The Action Month for Children, which is taking place in Ho Chi Minh City from June 1-30, aims to raise public awareness about violence against children, and call for greater efforts and actions to address child abuse and violence against children. Illustrative image (Photo: VNA) The programme conveys a message that children must be safe in their own...

France will provide technical assistance for Vietnam to streamline administrative procedures, improve its business environment and build the e-government and digital transformation under a cooperation programme between the Vietnamese Government Office and the French Embassy in Vietnam released on June 3. Delegates at the ceremony pose for a group photo (Source: VNA) The programme on cooperation in administrative modernisation...

President Nguyen Xuan Phuc received a delegation from the Vietnam Association of Historical Sciences (VAHS) in Hanoi on June 3, discussing general historical education - research and the VAHS’s development orientations. President Nguyen Xuan Phuc at the meeting (Photo: VNA) The State leader took the occasion to commend experts and researchers in the field who have made significant...

A company in the northern province of Hai Duong has been found hanging a world map that breaches Vietnam’s sea, island sovereignty. Hai Duong police on June 2 discovered that the world map, published in Chinese language, hung at an office of Baifar Hai Duong company, features the nine-dash line on the East Sea invented by China. The map...

Comrade Duong Xuan Huyen, Standing Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee gave gifts to Veteran Pham Ngoc Minh, former Assistant to the Staff of Ta Ngan Military Region, residing at My Son Street, Block 9, Vinh Trai Ward On the afternoon of June 2, the delegation of the Provincial People's Committee led by Mr. Duong Xuan Huyen,...

Viettel has grabbed the most awards among more than 100 IT firms participating in the 17th Annual 2022 IT World Awards with 41 products honoured in 37 categories. All registered Viettel products and services have won prizes at the 2022 IT World Awards. (Photo: laodongthudo.vn) This is the third consecutive year that all registered Vietttel products and services have...

The Embassy of Sweden in Hanoi, in partnership with the Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee and the Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry (VCCI), held a conference titled “Pioneer to the Possible” in the southern city on June 2 as part of efforts to boost their partnership in sustainable development. The conference titled “Pioneer to the Possible” takes...

Five Vietnamese universities have been named in the Times Higher Education's Asia University Rankings 2022, including three in Ho Chi Minh City and two in Hanoi. The entrance of the Hanoi University of Science and Technology (HUST). (Photo: HUST) They are Ton Duc Thang University in 73rd place; Duy Tan University (91st); Vietnam National University, Hanoi (VNU), placed...

The electricity supply will basically be guaranteed in 2022 without a risk of power shortage, the Ministry of Industry and Trade has said. Illustrative image (Photo: VNA) A recent report of the ministry said the power production and import in the January – May period reached an estimated 108.7 billion kWh, up 4 percent year-on-year, and 109 million kWh...

A total of 152 outstanding works entered the final round of the 16th National Press Awards which was held on June 1. The final round of the 16th National Press Awards (Photo: VNA) They were selected from 1,911 entries sent to the organising board, according to Nguyen Duc Loi, Vice Chairman of the Vietnam Journalists Association (VJA). The works...