Obesity is increasing rapidly in Việt Nam, especially big provinces and cities. A survey in Việt Nam in 2021 also showed overweight and obesity rates in Hà Nội and HCM City made up 18 per cent of the country’s total number of overweight and obese people.

Forty Vietnamese and Lao young military officers attended an exchange in the northern Lao province of Luang Prabang on November 18, held as part of a visit by General Luong Cuong, Chairman of the General Department of Politics under the Vietnam People's Army (VPA).

The People’s Committee of southern Long An province and the Japanese Consulate General in Ho Chi Minh City signed a non-refundable aid contract within the framework of the Grant Assistance for Grass-Roots Human Security Projects (GGP) on November 18.

According to the provincial health department report, about 800 students of Ischool Nha Trang suffered from food poisoning. 

A common mutual legal assistance framework, which meets international standards and has strong legal feasibility, will help protect the rights and interests of ASEAN citizens and businesses, wherever they are, especially the most vulnerable groups, officials have said.

Two foreign sailors suffering work accidents offshore were brought to Nha Trang city, the central coastal province of Khanh Hoa, for treatment on November 17.

The artefacts include a stone axe of the Post Neolithic Era (BC 4,500-3,500), three bronze axes and one ceramic saucepan of Đông Sơn civilisation; three stone crocodile sculptures of AD 1st – 2nd century and two bronze pipes from the 17th-18th century.

A survey was conducted in six poor ethnic minority provinces across Việt Nam for safe pregnancy.

Sanofi Vietnam and the National Hospital of Endocrinology signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to implement projects relating to diabetes in Ha Noi on Wednesday (November 16).

According to Bình Dương Province’s Department of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs, the number of unemployed people in the province has gone up due to businesses being adversely affected by the current global economic situation.

Cooperation with businesses in vocational training has been strengthened by colleges and schools in recent years, helping students access a real working environment and have job opportunities after graduation.

Cooperation with businesses in vocational training has always been strengthened by colleges and vocational schools in recent years, helping students access the real working environment and have job opportunities after graduation.

Knowledge about human rights will be put into the curriculum of all the educational institutes by 2025, heard a press briefing by the Ministry of Information and Communications’ Department of External Affairs and Human Rights on November 17.

Farmers in Ninh Thuận Province have expanded the breeding of marine aquatic species, such as Pacific oysters in floating cages in Nại Lagoon in Ninh Hải District.

All of her family members registered for blood donation but that was not enough for the little girl. Many other people, both Dũng’s acquaintances and strangers, also donated blood.

The first Trang An heritage festival is underway in the northern province of Ninh Binh, with the participation of 14 provinces and cities from across the nation.

Spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Le Thi Thu Hang on November 17 updated the press on the highly anticipated phone call between General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Nguyen Phu Trong and US President Joe Biden as well as a visit by the US leader to Vietnam.

The 14th international conference on the East Sea has shown that the East Sea is not a closed sea but plays a central role, connecting the Indian Ocean and the Pacific Ocean, said acting Director of the Diplomatic Academy of Vietnam Pham Lan Dung in her speech concluding the event in the central city of Da Nang on November 17.

Vietnamese Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son on November 17 stressed the need to enhance cooperation among member economies of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC), especially in the context of the global economy facing various risks and challenges.

The event co-organised by the Việt Nam Stage Artists' Association, the the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism’s Performing Arts Department and other relevant agencies takes place as the art world and cultural industries recover after two years of the COVID-19 pandemic.