The Vietnamese Embassy in Russia, in collaboration of the Vietnamese Association in Russia, welcomed and repatriated Vietnamese people who had evacuated from Donetsk in eastern Ukraine to Russia, from May 29-31. Vietnamese evacuees at Russia's Sheremetievo airport (Photo: VNA) There were 11 evacuees, including four children, travelling from Donestsk to Rostov on Don city. The group was welcomed...

State President Nguyen Xuan Phuc on May 31 sent his of commendations to Dinh Van Chien, a resident in Ho Son commune of Tam Dao district, northern Vinh Phuc province, for the latter’s saving of the life of a family on a motorbike. Dinh Van Chien holds a motorbike with brake failure from behind to save three people...

A Month of Action for Children was launched at a ceremony in Hanoi on May 31 in the present of Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh. Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh at the ceremony (Photo: VNA) Under the theme “Joining hands to care for, educate and protect children,” the month of action aims to engage socio-political organisations, social organisations,...

All eight Vietnamese students participating in the 2022 Asian Physics Olympiad (APhO) have won prizes, bringing home one silver, two bronze medals and five certificates of merit, according to the Ministry of Education and Training. The winning Vietnamese contestants (Photo: VNA) 12th-grader Le Minh Hoang from the Hanoi University of Science (HUS)’s High School for Gifted Students earned the...

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh visited and presented gifts to child patients at the Vietnam National Children's Hospital on May 31, on the occasion of the International Children’s Day and the Month of Action for Children. Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh presents a gift to a child patient at the National Children's Hospital on May 31 (Photo: VNA)...

Vietnam was the top recipient of Japanese visas last year, with a total of 15,434 people obtaining the official mark in their passports. People wait in line to check-in at Vietnam Airlines counters at Narita airport in Japan. (Photo: VNA) Per statistics of the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Vietnam, China and the US accounted for around 40 percent...

The Vietnam Farmers' Union (VFU) and the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) on May 31 launched a 7-million-USD project to prevent, combat and respond to violence and other harmful behaviours in the 2022 – 2026 period. Illustrative image (Photo: VNA) The project is part of the 10th country programme for Vietnam funded by UNFPA in the 2022 – 2026...

President Nguyen Xuan Phuc on May 31 visited Hanoi’s care centre for children with disabilities in Chuc Son town of Chuong My district. A boy plays a game at a kindergarten. (Photo: VNA) Congratulating the children on the International Children Day (June 1), the State leader commended their extraordinary efforts to surmount difficulties and expressed his hope that...

The National Assembly (NA)'s Committee for Culture and Education has submitted to the NA Standing Committee a report affirming that many voters, experts, scientists and teachers disagreed with a plan to make history a selective subject in senior high school curriculum. Illustrative image (Source: Thanhnien.vn) The report said that during the implementation of the 2018 general education programme, many...

The annual programme which arranges trips bringing overseas Vietnamese to Truong Sa islands helps strengthen national solidarity, Vice President of the Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) Central Committee Phung Khanh Tai said on May 30. At the event (Photo: VNA) He made the statement while presiding over a get-together with OVs from 17 countries around the world, who paid a...