The capital city of Hanoi scored over 43.9 points out of 80 in the 2022 Provincial Governance and Public Administration Performance Index (PAPI), which was freshly released by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) on April 12.

President of the Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) Central Committee Do Van Chien on April 13 visited Mekong Delta Bac Lieu province’s Patriotic Clergy Solidarity Association on the occasion of the Chol Chnam Thmay, the traditional New Year Festival of Khmer ethnic people.

Conquering Fansipan Peak from the resort town of Sa Pa is one of the favourite experiences of tourists in the world to improve their physical strength, according to a hotel booking app covering 220 countries and territories.

Hanoi is ready for the 12th Vietnam-France decentralised cooperation conference that will take place from April 13-15 to discuss ways to boost sustainability and create opportunities for business and cultural exchanges among the localities of the two countries.

Vietnamese Ambassador to the US Nguyen Quoc Dung on April 12 had a meeting with nearly 200 lecturers and students of the University of Virginia (UVA) in Virginia state of the US as part of the Ambassador Series of the university’s Department of Politics.

About 1.2 million mobile phone subscribers will have their SIM cards two-way locked from Saturday if they do not provide accurate personal information.

The People's Court of Hanoi on April 12 sentenced 47-year-old Nguyen Lan Thang, a resident of Hanoi’s Dong Da district - to six years in prison for "making, storing, disseminating or propagandising information, documents, materials aimed at opposing the Socialist Republic of Vietnam" under the Penal Code.

The Ho Chi Minh City police announced on April 12 that they has augurated the electronic shooting range using non-refundable aid from the Government of the Republic of Korea (RoK).

A delegation led by President of the Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) Central Commitee Do Van Chien on April 12 attended a gathering of Khmer people in the southernmost province of Ca Mau on the occasion of Chol Chnam Thmay, their most important traditional festival.

The Vietnam-Laos Friendship Association in Thai Nguyen province on April 12 held a get-together for Lao students in the northern locality on the occasion of the traditional New Year (Bunpimay) festival of Laos.

With 1,350 craft villages, including over 300 traditional handicraft villages, Hanoi capital city has abundant resources for the development of cultural industries throughout its metropolitan area.

It is not easy to recognize existing gender prejudices and gender stereotypes.

Authorities of Ho Chi Minh City plan to spend more than 10.2 trillion VND (433 million USD) on a sustainable poverty reduction programme this year.

The south central coastal province of Binh Dinh has issued a plan to fight illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing till 2025.

Ho Chi Minh City has set a target to save at least 2.2% of total energy consumption this year, which equals to 620 million kWh of electricity.

The south central province of Ninh Thuan is rolling out measures to prevent and combat illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing, considering it as one of its urgent tasks.

Leaders of the Mekong Delta province of An Giang on April 11 visited and offered greetings to Buddhist dignitaries, monks and followers at Thom Mit and Prolai Meas pagodas in Tinh Bien township, ahead of Khmer ethnic minority people’s traditional New Year festival Chol Chnam Thmay.

Chi Ma border gate's border guard station and Chi Lang border guard station in Loc Binh district in Vietnam's northern province of Lang Son and China’s Ningming border management unit held talks and raised awareness of laws for residents in border areas on April 11.

Deputy Prime Minister Tran Luu Quang visited religious and belief organisations in the northern border province of Lang Son on the occasion of Easter 2023.

A delegation of Ho Chi Minh City led by Vice Secretary of the municipal Party Committee Nguyen Van Hieu on April 11 visited the Lao Consulate General in the city on the occasion of the country’s traditional New Year festival (Bunpimay).