Between 1990 and 2022, the nation's HDI value changed from 0.492 to 0.726, an improvement of nearly 50 per cent. In the 1990s when UNDP introduced the HDI, Việt Nam was at the relatively lower end of the ranking, but now it is in the middle of the ranking, having made consistent progress over the past 30 years.

The sensational beauty of Sun World Ba Na Hills resort in the central beach city of Da Nang, one of Vietnam’s most famous tourism destinations, has wowed many visitors both home and abroad, including Jack Mortimer, a journalist of the UK’s Express newspaper.

Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Phung Duc Tien on March 14 inspected the implementation of the European Commission (EC)’s recommendations on combating illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing in Hoai Nhon township, the central coastal province of Binh Dinh.

A train route connecting the central city of Da Nang and Hue city of the central province of Thua Thien – Hue named “Central Heritage Connection” will be put into operation in late March on the occasion of the Liberation Day of Thua Thien – Hue (March 26) and Da Nang (March 29).

A total of 13 people were seriously injured in a coach accident on Friday morning, said the Quảng Trị Provincial Police.

A significant number of motorbikes are impounded after traffic law violations, with owners refusing to pay the fines and retrieve their vehicles, leading to a substantial waste for both individuals and society.

Darrell Wade, Chair and Co-Founder of Intrepid Travel, the world’s largest adventure travel company and a pioneer in responsible tourism, talked with Việt Nam News reporter Nguyễn Hằng about the potential of the Vietnamese tourism sector after the COVID-19 pandemic

HCM City People’s Council is set to approve a range of resolutions related to socio-economic development in order to regain the city’s leading position after facing setbacks in recent years.

The national flag carrier Vietnam Airlines signed a sponsorship contract worth 1.2 billion VND (nearly 48,600 USD) with the organising board of the Hue Festival 2024 at a ceremony in Hue city of the central province of Thua Thien - Hue on March 14.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has advised Vietnamese citizens not to travel to places where conflicts are taking place, its spokeswoman Pham Thu Hang said at the ministry’s regular press conference in Hanoi on March 14.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs once again recommends that citizens exercise caution when considering job offers abroad that promise "easy work, high salary" without any requirements for qualifications, degrees, signed contracts, or without going through businesses or labour dispatch organisations, said the ministry’s spokeswoman Pham Thu Hang.

The Dien Bien Phu Victory Museum in Dien Bien Phu city of the northern mountainous province of Dien Bien is a cultural work that preserves thousands of documents and artifacts closely associated with the glorious Dien Bien Phu Victory over French colonials in 1954, which “resounded across the five continents and shook the globe”.

Representatives from the Party Committee, People’s Council, People’s Committee and Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee of the south-central province of Binh Thuan visited and extended greetings to the Cham Bani community on the occasion of their traditional Ramuwan (New Year) Festival, the biggest festival for the Islamic community in Vietnam.

The construction of the T3 passenger terminal at Tân Sơn Nhất International Airport in HCM City is set to finish two months ahead of schedule.

Việt Nam is striving to mitigate the alarming risk of biodiversity loss and foster conservation of nature and ecosystems.

A ceremony took place at the Gac Ma memorial site in Cam Lam district, the central province of Khanh Hoa, on March 14 to commemorate the 64 officers and soldiers of the Vietnam People's Navy who fell down defending Gac Ma (Johnson South) Reef in Vietnam’s Truong Sa, and mark the 36th anniversary of their battle (March 14, 1988 – 2024).

Vietnam has remained a high human development country through the difficult years of the COVID-19 pandemic, and human development continues to be a focus of the country’s development strategy, UNDP Resident Representative Ramla Khalidi said, as the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) announced its new report on late March 13.

Forest rangers and authorities in Kon Chiêng Commune on March 5 uncovered two instances of illegal deforestation, according to the Gia Lai Provincial Forest Protection Department's report.

NEU Career Week 2024 promises a dynamic platform for career exploration and networking.

The province’s Fisheries Sub-Department and Thanh Hoá Fishing Port Management Board will continue to assign staff to guide households and fishing vessel owners to complete paperwork as prescribed.