Hanoi (VNA) – A ceremony was held in Hanoi on October 25 to commend children with remarkable achievements from nationwide, which was the most important activity of the 9th National Congress of Uncle Ho’s Good Children for 2015-2020. National Assembly Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan (second row, centre), officials and children pose for a photo at the ceremony on...

Hanoi (VNA) – Nearly 280 Vietnamese citizens were brought home from Europe on a flight operated by the national flag carrier Vietnam Airlines on October 22-23. The citizens complete procedures for quarantine. (Photo: VNA) The flight was the joint efforts of competent Vietnamese agencies at home and abroad, and local authorities. The passengers included children under 18, students who...

(LSO) - On October 22, Lang Son Association for Handicapped Support and Child Rights Protection held the conference to praise Lang Son province’s disabled people doing business well and typical patrons for the first time, period 2015 - 2020. Attending the conference were Mr. Nguyen Long Hai, Vice Chairman of Lang Son Provincial People's Committee; Mr. Luong Phan Cu,...

(LSO) - On October 21, Lang Son Provincial People's Committee held a meeting to summarize the implementation of the Youth Development Strategy for the period 2012-2020 and the Project of Young Intellectuals with voluntary work in communes with the aim to develop the economy of participate in rural and mountainous development phase 2013 - 2020 (Project No. 500) in...

Hanoi (VNA) - A campaign called “Career has no gender” has been launched to promote gender equality in workplaces nationwide, Le Thanh Hang, Director of the Vietnam Business Coalition for Women’s Empowerment (VBCWE), said on October 20. A campaign called “Career has no gender” has been launched to promote gender equality in workplaces nationwide. (Photo: VoV) This is the...

HCM City (VNS/VNA) - The HCM City Department of Transport is urging the city People's Committee to approve investment for 55 urgent transport infrastructure projects next year, including five new overhead roads to ease traffic congestion at hotspots connecting eastern and western areas. A map of the routes of proposed overhead roads that will help ease traffic congestion...

Ha Tinh (VNA) - Local authorities of central Ha Tinh province plan to evacuate more than 45,000 residents living downstream of Ke Go reservoir as the water level is rising. Illustrative image (Photo: VNA) Reservoir levels have been almost a metre higher than normal due to prolonged torrential rain. While facing water flow from the upstream, the Ke...

Prague (VNA) – The Vietnamese people community in the Czech Republic on October 19 held a ceremony to raise fund for flood victims back in Vietnam’s central region. Flooding in Quang Tri province (Photo: VNA) At the event, Chairman of the community Nguyen Duy Nhien said that overseas Vietnamese (OVs), including those in the Czech Republic, always turn their...

(LSO) - This morning (October 15), the Delegation of the National Committee on Aging led by Mrs. Trinh Thi Thuy, Deputy Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism, Member of the National Committee on Aging inspected the implementation of the Law on the Elderly and policies for the elderly in Lang Son province. Welcoming and working with the delegation were...

(LSO) - On October 14, the Department of Education and Training of Lang Son province organized an online conference on the exchange of education and vocational education between four border provinces of Vietnam (including: Lang Son, Quang Ninh, Cao Bang, Ha Giang) with the Department of Education of the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China at the two sites of...