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.

From now to December, Hanoi traffic police will install an additional 450 cameras in four urban districts to control traffic.

Vietnam pledges the best efforts in closer international cooperation to create equal opportunities for women to engage in political, social, and economic activities.

Rector A.V. Torkunov on October 14 vowed to augment human resource training for Vietnamese diplomats at a ceremony held in Moscow marking the 70th anniversary of the establishment of the Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO).

Former pilot Mai Trong Tuan has asked the Government and relevant agencies to consider developing a trans-Indochina road and railway linking Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia.

Mother Goddess worshippers, as well as those curious about the practice, can enjoy performances dedicated to the deities at a cultural festival in the capital next month.

Six Vietnamese sailors may have jumped off a Taiwanese fisheries ship in the Tsuruga Strait off southern Hokkaido, the Japan Coast Guard (JCG) said, prompting ships and aircraft to scour the area.

More than 800 people, mostly older people, took part in a meeting to mark the International Day for Disaster Reduction (IDDR) in southern My Tho City, Tien Giang province on October 13.

A group of 30 senior officials from northern Bac Ninh province is in Singapore to be trained as master trainers on public administration and human resource (HR) management.

The US Department of State will provide aid to the central province of Thua Thien-Hue to help preserve the Trieu To Temple in Hue imperial city.

Work began on October 12 on the construction of a bypass in Phu Ly city, northern Ha Nam province - a section of National Highway 1A that was set as one of the national key infrastructure projects.

Public concerns about the safety of products originating in China, especially fruits, are meant to be doused when the top official of the country’s veggies safety agency asserts that there is no ground for suspicions.

A youth festival was held in Ho Chi Minh City on October 12 to celebrate the 58th founding anniversary of the Vietnam Youth Federation (October 15).

Reducing greenhouse gases in agricultural production is currently a general trend in the world. In Vietnam, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development has carried out many programmes and projects on adaptation to climate change, the Vietnam Business Forum Magazine (VBF) reported.

After 60 years of national liberation and with many ups and downs, Hanoi has transformed into a major metropolitan area of the region and the world and has been honoured as the city for peace, said Chairman of the Municipal People’s Committee Nguyen The Thao.

There is considerable overlap in the nation`s climate change and green growth policies, and the country needs to better prioritise funding in implementing them.

A cooperation programme was launched between the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs (MoLISA) and the Ministry of Health (MoH) at an official ceremony in Hanoi on October 9 to promote gender equality and control sex imbalances at birth during the 2014-2020 period.

A Ministry of Information and Communications (MIC) delegation led by Deputy Minister Truong Minh Tuan is wrapping up a four-day visit to the Czech Republic aimed at boosting cooperation in the communications sector.

The United Nations` Children`s Fund (UNICEF) and the Ministry of Planning and Investment (MPI) jointly held a seminar in Hanoi on October 9 to discuss child-related issues in the 2016-2020 period.

Vietnam is an idyllic model of success in agriculture and rural development that other economically troubled countries throughout the world should emulate, said officials from the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO).

More than 90 percent of paper factories in Vietnam operate with substandard waste water treatment systems or have no such system, creating pollution in localities where they are located.