With a passion for painting, Hoang Nhat Quang, Tay ethnic (born in 2012), lives in Chi Lang ward, Lang Son city, currently a student at Le Quy Don Primary and Secondary School, Lang Son city is one of the names highly appreciated by experts for abstract artworks. This is also the motivation for him to continue pursuing his dream...

Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha has signed a document to issue a decision approving the national programme on sea, island medical development by 2030. Illustrative image (Source: VNA) The programme’s objective is to consolidate and improve the quality of medical services for soldiers and residents in island localities, contributing to achieving targets set in the Strategy for Sustainable...

Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha on June 9 emphasised the significance of investment in hydrometeorology to national stability and development, while chairing a working session of the assessment council of the national hydro-meteorological network planning scheme for 2021-2030 with a vision towards 2050. Investment in hydrometeorology is important to national stability and development. (Source: baochinhphu.vn) The scheme...

An exhibition spotlighting patriotic emulation movements through different periods opened at the Vietnam National Museum of History in Hanoi on June 9. Visitors at the exhibition (Photo: VNA) On display are 200 documents and artifacts featuring President Ho Chi Minh and patriotic emulation movements and a number of outstanding role models in the movements. They include a pistol...

The first-ever national census on gender equality will be conducted in 2023 as part of the national-level task of studying and assessing the gender equality situation to serve sustainable development. A performance of "ao dai", a traditional costume of Vietnamese women, at the Hanoi Tourism Ao Dai Festival 2022. (Photo: VNA) The survey is set to cover 9,000 people...

On the morning of June 8, Member of the Standing Committee of the Provincial Party Committee, Standing Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Duong Xuan Huyen chaired a meeting to discuss the draft plan to improve low indicators after the meeting analyzing Provencial Governance and Public Administration Performance Index (PAPI); Satisfaction Index of Public Administrative Service (SIPAS) and...

Challenges remain in the prevention and control of tobacco harms as violations of the law on tobacco harm prevention and control still remains high, especially in the advertisement and promotion of tobacco products, said Deputy Minister of Health Tran Van Thuan. Illustrative image (Photo: VNA) The official stated this at a conference on implementing the National Strategy on...

A delegation from Central Military Hospital 108 led by its director Lieutenant General Mai Hong Bang has been paying working visits to hospitals in Belgium from June 5-12 to strengthen cooperation in cancer treatment. Representatives from the Central Military Hospital 108 learn about the radiation model at Particle Therapy Interuniversity Center Leuven (ParTICLe) of the University Hospitals Leuven....

Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha has recently signed the Prime Minister’s Directive No. 20/CT-TTg on increasing electricity saving during the 2023 - 2025 period and subsequent years. Illustrative image (Photo: VNA) Accordingly, the PM requested that during the 2023 - 2025 period and subsequent years, the entire country strives to save a minimum of 2% of total...

As Vietnam is determined to take drastic measures to not just recover the economy but also work hard toward development priorities, Vietnam News Agency (VNA) asks Jonathan Pincus, UNDP Senior International Economist, for recommendations to speed up the nation’s efforts and achieve its set targets. Jonathan Pincus, UNDP Senior International Economist (Photo: Vietnam Government Portal) VNA: As a...