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.

​Not only authorities, people but also tourists express their concern about Hanoi which is listed as the city for pickpockets by TripAdvisor because this annnouncement is not convinced and unfounded.

The gifts are expected to enhance the children’s morale as well as help them continue going to school.

​A portion of Highway 1A that runs through Long An`s Ben Luc District is in need of repair and upgrade in order to reduce numerous road accidents there.

​Many experts backed the building of a road-rail bridge spanning the Hong (Red) River just 75m from the historic, but the ageing Long Bien Bridge at a recent conference.

As many as 570 primary school pupils from the border province of Lang Son and Guangxi (China) participated in friendship exchange activities in Lang Son City.

The Thai ethnic cultural festival themed “Preserving and promoting cultural identities of the Thai ethnic minority group in the country’s renewal and integration process” will be held in Lai Chau provine in mid-December.

​HCM City has sought the Government`s green light to advance construction of the Thu Thiem Bridge No 2 over the Sai Gon River by three years.

​The Government will implement several measures in tandem to ensure that both socio-economic investments and debt repayments are made in such a way that public debt is kept within allowable limits.

​The leading low-cost carrier - VietJet Air has been chosen as one of top 10 budget airlines in Asia based on votes cast by travellers of the Smart Travel Asia online magazine.

The Prime Minister has approved the allocation of VND239 billion (US$11.5 million) for urgent evacuation plans in areas threatened by natural disasters in 24 provinces nationwide.

The General Assembly of the Asian-Oceania Computing Industry Organisation (ASOCIO) has elected a new leadership for the 2015 to 2016 term within the framework of the (ASOCIO) ICT Summit 2014 taking place from October 28-31 in Hanoi and central Danang city.

More than 300 delegates from universities and businesses nationwide on October 30 gathered in the southern province of Bac Lieu at an intellectual property seminar.

Vietnam for the first time has been elected a member of the Radio Regulations Board (RRB) of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU).

Reduction in violence against women is a key indicator for progress of any society and a necessary goal to reach sustainable human development.

With 16 million smokers, it is estimated that Vietnamese people pay about VND22 trillion ($1.05 billion) for cigarettes per year. This is also the amount of money spent for treatment of the five common diseases related to tobacco.

Many experts backed the building of a road-rail bridge spanning the Hong (Red) River just 75m from the historic, but ageing Long Bien Bridge at a conference held on Tuesday.

Vietnam is well aware that gender equality is a basic human right which is both a national objective and an important factor to the socio-economic development.

The United States Pacific Command (USPACOM) has decided to provide Thua Thien-Hue province with communication equipment worth nearly VND4.6 billion to cope with natural disasters.

An international seminar took place in Hanoi on October 28 discussing the status of anti corruption preventive measures and asset recovery in Vietnam.

Vietnam had more than 33 million Internet users at the end of 2013, constituting 37% of the nation’s total population, according to the Ministry of Information and Communications (MIC)’s White Book.