Society

A poor man in Thanh Hoa Province is in need of financial help to support his wife and two children who all have mental problems.

Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son held talks on March 24 alongside Louise Mushikiwabo, secretary general of the Organisation internationale de la Francophonie (OIF), who is in Vietnam for an official visit from March 21 to March 26.

Vietnam confirmed an additional 120,000 Covid-19 infections on Thursday, a fall of 7,886 cases compared to yesterday's figure, according to the Ministry of Health.

Vietnam witnessed a sharp decline in the number of workplace accidents last year, down 1,800 cases or 22.4 percent on-year.

Hanoi will hold an air balloon festival, the first of its kind in the city, on March 25-27.

Hue City People's Committee has just announced that they will officially launch public bike-sharing services from April 29.

Passenger numbers on the Cat Linh-Ha Dong metro route have surged by 30 percent over the past two weeks, said Vu Hong Truong, general director of Hanoi Metro One Member Limited Company (Hanoi Metro).

Vietnamese grandmaster Le Quang Liem won a place in the semi-finals of the online rapid chess tournament - the Charity Cup - after recording a solid win over David Navara of the Czech Republic on March 24.

Travel website Booking.com has unveiled a list of the top flower destinations from across the world, including Da Lat in the Central Highland region of Vietnam.

Oil prices extended their gains Thursday on growing fears of further Russia sanctions that could hit already thin supplies, while most equity markets retreated owing to surging inflation and central bank plans to sharply hike interest rates.

Thousands of visitors have been flocking to Hoi An to enjoy a variety of festivals and tourism events being held to welcome in the National Tourism Year 2022.

Vietnam's assessment of future employment trends and how Vietnam is preparing for its workforce to respond to such trends are issues attracting attention from foreign businesses at the ongoing Singapore Apex Business Summit 2022.

Vietnam Railways Corporation (VNR) has proposed VND1.9 trillion (USD81.89 million) in investment to upgrade tunnels on the Hanoi-HCM City railway route.

The final round of Miss World Vietnam 2022 is set to take place from April 4 to April 24 in Danko City in the northern province of Thai Nguyen.

Indonesia will lift a ban on domestic travel during the Muslim holiday season of Eid al-Fitr in early May, President Joko Widodo said on Wednesday, after banning the annual tradition for two years during the pandemic.

Vietnam sees decline in Covid-19 cases as it recorded 127,878 infections on Wednesday, which is a fall of 2,853 cases compared to yesterday's figure, according to the Ministry of Health.

President Nguyen Xuan Phuc held phone talks with President-elect of the Republic of Korea (RoK) Yoon Suk-yeol on March 23, during which the two leaders discussed measures to further strengthen bilateral cooperation in many fields.

Hundreds of children in a poor commune in the Central Highlands province of Dak Lak are in desperate need of financial support to have a proper school.

The Hanoi People’s Court has sentenced Le Van Dung, a resident in the city’s Ha Dong district, to five years in prison for “conducting propaganda against the State of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam”.