Since the first electric buses were put into operation in Hanoi in December 2021, the number of bus routes using smart electric buses in the city has increased to eight , contributing to enhancing the quality of public in the capital city. An electric bus in Hanoi (Photo: courtesy of VinGroup) The service, provided by Vinbus Ecology Transport...

Ho Chi Minh City will turn another 22 streets into pedestrian streets on weekends between 2022 and 2025. Nguyen Hue Pedestrian Street in HCM City’s District 1. (Photo: VNA) The HCM City Department of Transport has sent the municipal People's Committee a proposal for expansion of the pedestrian street project in the downtown area. The proposal also includes criteria...

Population aging, income disparities and living standards as well as labour migration pose great challenges to the poor and poverty reduction. Children in a remote mountainous province (Photo: VNA) Deputy Minister of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs Le Van Thanh revealed problems in the implementation of the National Target Programme for Sustainable Poverty Reduction in the 2021-25 period to...

The Vietnam Summer Camp 2022, an annual event organised by the State Committee for Overseas Vietnamese (SCOV) under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for outstanding overseas Vietnamese (OV) youths around the world, kicked off in Vinh city, central Nghe An province, on July 22. Vietnam Summer Camp 2022 kicks off in Vinh city, central Nghe An province, on July...

A text message campaign was launched in Hanoi on July 22 in order to raise funds to support Agent Orange (AO)/dioxin victims. VAVA Chairman Nguyen Van Rinh speaks at the launching ceremony (Photo: https://www.qdnd.vn/) Organised by the Vietnam Association of Victims of Agent Orange/dioxin (VAVA) and the National Humanitarian Portal 1400, the campaign will last until September 17....

Five additional survivors of fishing vessel BTh 97478 TS, which sank at sea on July 10, were rescued on the morning of July 22 by a pass-by ship. A Binh Thuan Border Guard vessel sent to search the fishermen (Photo: VNA) According to the Committee for Disaster Response and Search and Rescue of Binh Thuan, at about 11am the...

Nine Vietnamese representatives will participate in the final round of 2022 Microsoft Office Specialist (MOS) World Championship and 2022 Adobe Certified Professional (ACPro) World Championship in Anaheim, California State, the United States from July 24-27. Nguyen Tuong Lam, Secretary of the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union Central Committee (the first from the right) and Doan Hong Nam, chairman...

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh (3rd from left) and Party and Government officials pay tribute to late President Ho Chi Minh at the Chung Son pagoda (Photo: VNA) Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and Party and Government officials on July 23 paid tribute to late President Ho Chi Minh and heroic martyrs in the central province of Nghe An,...

President Nguyen Xuan Phuc has sent a letter of commendation to Vietnamese students who won medals in International Olympiads in 2022. Vietnamese students participating in the 2022 International Mathematical Olympiad (Photo: VNA) In his letter, the President expressed his joy at the outstanding achievements gained by Vietnamese students at international Olympiads in 2022, saying that those are the pride...

The Vietnamese Consulate General and Trade Office in Hong Kong (China) are running a Vietnamese space at the ongoing Hong Kong Book Fair 2022, which lasts from July 20 – 26. (Photo: hkbookfair.hktdc.com) The space features books, paintings, and items on Vietnamese culture. Among those on display are English and Chinese versions of the Vietnam News Agency (VNA)’s Vietnam...