A campaign named “Million steps of kindness” was launched by the Vietnam Red Cross Society (VRC) and the Vietnam Youth Federation on February 25 to call on the community to engage in physical activities to raise donations to the needy.

Vietnamese people in Indonesia celebrated the Year of the Dragon at a ceremony held in Jakarta on February 24.

National Assembly Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue on February 25 attended a ceremony to launch the Youth Month 2024 and tree-planting festival at the Truong Bon National Historical Relic Site in Do Luong district, the central province of Nghe An.

"Million Steps of Kindness" is a community fundraising media campaign initiated and implemented by the Việt Nam Red Cross Society and partners, marking the 70th anniversary of the Điện Biên Phủ Victory.

The Vietnamese Youth Alliance in Singapore held a career fair on February 24-25, aiming to provide support for Vietnamese students in the Southeast Asian country to seize job opportunities and have better career orientations.

The HCM City Public Employees’ Trade Union has launched a programme to offer free áo dài (Vietnamese traditional dress) to disadvantaged workers on the occasion of International Women's Day (March 8).

A ship from the Vietnam Maritime Search and Rescue Coordination Centre (Vietnam MRCC) rescued an ill fisherman and brought him ashore for medical care in the central city of Da Nang on February 24.

The “spring festival in all regions of the country” at the Vietnam National Village for Ethnic Culture and Tourism in Hà Nội’s Sơn Tây town honours the fine traditional cultural values of all 54 ethnic groups in the country.

All of the migrants are receiving medical care in hospital, the embassy said.

CareerViet, a leading job network in Vietnam, on February 23 announced winners of its Employer of Choice 2023, honouring the most favourite employers last year.

A ship from the Vietnam Maritime Search and Rescue Coordination Centre (Vietnam MRCC) rescued an ill fisherman and brought him ashore for medical care in the central city of Da Nang on February 24.

Đắk Lắk is going to great lengths to create favourable conditions for its speciality coffees. Central to the efforts is the Vietnam Amazing Cup, an annual coffee competition the province has organised since 2019.

Transitioning to a circular economy presents a significant opportunity for sustainable development, aiming at not only meeting economic and social goals but also addressing climate change challenges.

The abundant amount of harvested seaweed is sold at a high price, giving fishermen a significant source of income after Tết (Lunar New Year).

All State administrative units in HCM City have improved in performing their assigned missions after two years of implementing a project to develop and apply population data and electronic identification and authentication to serve the national digital transformation.

The province has conducted pilot programmes for comprehensive digital transformation at 20 communes and two businesses and cooperatives, alongside the application of production unit code on 19 locations across 1,997ha. 

Investigation is underway into the case that seven allegedly Vietnamese migrants were detected at Newhaven port in Lewes district of East Sussex county on February 16, according to the Vietnamese Embassy in the UK.

Vietnam’s traditional festivals as well as those which are shaping up their brand, are adding lustre to local tourism while spurring the country to join hands with other ASEAN member states to develop sustainable festival tourism.

A programme connecting Lao and Cambodian students with their Vietnamese foster families has proven effective, contributing to consolidating friendship between the people of Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia.

The revised Land Law, recently adopted by the 15th-tenure National Assembly, which includes people of Vietnamese origin among land users and increases interests for foreign-invested economic entities, is expected to have positive impacts on the real estate market and the economy at large.