Taking the water from the Red River and the West Lake to clean To Lich River is just one piece of the puzzle. Drastic actions are needed to keep the environment clean and green.

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.

The Prime Minister has approved a master plan to move from single-dimensional poverty measurement to a multidimensional approach.

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has approved a planning scheme for employment service centres from 2016 to 2025.

There are signs that wages and compensation packages are beginning to rise in parts of the country, said NA deputies at the 13th National Assembly— but in Vietnam they are not keeping up with other parts of the world.

At the 16th Vietnam-China youth friendship meeting in Hanoi on November 6, Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong asked the youth to strengthen exchange as well as close, effective and practical coordination, reinforcing the solidarity and friendship between Vietnam and China.

Two Vietnamese architectural works are among the winners of the World Architectural Festival taking place in Singapore this week.

The friendship talk between representatives of Vietnam’s Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union (HCYU) and the Communist Youth League of China (CYLC) was held in Hanoi on November 5.

A get-together for Vietnamese and Chinese patriotic personalities was held in Hanoi on November 5 on the occasion of Party General Secretary and President Xi Jinping’s State visit to Vietnam.

Toyota Motor Vietnam (TMV) held a ceremony on November 4 in Vinh Phuc province to grant 65 scholarships, worth 6 million VND (about 266 USD) each, to outstanding students from ten universities in the northern region.

Vietnam Week of Urban Green Growth 2015 was kicked off on November 4 at the Vietnam Women`s Museum, 36 Tran Hung Dao street, Hanoi.

The Prime Minister has approved the project on rehabilitation and safety improvement for dams. Under the project, 450 dams at high risk of breakdown will be repaired.

The Vietnam Road Administration has announced it began issuing international driving permits (IDPs) on November 3 under guidelines approved last month by the Transport Ministry.

Vietnam is ranked 55th among 142 countries in this year’s Prosperity Index, according to a report released by the UK think tank The Legatum Institute on November 2.

Bac Ninh city and the Czech Republic’s Cheb city signed a cooperation pact in northern Bac Ninh province on November 2.

A Japanese eloquence contest was held in Hai Phong on November 1 by the municipal People’s Committee and the city chapter of the Japan Business Association (JBA) in Vietnam.

Ministries, sectors and localities nationwide should use communication campaigns to raise public awareness about El Nino and the importance of rationing water saving to cope with the weather pattern, said Deputy Prime Minister Hoang Trung Hai.

Malaysia`s Immigration Department has informed the management board of Vietnamese workers in Malaysia that employers have to be responsible for receiving overseas workers in that country.

The revision of the Civil Code continues to be discussed at the 10th session of the 13th National Assembly. This is an important law, which affects every citizen’s daily life.

Dan Phuong district held a ceremony to receive a certificate recognising the locality as Hanoi`s first new rural district on October 28.

According to the Department of Overseas Labour Management under the Ministry of Labour, Invalids, and Social Affairs, in October, Vietnam sent 8,857 workers abroad, including 2,878 female workers to Taiwan (China), Japan, the Republic of Korea, Malaysia, and Saudi Arabia.

The Vietnam Youth Federation, the National Committee for Traffic Safety and Unilever Vietnam held a ceremony in Hanoi on October 29 to review the communication campaign on safe helmet use and award the “Wearing safe helmet – go home safely” competition.