Society

The World Bank has signed a US$11.3 million grant with the State Bank of Vietnam to support the development of a commercial financing market for industrial energy efficient investments.

A number of vocational colleges in Ho Chi Minh City have decided to add new subjects and increase enrolment slots this year.

The night market and pedestrian street in Moc Chau (Son La) are expected to come into operation in 2021, promising to become a unique space for tourists and residents.

Masakazu Daibo has reopened his family's eel restaurant in part of Japan declared a no-go zone after the 2011 nuclear disaster, but so far he has barely a single neighbour.

People in Hanoi and Gia Lai Province will receive the first Covid-19 vaccine shots on March 9 according to the Ministry of Health.

Ho Chi Minh City will continue the closure of discos, bars, karaoke parlors to ensure safety amid COVID-19 pandemic, while other service business types will be resumed from March 9.

A woman in Bac Giang Province is calling for financial help to support her husband and two children who are all suffering from mental illnesses.

The Management Board of the Cham Island Marine Protected Area in Hoi An city in central Quang Nam province finished a clean-up of the seabed to protect coral reefs in the waters of Cu Lao Cham (Cham Islands) on

The Embassy of Sweden Hanoi has just introduced "globalguytalk" initiative in Vietnam, on the International women's day 2021. The aim is to start conversations between men that can influence attitudes and increase gender equality.

12 people have tested positive for SARS-CoV-2 in Vietnam, raising the total number of patients in the country to 2,524, the Ministry of Health reported on Monday evening.

Female workers in informal sectors in the cities of Da Nang and Hue will receive training support and funding to build back their livelihoods after the economic shock created by COVID-19 outbreaks in their cities.

Schools have been reopened in the Covid-19 hot spot of Hai Duong, Hai Phong and other provinces since March 8.

The Mekong Delta province of Kien Giang is planning to develop eco-tourism in the U Minh Thuong National Park into an important service sector through making the most appropriate use of the forest’s potential.

The High-Level People’s Court in Hanoi on March 8 opened a trial for six defendants filing appeals in the case of “murder” and “resisting on-duty officers” that happened in Hoanh village of Dong Tam commune, Hanoi’s My Duc district,

Vietnamese women typically spend an average of 20.2 hours per week doing household chores, in contrast to men who only spend 10.7 hours on such tasks, according to data revealed by the International Labour Organization in Vietnam.

The 14th Red Spring Festival, the largest blood donation drive in the country, collected more than 8,300 blood units during one week from March 1, announced the organising board on March 7.

Thousands of people flocked to Ho Thi Ky Market in HCM City to buy flowers on the International Women's Day on March 8.

The lumpy skin disease virus, which has been discovered in cows and buffaloes in Vietnam since mid-October, has continued spreading in Vietnam.

More than 75 percent of Japanese oppose overseas fans attending the Tokyo Olympics, a poll showed Monday, as organisers prepare to make a decision on foreign spectators.