Society Preventing antimicrobial resistance in Việt Nam The Medical Services Administration (MSA) under the Ministry of Health and the Family Health International (FHI 360) will work together in controlling and reducing antimicrobial resistance in Việt Nam. 1 hours ago | Vietnam news 2025 Lunar New Year holiday to last nine days: Labour ministry 7 hours ago | Vietnam news Sharp increase in number of international passengers refused entry at airports: Aviation authority 7 hours ago | Vietnam news Students from village wiped out by flashflood return to school 8 hours ago | Vietnam news 1 VietnamPlus | 03/18/2019 19:25 Five prosecuted for involvement in Phan Van Anh Vu’s case Five more people were prosecuted on March 17 and 18 for suspected violations of regulations on the management and use of public capital causing losses and wastefulness and violations of regulations on land management as police have expanded the investigation into Phan Van Anh Vu-related case. 2 VietnamPlus | 03/18/2019 17:57 Sentences upheld for five members of anti-State organisation The High-Level People’s Court in Ho Chi Minh City on March 18 upheld imprisonment penalties given to five defendants for “attempting to overthrow the people’s administration”. 3 VietnamPlus | 03/18/2019 16:30 Hai Phong city taps sea, island tourism development As the largest sea port in Vietnam’s northern region, Hai Phong city boasts huge potential for maritime economic development, especially sea and island tourism. 4 VietnamPlus | 03/18/2019 16:22 Vietnam, UK share experience in sexual violence prevention in peacekeeping Vietnamese peacekeeping sappers are studying the UK’s experience about sexual violence prevention in doing peacekeeping missions at an exchange programme held from March 17-21 in Hanoi. 5 VietnamPlus | 03/18/2019 15:44 HCM City, Ireland to boost cooperation in education, health Ho Chi Minh City and Ireland have large rooms for cooperation, especially in the fields of the city’s demand and the country’s strength like health care and education, Permanent Vice Chairman of the municipal People’s Committee Le Thanh Liem said on March 18. 6 VietnamPlus | 03/18/2019 15:29 HCM City urges work on roads surrounding airport The HCM City People’s Committee has urged completion of key road projects near the Tan Son Nhat International Airport in the city to alleviate traffic congestion. 7 VietnamPlus | 03/18/2019 10:28 Nearly two thirds of foreign workers in Vietnam join compulsory social insurance An estimated 64 percent of foreign workers in Vietnam have joined compulsory social insurance after the Government’s decree 143/2018/ND-CP regulating compulsory social insurance for foreign workers took effect. 8 VietnamPlus | 03/17/2019 18:42 Eight northwestern provinces enhance tourism connectivity The expanded northwestern region welcomed more than 20 million tourists in 2018, including nearly 2 million foreigners, heard a conference in Dien Bien province’s Dien Bien Phu city on March 17. 9 VietnamPlus | 03/17/2019 18:41 Xuan Son National Park develops community tourism The Xuan Son National Park in northern Phu Tho province’s Tan Son district is developing community tourism services to attract more tourists. 10 VietnamPlus | 03/17/2019 18:37 National Press Festival 2019 wraps up The annual National Press Festival 2019, themed “Renovated, creative, responsible Vietnamese press for the interests of the nation and people”, wrapped up in Hanoi on March 17. 11 VietnamPlus | 03/17/2019 17:52 24,000 Vietnamese students sit Int’l Kangaroo Math Contest More than 24,000 students from 870 elementary and secondary schools of 41 cities and provinces nationwide on March 17 sit the 2019 International Kangaroo Math Contest (IKMC). 12 VietnamPlus | 03/17/2019 16:29 Interantional Francophone Day marked in HCM City Students, teachers and people in Ho Chi Minh City on March 17 gathered at an event to mark International Francophone Day (March 20), during which they engaged in various activities. 13 VietnamPlus | 03/17/2019 16:11 Needy Vietnamese in Cambodia receive gifts A delegation of the Vietnamese Embassy in Cambodia and the Khmer-Vietnam Association (KVA) on March 15-16 visited and presented gifts to Vietnamese in difficult circumstances in Pursat and Battambang provinces. 14 VietnamPlus | 03/17/2019 15:43 Vietnam’s tourism potential highlighted in Ukraine A seminar featuring Vietnam’s tourism potential has taken place in Kiev, Ukraine, attracting nearly 200 guests from Ukrainian travel agencies. 15 VietnamPlus | 03/16/2019 19:06 Forum discusses press - businesses ties in CPTTP era A forum took place in Hanoi on March 16 to discuss the role of the press in linking the business community with the Government in the context of the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) officially taking effect on December 30 last year. 16 VietnamPlus | 03/16/2019 17:48 Online education comes to the fore in Industry 4.0 Opportunities along with challenges to online education in the context of the fourth industrial revolution were the main theme of the International Conference on Online Education 2019 (ICOE 2019) held in Ho Chi Minh City on March 15. 17 VietnamPlus | 03/16/2019 16:29 New rural area programme to achieve five-year target in mid-2019 The number of communes recognised as new-style rural areas reached 4,144 as of the end of February, up 306 from the end of 2018, according to the central steering office of the new-style rural area building programme. 18 VietnamPlus | 03/16/2019 15:55 International Francophone Day marked in Hanoi A ceremony took place at the Ly Thai To Statue Square in downtown Hanoi on March 15 evening to celebrate the 2019 International Francophone Day (March 20). 19 VietnamPlus | 03/16/2019 15:22 New tours linking Thanh Hoa, Laos’s Houaphanh launched Authorities in the central province of Thanh Hoa on March 15 launched several new tours linking the province and neighbouring Houaphanh province in Laos. 20 VietnamPlus | 03/16/2019 15:07 Quang Ngai province commemorates victims of Son My massacre A ceremony was held at the Son My relic site in Tinh Khe commune of Quang Ngai city, the central province of Quang Ngai, on March 16 in memory of 504 local civilians massacred by US troops 51 years ago. 1484 1485 1486 1487 1488