The Vietnam Buddhist Sangha (VBS) of Ho Chi Minh City carried out charitable and social activities with total funds of over 748 billion VND (30.3 million USD) last year.

The Vietnam Forum: The Moment will be hosted by the Ho Chi Minh City Peace and Development Foundation (HPDF) on May 25-26 in HCM City, highlighting connectivity, culture and creativeness in Vietnam’s development, heard a press conference on January 24.

The Vietnamese Embassy in Venezuela, in collaboration with the Central University of Venezuela (UCV) and the Venezuela-Vietnam Friendship Association (CAVV), on January 24 held a seminar on the life and career of late President Ho Chi Minh and the Vietnamese revolution.

A meeting was held in Ben Tre on January 24 for heads of Vietnamese representative agencies abroad in the 2024-2027 tenure and localities in the Mekong Delta region.

Established with the mission of being a cultural bridge between Vietnam and Germany, for the last 15 years, Huong Viet, an online magazine of Vietnamese people in Germany, has kept promoting its role and maintaining its position as a leading Vietnamese electronic information site in Germany.

Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha has asked for greater efforts and decisive, robust, and effective actions from relevant sectors to create tangible changes in caring for, educating and protecting children in 2024 and the future.

Deputy Prime Minister Tran Luu Quang once again stressed the absolute point of view of no subjectivity in natural disaster prevention and control as the weather situation is forecast to continue experiencing abnormal changes.

The Poor Patient Sponsor Association of Quang Binh province on January 24 held a ceremony to transfer two hemodialysis machines to the Vietnam-Cuba friendship hospital in Dong Hoi city, the central province of Quang Binh.

Despite a raft of challenges, the country recorded relatively comprehensive socio-economic achievements, standing out as a bright spot in the region and the world as a whole.

Politburo member and National Assembly (NA) Chairman Vương Đình Huệ speaks to Vietnam News Agency on the threshold of the Lunar New Year 2024.

Deputy Prime Minister Trần Lưu Quang said the National Steering Committee for Natural Disaster Prevention and Control must proactively carry out its task to minimise damage to people and property.

The Vietnam Social Security (VSS) said on January 24 that it has signed a deal with the National Pension Service (NPS) of the Republic of Korea (RoK) on the implementation of an agreement on social insurance between the two governments.  

The Consulate General of Vietnam in Shanghai held a “Xuan Que Huong” (Homeland Spring) programme on January 23 to bring the warm Tet atmosphere to overseas Vietnamese (OVs) and Vietnamese citizens living, working and studying in the eastern region of China.

The Vietnam Social Security (VSS) said on January 24 that it has signed a deal with the National Pension Service (NPS) of the Republic of Korea (RoK) on the implementation of an agreement on social insurance between the two governments.

Prime Minister Phạm Minh Chính has issued an official dispatch instructing local administrations of northern and north central localities and relevant ministries to take measure to urgently deal with the prolonged and severe cold wave that is affecting people and agricultural production.

Under Hà Nội Department of Education and Training’s regulations, preschools and elementary schools across the city notified parents not to send their children to school when the temperature dropped below 10 degrees Celsius.

The HCM City Department of Health has reported that the city's infectious disease surveillance system has detected the emergence of sub-variant JN.1 of the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus in hospitalised patients in December last year in the locality.

Director of the Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam (CAAV) Dinh Viet Thang has issued a directive, asking airports, air traffic service suppliers, airlines and aviation service providers to adopt Level-1 aviation security measures during the Lunar New Year (Tet) Festival from February 6-16.

Vietnam brought a kaleidoscope of tourism offerings to the Travel Exchange (TRAVEX) Trade Fair, part of the ASEAN Tourism Forum (ATF) 2024 in Vientiane, Laos from January 22-27.

“Xuan Que Huong” (Homeland Spring), the biggest cultural event for overseas Vietnamese (OVs) on the occasion of the Lunar New Year (Tet), will take place from February 1-2 (the 22nd and 23rd days of the last month in the Year of the Cat) in Ho Chi Minh City with various activities, according to the organising board.