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.

According to the recent dispatch of the Vietnam Environment Administration’s Centre for Environmental Monitoring, water samples in 4 central coastal localities will be taken within a distance of 1.5km from the beaches for testing twice a day.

The Prime Minister has approved the contents of a project to support the development of border areas funded by the Asian Development Bank.

The Ministry of Health recently organised a meeting with the Emergency Operations Centre to discuss updated information on the latest development of Zika virus and response measures suitable with the situation.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc asked the Ministry of Science and Technology to coordinate with the Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology and relevant ministries and agencies to reach an objective, scientific, independent conclusion on the causes of the incident.

Experts have proposed the construction of five to seven dams along the Hong (Red) River to raise the water level, thus serving agricultural production and water transport without affecting flood drainage.

The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors today approved more than $500 million in support for improvements t road and bridge connections as well as flood control and sanitation conditions in Vietnam.

Prime Minister (PM) Nguyen Xuan Phuc has required relevant ministries, agencies and provinces to implement comprehensive measures to deal with mass fish deaths along the central coast.

On the occasion of the 130th anniversary of International Labour Day, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc took part in exchanges with about 3,000 workers in Dong Nai and other Southeastern provinces on April 30 to listen to their aspirations.

On April 29, the Association of Cambodians of Vietnamese origin hosted a meeting to mark the 41st anniversary of National Reunification Day (April 30) in Phnom Penh.

Ensuring water for people’s daily lives should be the top priority in the face of the severe ongoing drought, said Deputy Prime Minister Trinh Dinh Dung at a conference in the Mekong Delta province of Soc Trang on April 28.

The third ASEAN forum on labour safety and hygiene was held in the central city of Da Nang on April 28, attracting nearly 200 delegates from 10 ASEAN member states, the International Labour Organisation and regional enterprises.

More than 15,000 households in 14 cities and provinces who announced natural disaster status, have received initial support from the Vietnam Red Cross Society (VRC).

The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development had a meeting with United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Hanoi on April 26 on Vietnam`s impacts of increasingly severe drought and saltwater intrusion caused by the El Nino phenomenon.

The 17th meeting of the ASEAN Occupational Safety and Health Network (ASEAN-OSHNET) Coordinating Board commenced in Da Nang city on April 26.

KTĐT - The information was revealed by representatives from the Vietnam General Confederation of Labour (VGCL) at a press conference in Hanoi on April 25.

Residents in An Duc commune, Ba Tri district, in the Mekong Delta province of Ben Tre, on April 24, flocked to the communal People’s Committee Office to get drinking water under a desalination programme launched by the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union (HCYU) Central Committee.

The Construction Ministry’s Urban Development Department held a seminar on building the the National Urban Development Strategy, phase 1 in Hanoi on April 20.

A conference was held by the National Assembly (NA) Council of Ethnic Affairs in Hanoi on April 21-22, aiming to improve electioneering skills for ethnic minority candidates in the upcoming elections to the National Assembly and People’s Councils.

Department of Traffic Police under the Ministry of Public Security in collaboration with Japan’s Mainichi Newspapers Co. Ltd held a ceremony to launch the “Doraemon with traffic safety in Vietnam” programme in Hanoi on April 20.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc chaired the seventh session of the National Committee on Climate Change in Hanoi on April 19.