Society

Hanoi is set to promote the implementation of investment projects in education and training and work to have 70 more schools meeting national standards in the 2022 - 2023 academic year.

The torrential rain over the recent days has claimed two dead and three missing in the northern region of Vietnam.

A company that sells exclusive FIFA packages to the well-heeled is predicting record sales for the World Cup in Qatar, but its owner insists the tournament will be "good value" for all fans.

Vietnam has not yet drafted plans to give Covid-19 vaccines to children under five years old, the local health ministry said at a meeting on August 12.

A group of 123 MICE (meetings, incentives, conferences, and events) tourists from South Africa have just arrived in HCM City four a four-day trip.

President Nguyen Xuan Phuc on August 12 decided to reduce death penalties to life sentences for 21 prisoners, including two foreigners.

The Vietnamese Ministry of Health on Friday reported an additional 2,192 Covid-19 infections, raising the country's total tally to over 11 million.

The Ministry of Transport has announced a plan to strengthen inspection and crack down on taxi drivers' illegal practices at Tân Sơn Nhất International Airport in HCM City.

Many people in Hanoi's Old Quarter area have burnt votive paper on local streets on the Ghost Festival which traditionally falls on the 15th day of the seventh lunar month.

The nation will play a more extensive role in future UN peacekeeping operations, including expanding the number of missions conducted by Vietnamese peacekeeping forces through forms of deployment.

The Ministry of Health has proposed continuing to keep COVID-19 in Group A of infectious disease, not an endemic disease in its latest draft on COVID-19 prevention and control measures in the new situation.

Many streets in Hanoi have been turned into rivers following heavy rains, seriously affecting traffic.

As many as 29,000 lobsters in the southern central province of Phu Yen have died due to the impact of Storm Mulan.

FIFA on Thursday officially brought forward the opening match of this year's World Cup by one day to November 20 in a rare change so that hosts Qatar feature in the gala game.

A five-storey building collapsed on Thursday night in the northern city of Hai Phong.

Post-pandemic robust rebound in the American market has ushered in multiple opportunities for Vietnam to expand its export of key products, according to the Ministry of Industry and Trade.

An 11-year-old boy severely burnt in a gas cylinder explosion while trying to save his adoptive mother is calling for help.

The Embassy of Finland in Hanoi announced on August 11 that it has decided to stop recognising the new-style Vietnamese passports due to the lack of information regarding the place of birth of the holder.

The Vietnamese Ministry of Health on Thursday reported an additional 2,367 Covid-19 infections, raising the country's total tally to over 11 million.