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.

Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam pushed for improving the quality of education and training in order to raise productivity while chairing a seminar in Hanoi on March 7 promoting vocational training amid the changing labour landscape.

On March 6, the Vietnam Women’s Union marked 30 years of the Kovalevskaia prize in Hanoi in presence of Vice President Nguyen Thi Doan.

The World Federation of Trade Unions (WFTU) Presidential Council asserts its absolute support for Vietnam as well as the country’s efforts to protect the national sovereignty and sovereign right in the East Sea by peaceful means in line with the UN Charter and international law, including the 1982 UN Convention on the Law of the Sea.

The agriculture, forestry and fishery sectors are forecasted to face a shortage of 3.2 million trained workers in 2020, labour experts said.

A contest to design the logo for the 2017 APEC (Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation) forum, which will be held in Vietnam next year, was officially launched on March 3.

Hanoi Party Committee recently announced the conclusion of the organising of cultural exchanges with Japan and receiving cherry trees as a gift from Japan.

The Vietnam Women’s Union Central Committee will organise numerous activities in March to mark International Women’s Day (March 8), the 1976th anniversary of the Trung sisters’ uprising and 30 years of the Kovalevskaya Prize.

The Vietnam Red Cross Society and the Steering Committee for Disaster Prevention on March 2 signed a Joint Program on Disaster Prevention towards 2020.

Passengers whose flights are delayed or cancelled will be provided free sleep pod service at Noi Bai International Airport from March 1 to December 31.

The Belgium Embassy, the UN Women, and the Vietnam Women’s Museum co-hosted a ceremony to award winners of a satirical drawing contest on gender equality in Hanoi on March 1.

The Vietnam Farmers Union’s Supporting Fund for Farmers has made active and effective contributions to fostering farmers’ movements and improving their lives over the past 20 years.

Vietnam wants the International Francophone Organisation (OIF) to improve the capacity of French-language lecturers in the country, said an official.

Representatives from the Ministry of Home Affairs and the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) exchanged experience in civil service examinations during a workshop in the northern port city of Hai Phong on February 29.

According to the report from the Overseas Labour Management Department of the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs, in February alone, 6,978 Vietnamese workers were sent to work overseas, including 3,387 female employees.

The National Traffic Safety Committee (NTSC) in coordination with Toyota Motor Vietnam (TMV) launched the programme themed "Toyota joins hands for Vietnam`s traffic safety " in Hanoi on February 28.

Each production and business household in disadvantaged areas nationwide from March 15 is able to borrow up to 50 million VND (2,170 USD), instead of the maximum loan of 30 million VND (1,300 USD) regulated in current policy.

A labour inspection campaign to promote compliance in the construction sector will take place from March to October this year, the labour, invalids and social affairs ministry (MOLISA) said recently.

​On February 28, the ninth “Xuan Hong” (Pink Spring) blood donation festival kicked off at the National Convention Centre in Hanoi with the presence of thousands of volunteers.

The Ministry of Construction will conduct preliminary assessment on 15,000 buildings and public works by December 31, Deputy Minister of Construction Le Quang Hung said at the recent conference held in Hanoi in early this week.

The 2016 Youth Month kicked off at the Ho Chi Minh Square in Vinh Yen city, the northern province of Vinh Phuc, on February 27 with the participation of 3,000 local young people.