Society

An elderly woman in Thanh Hoa Province is calling for financial help to support her two sons who are both having mental problems.

The US Agency for International Development (USAID) has for the first time awarded a prime construction contract to a local Vietnamese contractor for its Dioxin Remediation at Bien Hoa Airbase Area project.

Andrix Serrano studies alone inside a Manila slum shack he shares with his street-sweeper grandmother. Like many in his fourth-grade class, he has no internet for his shuttered school's online lessons.

The Hanoi Medical University on Monday will start the clinical trials on the second locally-produced Covid-19 vaccine called Covivac.

Exclusive adventure tours taking visitors into Son Doong cave, the largest cave in the world located in Quang Binh province, are fully booked for the entirety of the year ahead, said Nguyen Chau A, director of Tourist Company Oxalis

A Japanese man has tested positive for SARS-CoV-2 in Vietnam, raising the total number of patients in the country to 2,554, the Ministry of Health reported on Sunday evening.

Cambodia logged an additional 41 COVID-19 infections on March 14 morning, raising the number of cases linked with the “February 20 Community Event” to 792.

Saltwater intrusion will affect about 40,000ha of fruits and 5,000ha of rice in the Mekong Delta this month, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development’s Irrigation Department.

The Embassy of Vietnam in India, together with ASIA DMC Vietnam and India’s Allena Group, held a conference on March 12 to promote Vietnam’s tourism and images in Chandigarh - the capital city of both northern Haryana and Punjab states.

Leading Vietnamese footballer Quang Hai has been put forward to competein the category for the best central midfielders in the AFC Cup’s All-time XI, as nominated by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC).

Dong Thap province’s Chau Thanh district has expanded the cultivation of high-quality sweet potatoes for export and will develop processed sweet-potato products that meet the standards of the country’s ‘one commune – one product’ (OCOP) programme.

The Russia Government has granted 1,000 scholarships in 2021 to Vietnamese citizens to pursue study at universities and research institutes in the Russian Federation.

Australia is "working with Singapore" to create a travel bubble between the two nations as early as July, officials said Sunday, in an effort to restart tourism and travel put on hold by Covid-19.

The central province of Quang Ngai’s Ly Son District has vowed to protect the reputation of its garlic brand due to the threat of fake products.

PM Nguyen Xuan Phuc hosted a reception for international development partners, organisations and sponsors in Can Tho city on the sidelines of the third Conference on Climate Resilient and Sustainable Development of Mekong River Delta of Vietnam.

Three more people have tested positive for SARS-CoV-2 in Vietnam including one imported case, raising the total number of patients in the country to 2,553, the Ministry of Health reported on Saturday evening.

Việt Nam’s largest whale skeleton, over 20 metres in length and weighing 65 tonnes, is on display in Phan Thiết coastal town at Vạn Thủy Tú Temple.

A festival aimed at promoting tourism and introducing famous delicacies from the capital is scheduled to take place from April 16 to April 18 at Ly Thai To Statue Square in Hanoi.