mostly from take-away-related sources. Take-away related waste...

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh chaired a conference on August 1 to discuss measures to expand social housing facilities for workers and low-income earners. An overview of the conference (Photo: VNA) He underlined that the Party and State have designed various housing policies at a hope to give better care for workers and low-income earners. Currently, 7.8 million sq.m...

The United Association of Vietnamese Students in New South Wales, Australia, (UAVS) has hosted the UAVS Career Fair 2022 in Sydney, providing an opportunity for Vietnamese senior university students and fresh graduates to connect with enterprises from both countries and seek job vacancies. The UAVS Career Fair 2022 takes place in Sydney last weekend. (Photo: VNA) The event also...

The Vietnamese Embassy in Thailand has swiftly contacted and provided necessary information about legal procedures to relatives of two Vietnamese citizens who drowned to death in Phuket Island in the morning July 31. A beach in Phuket, Thailand (Photo:AFP/VNA) The victims are a woman born in 1970 and her daughter born in 2006, who are residing in Dong Da...

A delegation of officials from nine Vietnamese localities are joining the 8th World Cities Summit (WCS) at Marina Bay Sands, Singapore, from July 31 - August 3. Delegates attending a forum on July 31 within WCS 2022 (Photo: VNA) Themed “Liveable and Sustainable Cities: Emerging Stronger”, the event gathers government leaders, mayors, leaders of provinces and cities, and...

Four coastal provinces have completed the installation of vessel monitoring systems (VMS) equipment on all fishing boats with a length of 15m and more, according to the Directorate of Fisheries under the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development. Illustrative photo (Source: VNA) The four localities are Quang Ninh, Thua Thien-Hue, Ninh Binh and Ca Mau. The percentage of fishing...

The Embassy of Vietnam in Germany on July 29 announced that it is ready to issue a confirmation in German about the place of birth for Vietnamese citizens using new-style passports, in case they need it to present to German authorities. Inside a new-style passport of Vietnam (Photo: VNA) Vietnam's new passports, which have been issued since July...

Vietnamese are the fourth tallest people in Southeast Asia, only after Singapore, Thailand and Malaysia, thanks to improvements in maternal and child nutrition, heard a workshop held by the Ministry of Health in Hanoi on July 28 Illustrative image (Source: VNA) Dr. Tran Dang Khoa, Deputy Director of the ministry’s Department of Maternal and Child Health, said the average...