Hanoi (VNA) – Vietnam has moved to the 62nd place in the Global Hunger Index (GHI) 2019 as compared to the 64th position in 2018 thanks to the Government’s measures to end hunger and children’s malnutrition. School milk programme has been implemented to ease malnutrition in the country. (Photo: VNA) With a score of 15.3 out of 100, the...

Hanoi (VNA) – Economist Le Dang Doanh, former head of Vietnam’s Central Institute for Economic Management, presented the Southeast Asian country’s reform policies and achievements over the past three decades at a recent high-level dialogue that focused on development measures for Tanzania. Economist Le Dang Doanh (third from left) sits among speakers of the dialogue (Photo: VNA) Co-organised by...

Prague (VNA) – The Vietnamese association in the Czech Republic celebrated its 20th anniversary and received a second-class Order of Labour at a ceremony in Prague on October 22. Politburo member and permanent member of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee's Secretariat Tran Quoc Vuong (front, right) presents the second-class Order of Labour to the Vietnamese association in...

(LSO) – Lang Son’s Department of Environment and Natural Resources and the provincial Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee have agreed to cooperate in running an anti-plastic waste campaign across the province from 2019 to 2021. The two bodies signed an agreement on October 18 to mobilise collective actions from socio-political organisations and people to raise public awareness of plastic waste,...

Hanoi (VNA) – The Vietnamese vessel Vietsun Integrity, carrying 17 crew members and 285 containers, capsized and sank on Long Tau river, outlying district of Can Gio in Ho Chi Minh City on October 19. At the scene (Photo: VNA) According to the Office of the National Committee for Disaster Response, Search and Rescue, all the crew members...

Kuala Lumpur (VNA) – The Vietnamese Embassy in Malaysia in collaboration with the Vietnamese Women’s Club in the host nation on October 19 organised the first Ao dai (traditional long dress) contest for Vietnamese women living and working in the country. Illustrative photo (Photo: VNA) The event was part of the activities to celebrate the Vietnamese Women’s Day (October...

(LSO) - Lang Son province held a conference to review and release preliminary outcomes of its general population and housing census for 2019 on October 17. Ho Tien Thieu, Vice Chairman of the provincial People’s Committee and head of the provincial Steering Committee for population and housing census, chaired the event, which was attended by Vu Thi Thu Thuy,...

Hanoi (VNA) – It is necessary to further promote public awareness of women’s empowerment, especially their political participation, although the percentage of women in Vietnam’s parliament is currently higher than the global average, said a minister. Minister of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs Dao Ngoc Dung (standing) speaks at the conference in Hanoi on October 17 (Photo: VNA) At...

Ben Tre (VNA) – The Mekong Delta province of Ben Tre has launched a Japanese-funded water management project worth 266,170 USD. Illustrative image (Source: VNA) Covering Chau Thanh, Binh Dai, Giong Trom, Mo Cay Bac, Mo Cay Nam districts and Ben Tre city, the project aims to protect and enhance the efficiency of water resources use, thus preventing salinity...

(LSO) - Seventeen years afterits establishment, Lang Son city has become a young dynamic entity. After being recognised as a second-level urban area, the municipal Party Committee and administration and locals have worked hard to build a green, civilized and modern city. Lang Son city was set up following Decree 82/2—2/ND-CP issued by the Government on October 17, 2002....