Vietnam has established itself as one of the leading countries in the fight against emerging diseases in the context of a number of dangerous and fast-spreading epidemics in the world over the past years like COVID-19 and earlier, SARS or MERS-CoV. Doctors care for a COVID-19 patient at an intensive care unit in Vietnam. (Photo: VNA) During over...

Team FPT3DN.Robotown comprising students from Da Nang-based FPT Senior High School triumphed at the FIRST® Tech Challenge (FTC) Vietnam robotic competition 2023-2024 on February 24, winning a ticket to compete at the For Inspiration and Recognition in Science and Technology (FIRST) Robotic Championship which is slated for April 17-20 in the US. Members of Da Nang's FPT3DN.Robotown team at...

A campaign named “Million steps of kindness” was launched by the Vietnam Red Cross Society (VRC) and the Vietnam Youth Federation on February 25 to call on the community to engage in physical activities to raise donations to the needy. Participants in the launch of the “Million steps of kindness” campaign pose for a group photo on February...

Deputy Prime Minister Le Minh Khai on February 23 signed a decision promulgating the national action plan to implement the Government's commitment to prevent and combat money laundering, terrorist financing, and financing of the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction. Illustrative image (Photo: Internet) The goal is to realise the National Action Plan to implement the Vietnamese Government's commitment...

A programme connecting Lao and Cambodian students with their Vietnamese foster families has proven effective, contributing to consolidating friendship between the people of Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia. Lao and Cambodian students and their Vietnamese foster parents (Photo: VNA) It was highlighted at a meeting held by the Ho Chi Minh City chapter of the Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF)...

The Institute of China and Contemporary Asia (ICCA) under the Russian Academy of Sciences inaugurated a Vietnam library in Moscow on February 22. An overview of the inauguration ceremony of the Vietnam library in Moscow (Photo: VNA) Speaking at the inauguration ceremony, ICCA Director Kirill Vladimirovich Babaev said the inauguration of the library opens up a new period...

Consolidating traditional growth engines while optimising new ones is among the key tasks set out by Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son at a conference on the 2024 economic diplomacy in Hanoi on February 22. Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son speaks at the conference. (Photo: VNA) Others include promoting innovations in the research, consultancy and...

Vietnam is confident in realising the goal of eliminating malaria by 2030, said Deputy Minister of Health Nguyen Thi Lien Huong. Deputy Minister of Health Nguyen Thi Lien Huong speaks at the event (Photo: Ministry of Health) Addressing a ceremony marking Vietnamese Doctors' Day (February 27) and presenting awards of a competition on the life and scientific career...

The Ministry of National Defence held a ceremony in Hanoi on February 22 to present the President’s decision to send four military officers to the United Nations (UN) peacekeeping missions in the Central African Republic, South Sudan and Abyei area. Deputy Minister of National Defence Sen. Lieut. Gen Hoang Xuan Chien (middle) presents the President's decision to four...

The Ministry of Education and Training has announced the admission of 1,000 students to study in Russia in 2024 under a scholarship agreement signed between the two countries. Ural Federal University in Russia - Illustrative image (Photo:https://english.vov.vn/) Accordingly, the Russian government has granted 1,000 scholarships to Vietnamese citizens to pursue study in various fields at universities and research institutes,...