Vietnam Today

According to reporter of Vietnam News Agency in Laos, Vietnam’s northern province of Thai Binh has handed over a high school to the Lao northern province of Xayaboury on August 3.

All five members of the Vietnamese team secured medals at the International Economics Olympiad (IEO 2023), which was held in an online format from July 24 to August 2 in Greece.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh assigned specific tasks to ministries, agencies, localities and businesses to tackle obstacles in real estate market development at a teleconference in Hanoi on August 3 that reviewed the implementation of the Government’s Resolution No. 33/NQ-CP on a number of solutions to boost the real estate market's development.

According to the Binh Duong Women’s Union, three years after the implementation of the Politburo’s directive on increasing the studying and following of President Ho Chi Minh’s idelogy, morality and style, diverse good models and good doings have been expanded, further increasing people’s trust in the Party and State.

(CPV) - Misleading claims made by infant formula milk marketing, both globally and in Viet Nam are undermining breastfeeding, a practice that brings lifelong health benefits to babies and young children, say the World Health Organization (WHO) and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) during World Breastfeeding Week (1-7 August).

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has recently approved a national strategy on attracting and retaining talents by 2030 with a vision until 2050.

A pilot programme in digital transformation will be carried out in the northern mountainous province of Bac Kan from August to the end of this year.

Over the past time, Japan has always been the market that receives the largest number of Vietnamese labourers because of its attractive working conditions and income, which opens up many job opportunities for Vietnamese labourers.

On July 29, the International Day of Yoga (June 21) took place in the central province of Quang Binh for the first time.

The first Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC) river festival will be held from August 4-6 in order to boost local tourism.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on July 31 issued a dispatch requesting efforts to overcome the consequences of a landslide in Bao Loc Pass, the Central Highlands province of Lam Dong, and preparedness against heavy rains in the Central Highlands and the south.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh attended the groundbreaking ceremony for several transport infrastructure projects in the northern province of Bac Ninh on July 30.

Vietnamese President Vo Van Thuong delivered a policy speech at the National Diet of Japan on November 29 as part of his ongoing official visit to the East Asian country.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh met with 100 outstanding voluntary blood donors nationwide on July 29, who are in Hanoi for a special programme honouring their good deeds.

President Vo Van Thuong’s official visit to Austria from July 23-25, and State visit to Italy and visit to the Vatican from July 25-29 have been successful in all aspects, Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son told the press.

(CPV) - With the urgent goal to protect children from life-threatening diseases, WHO and UNICEF welcomed today the shipment of lifesaving pentavalent vaccine to Viet Nam. The vaccines (185,700 doses) have been urgently provided in support to the Ministry of Health to address low vaccination rates and a shortage of the five-in-one vaccine in this country.

The steering committee for illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing prevention of the south-central province of Binh Thuan met on July 28 to review efforts against IUU fishing over the past time, and set forth measures for the time ahead.

National Assembly (NA) Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue hailed efforts and resolve by labourers as well as their willingness to join hands with the Government and the State in national construction and development while addressing a labourers’ forum in Hanoi on July 28.

From July 27 to 29, diverse activities to honour 100 exemplary voluntary blood are being held in Hanoi and the northern province of Phu Tho.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on July 27 visited sick soldiers and war invalids who are being cared for at the Nho Quan nursing centre in the northern province of Ninh Binh on the occasion of the 76th anniversary of the War Invalids and Martyrs Day (July 27, 1947 - 2023).

On July 25, Politburo member and Minister of Public Security General To Lam visited and presented gifts to wounded and sick soldiers, at the Thuan Thanh Nursing Centre in the northern province of Bac Ninh, on the occasion of the 76th anniversary of Wounded and Fallen Soliders' Day (July 27, 1947-2023).

On July 25, the Rector of Cuu Long University in the southern province of Vinh Long, Luong Minh Cu, on received the Labour Order - Third Class from Laos for his contributions to human resource training for the neighbouring country.

A delegation of the Party Central Committee, the National Assembly (NA), the State President, the Government, and the Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) Central Committee laid wreaths at the monument to war heroes and martyrs on Bac Son street and paid tribute to President Ho Chi Minh at his mausoleum in Hanoi on July 27.

(CPV) - The International Organisation for Migration (IOM), in collaboration with the Ambassadors of Australia, Canada, the UK, and the US to Vietnam, has produced a video to dispel misconceptions about human trafficking and to raise public awareness of this issue, as well as to call for more actions to protect the victims of the evil, on the occasion of the World Day Against Trafficking in Person (WDATIP) (July 30).

(CPV) - The Viet Nam Agency of Seas and Islands (VASI) and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) organized a workshop on Regional Cooperation toward the Global Treaty on Plastic Pollution.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh demanded the Mekong Delta province of Long An to give priority to allocating and mobilising all social resources so as to concertedly implement and effectively exploit the development space, while addressing a conference on July 25.

The People’s Council of central Da Nang city has approved free schooling for students from kindergarten to high school in the 2023-2024 academic year with a budget of 408 billion VND (16.3 million USD).

President Vo Van Thuong and his spouse will pay an official visit to Austria, a State visit to Italy and a visit to the Vatican from July 23-28, at the invitations of President of Austria Alexander Van der Bellen, President of Italy Sergio Mattarella and Pope Francis.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh attended a meeting held in the central province of Thua Thien-Hue on July 22 to honour outstanding contributors to the revolution from nationwide on the occasion of the 76th anniversary of the War Invalids and Martyrs Day (July 27, 1947 - 2023).

(CPV) - The impact of the "Doctor for Everyone" grassroots telehealth initiative in Viet Nam has been revealed through the responses of individuals surveyed at project sites.