Society

A delegation of the Vietnamese Party and State leaders laid a wreath at President Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum on the occasion of the 70th anniversary of the Dien Bien Phu Victory.

Vietnamese mathematician Dr Pham Tuan Huy, a visiting clay scholar and Stanford Science fellow, has been awarded the Dénes König Prize for 2024 by the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics.

Authorities in the central province of Quang Binh are searching for 11 fishermen who have gone missing after three fishing boats capsized and one other went missing due to strong winds.

The rising number of people visiting and fishing in Hon Chong Beach has threatened the recovery of the beautiful coral reefs in Nha Trang City.

Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Do Hung Viet will lead a Vietnamese delegation to engage in a dialogue session on human rights of the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) in Geneva on May 7.

The Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam has set up a team to inspect flight ticket sales following a request from the Ministry of Transport.

Vietnamese athletes bagged three gold and two bronze medals at the Hong Kong Athletics Championship which took place from May 4-5 at the Tseung Kwan O Sports Ground, Hong Kong (China).

Vietnam is greatly interested in Funan Techo canal project and respects the legitimate interests of Cambodia in accordance with the 1995 Mekong Agreement, relevant regulations of the Mekong River Commission, the time-honoured and friendly neighbourliness between the two nations.

The textile and garment industry has long faced an imbalance between production stages.

The Board of Governors of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) approved the bank's financial statements for 2023 and an allocation of US$1.42 billion in net income from its ordinary capital resources.

Minister of National Defence General Phan Van Giang received French Minister of the Armed Forces Sébastien Lecornu in Hanoi on May 5.

An Indonesian volunteer returns from a dangerous rescue mission to a remote island where a volcano recently unleashed huge eruptions, cradling an abandoned, emaciated dog covered in burn blisters.

HCM City will hold a firework show at the River Festival scheduled to take place from May 31 to June 9.

Tens of millions of AstraZeneca COVID vaccines have been administered in Vietnam and only a few cases of blood clot related reactions recorded post-vaccination, an immunisation official has stated amid concerns over side effects.

The first China - Laos - Thailand - Malaysia express freight train recently departed from Chengdu, the capital of China’s southwestern Sichuan province, marking a significant milestone in regional trade connectivity.

Recognising tourism as one of the breakthroughs for socio-economic development, the southwestern province of Tay Ninh has been focusing on various solutions and resources to create new impetus for the non-smoke industry.

Vietnam has been applying itself to making institutional, infrastructure, and manpower improvements in efforts to attract more foreign investment, especially in such big industries as electronics and semiconductor, said Deputy Minister of Planning and Investment Do Thanh Trung.

The Public Security Ministry has started legal proceedings against and detained former Minister-Chairman of the Government Office Mai Tien Dung for "abusing position and power while performing official duties".

The central city of Danang has rescheduled the opening of a pedestrian street by Han River until early June.