The Government has issued a decree regulating the base salary for civil servants, public employees, and members of the armed forces, stipulating that it will increase from 1.49 million VND (63.5 USD) to 1.8 million VND per month from July 1, 2023. Illustrative image (Photo: VNA) The decree will become effective from July 1. The basic wage will...

President Vo Van Thuong had a meeting on May 13 with 133 collectives and individuals who are role models in studying and following late President Ho Chi Minh’s ideology, morality and style among civil servants, public employees, and workers nationwide. President Vo Van Thuong meets outstanding workers from nationwide in Hanoi on May 13. (Photo: VNA) The Hanoi event...

The Military Hospital 175 in Ho Chi Minh City has been achieved the level “Diamond Status” at the World Stroke Organisation (WSO) Angels Awards in recognition of improvements in its stroke care quality. A stroke patient is treated at the Military Hospital 175 in HCM City. The hospital has achieved the level “Diamond Status” at the World Stroke...

About one million mobile phone numbers that were two-way locked from April 15 have yet to verify their information and face being withdrawn on May 15. Subscribers can text 'TTTB' to number 1414 without fees to know if the subscription is verified or not. (Photo: VNA) Nguyen Phong Nha, deputy head of the Vietnam Telecommunications Authority, said not...

President Vo Van Thuong on May 13 attended a ceremony to launch a programme to provide housing support to poor households in the northern province of Dien Bien, which aims to build 7,000-8,000 houses for the needy in the locality and some Northwestern provinces within one year. President Vo Van Thuong (second from left, front) and delegates at the...

The Hanoi chapter of the Vietnam-Russia Friendship Association on May 12 held a workshop on President Ho Chi Minh's revolutionary activities in Russia and at K9 relic site in Hanoi's outlying district of Ba Vi. Nguyen Ai Quoc's passport for entry to Russia. (Photo: Internet) The event was part of the celebrations of the 133rd birth anniversary of the...

Tin Tuc (News), a newspaper under the Vietnam News Agency (VNA), was granted a first-class Labour Order at a ceremony held at the VNA headquarters in Hanoi on May 12 to celebrate 40 years since it published its first issue (May 14, 1983-2023). Minister of Information and Communications Nguyen Manh Hung (C) presents the first-class Labour Medal to Tin...

The capital city of Hanoi targets to build nearly 7 million sq.m of housing this year, in order to raise the per capita housing area to 28.2 sq.m. Illustrative photo (Source: VNA) The target is set in a housing development plan for 2023, which has been approved by the municipal People’s Committee. The new housing area will include 4.5...

Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha asked the Ministry of Health to place orders or organise concentrated bidding while calculating vaccine donations to ensure enough vaccines for the expanded immunisation programme, at a working session on May 11. Illustrative image (Source: VNA) At the meeting, Health Minister Dao Hong Lan said the ministry is devising decrees and circulars...

A seminar took place in Hanoi on May 11, assessing the value of the legacy left by late President Ho Chi Minh. At the seminar (Photo: VNA) In his opening remarks, Vice President of the Ho Chi Minh National Academy of Politics (HCMA) Le Van Loi said it is a practical activity to mark the leader’s 133rd birth anniversary...