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.

Vietnam Red Central Committee held a ceremony in Hanoi on April 7 to launch texting campaign to raise funds for people affected by drought and saline intrusion in the central, Central Highlands and Mekong Delta regions.

Technical issues related to Airbus A320/A321 aircraft together with solutions to breakdowns to increase flight safety were discussed at the Airbus 320 Family Regional Seminar held in Hanoi from April 6-7.

Airports Corporation of Vietnam (ACV) has asked the Ministry of Transport to approve a competitive examination for architecture of Long Thanh International Airport terminal.

The mass media has a crucial role in raising public awareness of sustainable production and consumption, heard a workshop in northern Vinh Phuc province on April 7.

Five Vietnamese officers will be sent to the Central African Republic and South Sudan to perform UN peacekeeping missions under a decision by the President.

The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development is prioritising fund allocations for major irrigation projects in Central Highlands provinces to increase water supply for agriculture amid severe drought.

Vietnam hopes that around 30 – 35 district-level localities will secure the new-style rural area status by the end of this year.

Vietnamese Ambassador to Slovakia Ho Dac Minh Nguyet recently paid a working visit to Trnava city in western Slovakia to popularise the Vietnamese image while enhancing economic-cultural ties with the host country.

As many as 22 foreign Foreign non-governmental organisations (NGOs) pledged to implement 30 programmes and projects in the 2016-2019 period in 13 drought-affected localities in the central, Central Highlands and Mekong Delta regions, with a total budget of 12.3 million USD.

According to Transport Deputy Minister Nguyen Hong Truong, the implementation of the pilot road violation monitoring system will be an important contributor to ensuring transportation safety and increasing self-monitoring for road users.

About 80 delegates from 11 countries in the East Asia-Pacific region are gathering in Vietnam from April 4 to 6 to discuss issues relating to gender integration in rural transport operation, according to the World Bank in Vietnam.

A Japan – Vietnam friendship association was established in Mimasaka city, Japan’s Okayama prefecture, aiming to help boost multi-dimensional cooperation between Japanese and Vietnamese localities.

The Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH in Vietnam and General Directorate of Energy (GDE)- Ministry of Industry and Trade (MOIT) co-host the Validation Workshop on ”Wind Power Investment Guidelines” in Ho Chi Minh City on April 1.

Vietnamese disaster managers joined their counterparts from Laos, Cambodia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Thailand and the Philippines at a training course on strengthening the capacity of disaster adaptation and relief, which opened in Jakarta on April 1.

2016 Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) Youth Week in conjunction with the Model ASEM, themed “Stronger actions to address the hunger challenge”, aims to raise awareness among the youth of their potential in poverty eradication.

The system of policies on labour and employment must be reviewed and amended to be more easily-approached and ensure the rights and interests of employers and employees during Vietnam’s integration into international markets.

The Deutsche Gesellschaft fuer Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH in Vietnam and General Directorate of Energy (GDE) on March 31 co-host the consultation workshop on ”National Biomass Energy Development and Utilization Planning for the Period of 2020 with vision to 2030”.

Overseas Vietnamese will soon be able to watch Vietnamese television online, following a deal inked on March 29 between the country’s overseas labor bureau and one of its leading multimedia corporations.

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has asked the Vietnam Fatherland Front Central Committee (VFFCC) to continue working as an adviser to the Government on implementing socio-economic development tasks in 2016.

The Mekong Delta city of Can Tho will spare no effort to prepare for the 10 th cooperation conference between Vietnamese and French localities, which is going to take place in the city from September 12-18.