Society

The US Embassy in Hanoi has just announced the 2023-2024 Fulbright Distinguished Awards in Teaching Short-term Program. The program provides Vietnamese host institutions the opportunity to request an US teacher for a one-time visit of two to six weeks.

The northern region of Vietnam has been forecasted to face another strong cold wave from Sunday.

Saigon Water Corporation will cut or reduce its service in five districts and several wards in Thu Duc City from late Saturday night to early Sunday morning to carry out maintenance.

Traffic has been banned from Nhat Tan Bridge in the direction from Vo Chi Cong Street to Noi Bai Airport beginning February 17.

Two orphans in the northern province of Phu Tho have received donations of nearly VND300 million after their story was published on Dantri/Dtinews Online.

Eight earthquake monitoring stations have been installed in the areas of Thượng Kon Tum Hydropower Plant and Đăk Đrinh Hydropower Plant in the Central Highlands province of Kon Tum.

In an effort to combat global climate change and extreme weather patterns which have caused severe human and property losses, Vietnam is resolved to plant 1 billion trees in the 2021-2025 period.

Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong on February 17 received Secretary and Chief of Office of the Lao People’s Revolutionary Party (LPRP) Central Committee Thongsalith Mangnomek, who is on a working visit to Vietnam.

Võ Văn Thưởng, Politburo member and Permanent member of the Party Central Committee’s Secretariat praised intellectuals, scientists, writers, and artists for their contributions to the country’s science, technology, health care, education-training, culture, and national defence.

Vietnam’s University Ranking (VNUR) has announced the list of the nation’s top 100 universities in 2023.

People in Tan Linh Commune in the outlying district of Ba Vi in Hanoi oppose local authorities’ site clearance and compensation policies for the Xuan Son landfill project.

Hundreds of karaoke parlors and bars in Hanoi have sent a group letter to the prime minister and concerned agencies calling for help so that they can resume services again after months of suspension due to fire safety issues.

Police in the southern province of Dong Thap have found four tonnes of frozen cat meat and hundreds of live cats without clear origin being kept at a local slaughterhouse.

Many pavements in Ho Chi Minh City remain illegally occupied by food stalls, shops and parking lots.

Germany has moved to recognise the new version of the Vietnamese passport containing birthplace information, whilst it has also resumed issuing visas including C multi-year visas (Schengen Visa).

An elephant has been found dead in the central province of Nghe An's Quy Chau District.

Vietnam has been ranked 12th out of 26 countries in terms of comprehensive power in Asia in 2022, unchanged compared to 2021, according to a recently released report by Lowy Institute.

Luma Russo (Brazil) beat 37 other contestants from across the globe to win Miss Charm 2023 at a final night held at Hoa Binh Theatre in Ho Chi Minh City (Vietnam) on February 16.

Ordinary passports with electronic chips will be issued for Vietnamese citizens from March 1, 2023, according to the Ministry of Public Security’s Immigration Department.