The Police Department of Thủ Đức City are strengthening check points to catch drunk drivers through the end of the year to curb dangerous driving during the holiday season.

The second day of the Global Media Congress (GMC) has drawn to a close after a series of groundbreaking announcements, discussions and exhibitions that set further new benchmarks in the world of media and communications.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh praised the efforts by senior citizens across the country in overcoming difficulties and promoting economic production during a conference in Hanoi on November 16 to honour 273 representing elderly people with outstanding performance the field of economy nationwide.

The province is focusing on resolving difficulties and speeding up the progress of building new rural areas in the region.

The province aims to have 100 per cent of its modern supermarkets, commercial centers, and distribution facilities, including those providing electricity, water, telecommunications, and communication services, utilize flexible electronic payment methods.

A total of 17,877 houses in Quảng Trị, Thừa Thiên-Huế, Đà Nẵng, and Quảng Ngãi were submerged. Many areas in Quảng Trị and Thừa Thiên-Huế provinces were mostly still from 0.3 to 0.6m under water at the time of the report.

The number of foreign arrivals to Thailand has surpassed the 23-million mark, generating a revenue of some 981.69 billion THB (27.65 billion USD).

As many as 300 students from 10 secondary schools in the northern province of Bac Ninh joined the STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) Festival 2023 which was organised in Tu Son city on November 15 by the provincial Department of Education and Training and Kenan Foundation Asia (Kenan).

The Mekong Delta province of Kien Giang and the four Cambodian provinces of Koh Kong, Preah Sihanouk, Kam Pot and Kep on November 15 agreed to continue cooperation in searching, gathering and repatriating remains of Vietnamese volunteer soldiers and experts who laid down their lives in Cambodia during the wartime.

The Vietnamese Embassy in Japan held a talk on the life and revolutionary career of President Ho Chi Minh for the Vietnamese community in Japan on November 15.

The number of Vietnamese students makes for the fifth-largest group of foreign students in the United States, the same as the last academic year.

In the first 10 months of this year, Việt Nam welcomed 99 million domestic visitors and 10 million international tourists, exceeding the 2023 target of 8 million visitors.

Addressing the function, Vietnam News Agency General Director Vũ Việt Trang lauded the efforts and achievements of the e-newspaper’s staff, as well as their contributions to the agency, and noted her belief that they will successfully complete assigned tasks.

VietnamPlus, the e-newspaper of the Vietnam News Agency (VNA), was honoured with the first-class Labour Order at a ceremony held at the VNA headquarters in Hanoi on November 15 to celebrate its 15th founding anniversary (November 13, 2008).

Hà Nội is full of beautiful lakes that are the ‘green lungs’ of the city. But many are being used as dumping grounds and are becoming a blot on our beautiful landscape. Residents living nearby say the smell is becoming unbearable, and are calling for more action to clean up the lakes and stop people using them to get rid of rubbish.

Close connection, smooth coordination and comprehensive cooperation among ministries, sectors, localities, travel associations, and businesses are crucial to boost fast and sustainable tourism growth, stated Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh while chairing a conference in Hanoi on November 15 on promoting tourism development.

The Seventh Asian and Pacific Population Conference, being held in Bangkok, Thailand, from 15-17 November, 2023, is a great opportunity for governments, civil society, young people and others come together, building on their collective investments and planning new initiatives for a prosperous and sustainable future.

Vietnam has been successfully connected with the ASEAN Compulsory Motor Insurance (ACMI) database system, the country’s national bureau for implementing Protocol 5 - the ASEAN Scheme of Compulsory Motor Vehicle Insurance (VINABAI) - said on November 15.

Nhưỡng, born in Hùng Dũng Commune, Hưng Hà District, Thái Bình Province, is deputy head of the National Assembly's Ombudsman Committee.

Authorities of Da Nang city always support projects of the US Agency for International Development (USAID) and hope to sign more cooperation agreements on projects related to the environment, fintech, and green energy with the agency in the future, said Chairman of the municipal People’s Committee Le Trung Chinh.