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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.

As many as 2,331 communes in 49 cities and provinces nationwide will benefit from the Government’s poverty reduction programme (known as Programme 135) in 2014 and 2015.

Deputy Minister of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs Pham Minh Huan talks to Dau Tu (Investment) Newspaper about possible changes to the pension policy in 2015.

The 6th International Exhibition Fair on Environment and Energy Technology (Entech Hanoi 2014) will take place on May 21-23 in Hanoi.

Vietnamese Party, State and Government officials joined staff of the Lao Embassy in Vietnam in a celebration of Laos’ traditional Bun Pi May New Year festival held in Hanoi on April 10.

A wide variety of activities, including a huge military parade, will be held on May 7 in the north-western province of Dien Bien to mark the 60th anniversary of Dien Bien Phu victory.

A contest titled “Teenagers with wildlife protection” was launched in Hanoi on April 10 as part of activities marking International Day for Biological Diversity (May 22).

The southern provinces of Bac Lieu, Soc Trang and Tra Vinh on April 10 held get-togethers for Khmer people ahead of their traditional Chol Chnam Thmay (New Year) festival, which falls annually in mid-April.

It is essential that children should actively participate and contribute to decisions and plans concerning climate change, said Plan in Viet Nam at a conference in Ha Noi on Tuesday.

​Asia would benefit from strongly supported leaders in China, Indonesia and India, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said in a discussion with Asian editors as elections get under way in the latter two countries which are also two of Asia`s largest democracies.

Millions of Vietnamese attended ceremonies held across the country on the 10th of the third lunar month which falls on April 9 this year, to pay tribute to the Hung Kings, the founders of Van Lang, the first State in Vietnam’s history.

A friendship exchange welcoming the traditional New Year festival of Laos, Thailand, Cambodia, Myanmar, India and Sri Lanka was held in Hanoi on April 8.

As much as 45,000 USD raised at the 2013 Hanoi Run for Children has been delivered to the VinaCapital Fund, which will use the money to treat poor children at the Hospital of Pediatrics, the Hanoi Heart Hospital and the Heart Beat Vietnam Programme.

Fifty per cent of fertiliser samples tested in seven coastal provinces from Quang Nam to Binh Thuan have been confirmed to be poor quality, according to the Ministry of Industry and Trade`s Market Watch Department.

Ha Noi`s expanded Truong Chinh Road project plan was implemented lawfully, consented by authorities, and the Truong Chinh-Vong Intersection route followed original plan as publicly reflected, stated a senior official.

Taxis have been temporarily banned from crossing the Chuong Duong Bridge to enter central Ha Noi during the peak hours from today to prevent traffic jams.

Thousands of Vietnamese people are offering incense to honour the death anniversary of Hung Kings, the nation’s founder on the morning of April 9.

A Russian government committee for legislative drafting activities on April 8 approved a bill ratifying a Vietnam-Russia agreement on cooperation in the field of research and use of outer space for peaceful purposes.

Seventy overseas Vietnamese from more than 20 countries and territories across the world on April 7 returned home to join the program on commemorating the death of Hung Kings, the founder of the nation.

The opening ceremony of China- ASEAN Cuitural Exchange took place in Beijing on the evening of April 7th.

The living standards of people in Ho Chi Minh City`s suburban areas have improved significantly thanks to the national new rural area building programme, a recent review meeting heard.