International Orrganisation for Migration’s Chief of Mission Park Mihyung has announced Lê Thảo Hương as the winner of the “Migration through my lens” competition. The IOM Chief of Mission made the announcement at an awards ceremony on December 18 in Hà Nội.

Those who go overseas for work can have high incomes, so they can quickly get out of poverty and learn skills to set up their own business when returning home.

Households of ethnic minorities have seen progress in their material and spiritual well-being thanks to preferential loans for social policies.

The Ministry of Public Security on December 19 held a press conference to brief the media on its works this year, including information on a series of major cases in the public eye.

Vietnamese-American pop stars Tuấn Ngọc and Thanh Hà will perform in HCM City and the city of Đà Lạt in Lâm Đồng Province to celebrate Christmas and New Year.

Citizens can register their civil status efficiently online, and 62 out of 63 provinces and cities now support online death certification and marriage certification.

The dish is fragrant and sweet with a buttery taste from the meat, hot from peppers and quality fish sauce as well as a special flavour from banana leaves.

Despite significant potential for growth, river-based tourism remains underexploited due to a lack of proper investment and a legal framework for developing river cruising, a conference heard.

The HCM City People’s Procuracy on Monday (December 19) proposed life imprisonment for Nguyễn Thái Luyện, 36, chairman of the Board of Directors of Alibaba Company, for property fraud and money laundering that caused more than 4,500 victims to lose more than VNĐ2.4 trillion (more than US$101 million).

The move came after the construction department conducted inspections on the quality of pavements in the city and the results showed that a number of pavements in some districts have been cracked and broken not long after being laid.

A project on improving the capacity of education-training, governance and research for the Vietnam-Korea University of Information and Communication Technology (VKU) for the 2022-2027 period kick-started in the central city of Da Nang on December 19.

The south-central coastal province of Binh Thuan is finalising preparations for its hosting of the National Tourism Year 2023, the provincial Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism said on December 19.

Fishing boats in the south-central province of Ninh Thuan are expected to catch a total of 126,879 tonnes of seafood this year, up 2.5% from 2021.

The National Action Centre for Toxic Chemicals and Environmental Treatment (NACCET) opened a seminar and photo exhibition in Hanoi on December 19 in support of Agent Orange (AO) victims.

Permanent Vice Chairman of the National Assembly (NA) Tran Thanh Man visited the Da Nang Diocese and the Vietnam Christian Mission on the occasion of the upcoming Christmas festival on December 19.

Domestic telecommunications firms have provided services for 2,152 out of 2,418 remote hamlets and villages across the country, raising their coverage ratio to 99.73 per cent.

Vietnamese people were very united despite hardships, Russian Lieutenant General Vitor Phillipov told Vietnam News Agency in Moscow, remembering his days in Vietnam in 1972 which went down to history with the “Dien Bien Phu in the air” victory that led to the end of the foreign aggression war in Vietnam.

Vietnamese war veterans in Berlin-Brandenburge, Germany, gathered at a meeting on December 18 to mark the 78th founding anniversary of the Vietnam People’s Army (VPA) (December 22, 1944 - 2022).

Ministries and sectors will continue to stablise prices of goods from now until the end of the year and in the first quarter of 2023, especially before and during the Lunar New Year (Tet) in 2023.