The making and performance of 100 dishes and drinks made from Binh Tan sweet potatoes have set a Vietnamese record at a cooking competition held within the framework of the 3rd Tourism Festival in the Mekong Delta province of Vinh Long on December 23 - 25.

Starting with an effort to create sustainable livelihoods for mountainous people in Quang Nam province from native plants, now Phạm Thanh Hoàng, director of Tây Giang Forest Food Joint Stock Company, has boldly participated in the carbon credit market, towards green and sustainable business.

In Hương Khê District, Hà Tĩnh Province, several charitable centres and shelters have been established. Here, under the care and support of nuns, many of those less fortunate — the elderly, homeless, disabled and orphaned children — have found a comforting home.

The project is expected to bring the country’s statistics to an advanced level in the ASEAN region by 2030, becoming a modern statistical system in the world by 2045.

Professor Võ Tòng Xuân and his friend, Professor Gurdev Singh Khush, University of California, Davis, USA, have been honoured by the VinFuture Special Prize 2023 for Innovators from Developing Countries for their significant contributions to the invention and advancement of disease-resistant rice varieties, ensuring global food security. Prof. Xuân told Việt Nam News readers about his journey to enhance the value of Vietnamese rice varieties.

This is the first agreement on emission reduction to be successfully implemented in Việt Nam, contributing to forest management and protection and improving people's lives.

Bắc Giang strives to overcome shortcomings and limitations, improves the quality of management and utilisation of rural clean water supply projects in the area to meet the needs of people.

The aviation industry is predicted to experience growth in passenger transport volume next year, reaching 80.3 million passengers, a 7.1 per cent increase compared to this year's figures.

Bắc Giang focuses on implementing good production practices, ensuring the supply of key agricultural products to domestic and foreign markets as planned.

Red Sunday, which was started in Hà Nội, has now reached other northern localities, HCM City, Mekong Delta provinces, across the central region and the Central Highlands. 

President Vo Van Thuong attended a ceremony to announce the Master Plan of the central-coastal province of Quang Ngai for 2021 - 2030, with a vision to 2050, on December 24 as part of his working trip to the locality.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on December 23 visited Hana Micron Vina Ltd., a company invested by the Republic of Korea (RoK) and the first semiconductor chip manufacturer in the northern region, which is located in Van Trung industrial park, Viet Yen district , the northern province of Bac Giang.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on December 23 visited and extended Christmas and New Year greetings to priests and Catholics in the Bac Giang Parish as part of his trip to the northern province.

More than 5,000 firefighters and people playacting as victims and 200 vehicles participated in a firefighting and rescue drill at the Bến Thành underground metro station in HCM City on Saturday.

President Vo Van Thuong attended a ceremony in Quang Ngai to celebrate 10 years of the Vietnam-Singapore Industrial Park (VSIP) in the central province.

From now to 2030, Việt Nam National University HCM City (VNU-HCM) aims to attract about 350 outstanding young scientists and leading experts to support its target to be among the leading higher education institutions in Asia.

With rich natural conditions, Cà Mau has significant potential in agricultural, forestry, and fisheries production to create OCOP (One Commune One Product) products.

Bạc Liêu Province has been making efforts to increase the value of salt made locally by improving production infrastructure and promoting sales to improve the lives of farmers.

Việt Nam has a high number of tuberculosis (TB) patients, and a large number of cases with high risk of infection in the community, so proactively detecting the disease at grassroots levels was extremely important.

Đà Nẵng now has over 12,500 elderly people. Each year, the city spends about VNĐ60 billion (US$2.4 million) to support them with VNĐ400,000 ($16) per person per month.