Hanoi streets splashed with color in celebration of CPV's 95th anniversary
The streets of Hanoi are aglow with color as the city celebrates the 95th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of Vietnam (February 3, 1930 - February 3, 2025).
22:43, 2025/02/12
Hanoi boosts digital transformation in cadastral administration
To streamline residence management and reduce land paperwork, Hanoi is speeding up the digitization of land use rights and assets and cleaning up the city's land data.
13:53, 2025/02/10
Deepseek in Vietnam: Quiet beginnings for new and potential AI player
Welcome to this week's Words on the Street, where we explore the latest shifts shaping Vietnam's digital landscape, and look at Deepseek's quiet but intriguing entry into an AI market where ChatGPT reigns supreme.
21:16, 2025/02/06
Reviving To Lich River: Replenishing water from Red River and West lakes
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.
09:29, 2014/03/10
Australia helps Vietnam promote women empowerment
The Australia Awards Program has increased women’s participation in higher education and their voice in decision making and leadership. More than 50% of the annual 250 Australian scholarships in Vietnam have been granted to women.
08:20, 2014/03/09
Searching for a Malaysian plane
The Ministry of National Defence on the afternoon of March 8 dispatched an aircraft from Ho Chi Minh City `s Tan Son Nhat International Airport to search for a Malaysian plane that went missing in the area in the early hours of the morning.
14:34, 2014/03/07
City alters hiring of public officials
The HCM City People`s Committee recently approved a plan to reform the mechanism for recruiting departmental leaders and holders of positions of the same levels in public organisations and agencies.
10:30, 2014/03/07
Various activities to mark Dien Bien Phu victory
A wide range of activities will be held in the coming time to celebrate the 60 th anniversary of the Dien Bien Phu victory (May 7, 1954 – May 7, 2014) .
09:38, 2014/03/07
EVN ensures adequate power supply
The Electricity of Vietnam (EVN) has pledged to effectively operate hydropower plants across the country as part of efforts to ensure adequate power supply for production and daily life during 2014’s dry season.
16:09, 2014/03/06
Ban on teaching English to pre-school children raises controversy
The Ministry of Education and Training (MOET) has released a document stipulating that pre-school education establishments are not allowed to teach foreign languages to the children. This has raised controversy.
15:54, 2014/03/06
Patrick's heart
Slim body, gentle face, especially the eyes, Patrick Desir, a French-Vietnamese man, can only speak Vietnamese, not writing.
15:38, 2014/03/06
UNESCO initiative promotes gender equality
UNESCO joins international and regional partners to launch the annual Women Make the News (WMN) initiative on the International Women’s Day (March 8) themed “Advancing Global Partnerships to Achieving Gender Equality in and through Media.”
15:11, 2014/03/06
Fourth International Women’s Cycling Tournament in Binh Duong
The fourth International Women’s Cycling Tournament (Biwase Cup 2014) from March 7 to 14 will take place in the southern province of Binh Duong.
15:03, 2014/03/06
Strategy to improve ethnic minority's living standard
The Committee for Ethnic Minority Affairs and the Steering Committee for the Northwestern Region have sought to maximise their coordination in ethnic and religious affairs in 2014.
10:05, 2014/03/06
Hanoi street named after Tran Kim Xuyen
A plaque unveiling ceremony for naming a street after Tran Kim Xuyen, Vietnam`s first journalist- martyr and the Viet Nam News Agency`s first director, took place in Ha Noi.
14:47, 2014/03/05
No Vietnamese casualties in Ukraine reported
There are about 10,000 Vietnamese nationals residing in the European country, mainly in the major cities of Kharkov , Odessa , Kiev and Donetsk according to the department.
14:36, 2014/03/05
Vietnam urges more care for vulnerable groups
Vietnam has proposed the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) pay more attention to and further promote the guarantee of socio-economic rights and those of vulnerable groups.
15:01, 2014/03/04
RSS Resolution naval ship docked at Danang
RSS Resolution naval ship of Singapore docked at Tien Sa port in Danang on March 4, beginning a four-day visit to the central city.
14:50, 2014/03/04
President sets importance on Mekong's dyke projects
President Truong Tan Sang praised the importance of dyke projects while inspecting development in the Mekong Delta provinces of Tra Vinh and Soc Trang.
12:24, 2014/03/04
Camps for Vietnamese, Cambodian youths open in Dak Lak
Young people from the Central Highlands province of Dak Lak and its neighbouring Cambodian province Mondulkiri are gathering at a camp held in the Vietnamese locality from March 1 – 4.
12:18, 2014/03/04
HCM City cut down power consumption
Nearly 696,000 households in HCM City cut power consumption by 476.87 million kWh in response to the city`s Household Energy Savings Programme last year, according to the HCM City Power Corporation
11:20, 2014/03/04
PM receives praise for wildlife stance
A leader of a campaign to stop global trade in ivory from elephants and rhinocerous has praised the Vietnamese Prime Minister, Nguyen Tan Dung, for speaking out on the issue.
11:03, 2014/03/04
Hanoi responds to the 2014 Earth Hour campaign
Hanoi is orchestrating a range of activities to respond to the 2014 Earth Hour campaign, with the key event to be televised live from August Square in front of the Hanoi Opera House at 8pm on March 29.
10:52, 2014/03/04
Vietnamese swimmer shines at US competition
Vietnam’s swimmer Nguyen Thi Anh Vien bagged four gold and two silver medals at the Florida Swimming Spring Senior Championships, which wrapped up on March 3.