Winners of the 7th “Young Francophone Reporters” competition were announced at an award ceremony in Hanoi on November 4.

Vietnam’s visa policy is favourable and will continue to be reformed to facilitate foreigners’ entry, an official of the Ministry of Public Security (MPS) has said.

This article is an excerpt from the Report “Public Procurement: Findings from a Business Perception Survey”, which was the result of a collaborative research initiative conducted from July 2021 to June 2022 by the Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry and the United Nations Development Program (UNDP). Highlighted here are key findings from the business survey, aiming to understand the experience and perception of businesses in public procurement activities in localities, especially in the health sector.

Digital transformation and the fake news fight were among the issues legislators questioned Minister of Information and Communications Nguyen Manh Hung about on November 4.

A get-together to celebrate the 105th anniversary of the Russian October Revolution (November 7, 1917 - 2022) was held by the Ho Chi Minh City Union of Friendship Organisations (HUFO) and the Vietnam - Russia Friendship Association (VRFA) in HCM City on November 4.

HCM City is coordinating with investors and the Ministry of Transport to build a US$6 billion international transshipment port in its coastal Cần Giờ District, chairman of the municipal People's Committee Phan Văn Mãi said at a recent conference.

An average monthly rise of 51% was seen in the number of Indian tourists to Vietnam in the first 10 months of this year, according to the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism (VNAT).

The key values of socialism were highlighted at an international seminar in the Mekong Delta province of Vinh Long on November 3.

The province’s Standing Party Committee last month launched a campaign “Parentage, village without poor families” in which village heads and elderly are given key roles in promoting poverty reduction activities

Five Vietnamese universities have been listed in the 2023 edition of the Best Global Universities Rankings published by the US News & World Report, which includes 2,165 across 95 countries worldwide.

Minister of Construction Nguyen Thanh Nghi noted several causes of and solutions to some urban development issues while fielding questions from legislators at the National Assembly’s ongoing fourth session in Hanoi on November 3.

The Bình Quới-Thanh Đa urban area is located roughly 10 kilometres from downtown HCMC. It was planned to be a modern ecological urban area with an ecological park combining commercial centres and public areas to serve about 80,000 people.

These findings provide novel insights into the anticancer property of Momilactones, which can be a premise for future studies and the development of Momilactone-based anti-cancer medicines.

Associate Professor Nguyễn Chu Hồi, Permanent Vice Chairman of Việt Nam Fishery Association talks about the progress and further solutions for Việt Nam to end illegal, unreported and undocumented fishing (IUU).

The degradation of the Quan Chánh Bố and Chợ Gạo canals are considered “bottlenecks” for the transportation of agricultural products in the Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta region, experts said.

The total rainfall from the beginning of this year up in the north-east, north central and southern coastal areas has also been higher than usual, by 10-20 per cent.

According to the Ministry of Planning and Investment by the end of last month VNĐ66.3 trillion from the programme was disbursed.

The Ok Om Bok Festival, also called Festival of Worshipping the Moon, opened in the Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta province of Trà Vinh this week.

A Night of Modern and Classical Music will be led by Polish conductor Wojciech Czepie. It will include a performance of musician Đặng Hữu Phúc’s work, Vũ Điệu Chèo Và Lên Đồng (Dance of chèo and lên đồng), which utilises the folk melodies of chèo and chầu văn.