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 French Development Agency (AFD) will provide Vietnam with a concessional loan of 20 million EUR (over 22.38 million USD) for phase five of the Support Programme to Respond to Climate Change (SPRCC) in Vietnam , as stipulated in an agreement signed on May 19.

A symposium was held in the Russian city of Saint Petersburg on May 18 to gain an insight into applying the ideology of the late Vietnamese President Ho Chi Minh in the contemporary era.

Overseas Vietnamese communities worldwide held various activities to mark President Ho Chi Minh’s 125th birthday anniversary (May 19).

The 125th birth anniversary of the late President Ho Chi Minh (May 19) is being celebrated in numerous countries across the world.

The Association of Development Financing Institutions in Asia and the Pacific (ADFIAP) activities and modern infrastructure development is one of three breakthroughs in the socio-economic development strategy, Deputy Prime Minister Vu Van Ninh praised at the 38th session of ADFIAP held in Nha Trang city on May 14.

A memorandum of understanding on a public-private partnership was signed by the US State Department and AIP Foundation in Hanoi on May 14 to raise funds from US and Vietnamese firms to provide helmets and road safety tips to students in provinces across Vietnam.

The Prime Minister has approved Vietnam ’s involvement in the Greater Mekong Sub-region (GMS) Transport and Trade Facilitation project, which will run from April 2015 to December 2016.

The upgrade of Phap Van–Cau Gie highway, the southern gateway to Hanoi, is to be completed by late June, six months ahead of schedule.

A portrait of the late President Ho Chi Minh made of thousands of white and pink lotuses will be on display on May 17 at Dai Tue Pagoda, Nam Dan district in the central province of Nghe An.

The late President Ho Chi Minh was featured in a recently seminar held in Kolkata city in West Bengal state of India ahead of his 125 th birth anniversary (May 19).

The Nam Rom irrigation canal system in northwestern Dien Bien province was recognised as a provincial level historical-cultural relic site on May 7.

The Ministry of Information and Communications on May 5 presented the Naval Academy based in central Khanh Hoa province with maps and documents proving Vietnam’s sovereignty over two archipelagos in the East Sea.

The Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union held a ceremony to start the “Youth Journey for National Sea and Islands” programme on May 6.

Vietnam’s achievements in 40 years since its reunification graced the front page of the Euro Presse Image on May 3.

The Ministry of Transportation launched a programme in response to the UN 3rd Global Road Safety Week with the theme “Children and road safety” on May 4 in Hanoi.

By 2030, Vietnam will have the first megacity: HCM City and by 2025, there will be 1,000 urban areas, according to a special research report from FPT Securities Joint Stock Company (FPTS).

The Vietnamese Government has provided 50,000 USD in emergency aid to help Nepal address the consequences of the recent earthquake which has so far claimed more than 6,000 lives.

According to the Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum Management Board, about 103,642 people paid tribute to President Ho Chi Minh at his mausoleum on the occasion of the National Reunification Day and May Day holidays, which lasted from April 28 to May 3.

Despite the rains, tens of thousands of Hanoians and foreign visitors early flocked to Guom Lake, My Dinh stadium, Van Quan lake to admire a 15-minute firework display on April 30.

The Vietnamese Red Cross (VRC) has provided initial aid worth 30,000 USD to Nepal in order to support the country overcome the devastation caused by the 7.8 magnitude earthquake which struck on April 25.