Vietnam's Deputy Minister of Information and Communications Phan Tam and Deputy Minister of Science and ICT Park Yun-kyu of the Republic of Korea (RoK) held an online meeting on August 4 to discuss measures to promote cooperation in information technology between the two countries. Illustratiob photo (Photo: VNA) The meeting is part of the implementation of the negotiation...

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has sent a dispatch to the National Steering Committee on Natural Disaster Prevention and Control, relevant agencies, ministries and five Central Highlands localities, asking for efforts to respond to floods, subsidence, landslides and ensure the safety of dams in the region. The scene of the landslides in Bao Loc pass in Lam Dong province...

Vietnamese students bagged one silver medal and two bronzes in the Microsoft Office Specialist World Championship (MOSWC 2023) and the Adobe Certified Professional World Championship 2023 (ACPWC 2023) held in Florida, the US, on August 2. Ngo Hoang Phu from Van Lang University wins an award voted by the audience. (Photo: laodong.vn) The silver medalist is Nguyen Thi...

All 18 victims who were injured in a recent serious traffic accident on Khanh Le Pass in the south-central province of Khanh Hoa have recovered and been discharged from the hospital. Relevant agencies immediately take the injured to the Khanh Hoa Province General Hospital for emergency treatment right after the incident happens. (Photo: VNA) Among them, 16 Chinese citizens...

Thirty outstanding social impact businesses (SIB) participating in the 2023 COVID-19 recovery programme was announced on August 3 by the Agency for Enterprise Development under the Ministry of Planning and Investment, the Global Affairs Canada, and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). Top 30 social impact businesses announced. (Photo: VNA) The winners will undergo intensive training and receive 100...

As Noi Bai International Airport officially started the implementation of the Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam (CAAV)’ s direction on the use of Level 2 electronic identification (VNeID) authentication for air passengers on domestic flights from August 2, the airport saw passengers eager to the application. A passenger uses VNeID at Noi Bai International Airport's security counter. (Photo: VietnamPlus)...

Vietnam will export 2 million doses of vaccines against African swine fever (ASF) to the Philippines and Indonesia between August and October this year, according to Nguyen Van Long, Director of the Department of Animal Health under the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD). Made-in-Vietnam African swine fever vaccines to be exported to Philippines, Indonesia. - Illustrative image...

On the afternoon of August 2, the Central Youth Union and the Central Vietnam Veterans Association held a signing ceremony for a cooperation program for the period 2023-2028 on "Strengthening the training of revolutionary ideals, accompanying young people in starting a business, setting up a business, taking charge of the construction and defense of the Fatherland” Delegates at Lang...

The Vietnam Association of Victims of Agent Orange/Dioxin (VAVA) and the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) held a conference in Ho Chi Minh City on August 2 to review a project on developing a vocational training model for people with disabilities caused by AO/Dioxin. VAVA President Nguyen Van Rinh speaks at the event. (Photo: VNA) Speaking at the event,...

The President has posthumously conferred the third-class Fatherland Protection Order on three police officers who died on duty in a landslide in Bao Loc Pass in the Central Highland province of Lam Dong four days ago. Three police officers who died on duty in a landslide in Bao Loc Pass in the Central Highland province of Lam Dong...