Van Mieu-Quoc Tu Giam, one of Hanoi's most important cultural landmarks, attracts thousands of visitors each Tet.

Vietnam has made remarkable strides in developing a comprehensive, life-cycle, and gender-transformative social protection system.

Innovation in garbage collection vehicles is an important step in ensuring environmental sanitation, contributing to building a civilized, clean and beautiful urban area in a sustainable direction.

The Party, the National Assembly and the Government have continually overhauled policies to increase support to national contributors, Deputy Prime Minister Vuong Dinh Hue said.

Vice Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Dang Thi Bich Lien said that marking 15 years of Vietnam Family Day, this year`s celebration will be held across the country and attended by numerous people.

The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development has honoured the Head of Vietnam Office of the UN Industrial Development Organisation (UNIDO), Patrick J. Gilabert, for his contributions to Vietnam’s agriculture via the successful implementation of many projects.

Vietnam should assess the impacts of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) agreement on sectors and businesses while seeking specific measures to maximise opportunities afforded by the pact, Deputy head of the National Assembly’s Social Affairs Committee Bui Sy Loi said in the central city of Da Nang on June 21.

Government officials from Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar and Vietnam, which border the Mekong River, shared land governance experiences at a forum which opened in Hanoi on June 21.

The fourth ASEAN Children Forum, themed “One ASEAN, One Vision For Children”, was organised in Hanoi on June 20. Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam attended the event.

The European Commission is making available € 2 million (roughly 50 billion Vietnam Dong) in humanitarian aid funding to provide emergency relief to Vietnam communities affected by the ongoing drought and saltwater intrusion.

The Nguyen Dynasty (1802-1945) delineated Vietnam’s territory spanning from the mainland to sea and islands, and continuously exercised the country’s maritime sovereignty.

Thailand has donated 100,000 USD to Vietnamese people living in areas struck by drought and saltwater intrusion.

Vietnam will host the fourth ASEAN Children’s Forum that will take place in Hanoi from June 20-23.

The Prime Minister called for efforts to accelerate communication work to encourage the widespread participation of health insurance under the form of households.

The Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) will offer 20 million USD in non-refundable aid to the Vietnam National Mine Action Centre (VNMAC) for post-war bomb and landmine recovery efforts in the country.

At the ceremony to honour 100 outstanding blood donors in Vietnam held in Hanoi on June 14, Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam expressed his hope that the blood donation campaign continues to spread wider to the community.

A regional conference themed “International Law and a Dynamic Asia” was opened in Hanoi on June 14 by the Diplomatic Academy of Vietnam (DAV) and the Asian Society of International Law.

International Yoga Day festivities 2016 in big cities in Vietnam, which will be organised from June 18 to July 2, is expected to attract the partipation of about 10,000 people.

Vietnam supports the End to Poverty Initiative and the 2030 Agenda of the International Labour Organisation (ILO) and the millennium initiatives to mark the 100th founding anniversary of the ILO, Deputy Minister of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs Pham Minh Huan said at the 105th International Labour Conference (ILC), which was held from June 1-13 in Geneva, Switzerland.

The Vietnamese transport minister and the Cuban construction minister had talks in Hanoi on June 13 to review transport cooperation and map out collaboration directions for the time ahead.

The central city of Da Nang has asked the Ministry of Transport to allocate funds for key transport infrastructure projects – Lien Chieu Port and the East-West Economic Corridor No 2 (EWEC2) connecting Thailand, Myanmar, Laos and Vietnam – in 2016-20.

Vice President Dang Thi Ngoc Thinh asserted women’s role in building stable and sustainable societies in her speech delivered at the closing ceremony of the 26 th Global Summit of Women in Warsaw, Poland, on June 11.

A large number of Lao newspapers on June 10 featured front-page articles on Vietnamese President Tran Dai Quang’s upcoming official visit to Laos.