In recent years, despite many natural disasters and the COVID-19 pandemic, the Government still doubled investment resources for poverty reduction compared to previous periods.

The HCM City Youth Cultural House has launched a special event offering music, theatre and comedy performances as part of the centre’s efforts to entertain and attract young people.

The 15th National Assembly commenced its fourth session in Hanoi on October 20 following a preparatory meeting approving the agenda of the fourth session and an opening ceremony with the presence of Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong, and other incumbent and former leaders of the Party, the State and the Vietnam Fatherland Front

The Prime Minister issued a decree on intensifying the implementation of a project on including human rights in the national education system.

It is necessary to conduct a survey on borrowing books to prevent wastefulness in procurement, said Quảng Ngãi director of education and training department.

A tourism seminar about Vietnam and Ho Chi Minh City was held in Singapore on October 19.

Despite the various improvements in the promotion of gender quality and women empowerment, much still remains for Vietnam to do to ease gender prejudice and enhance public awareness on women’s role, according to experts.

A quiz for Vietnamese citizens at home and aboard to study current law on rights and obligations of overseas Vietnamese will go online from October 25 through November 25.

A project titled "Reach to Excel: Promoting Financial Inclusion for Ethnic Minority Women" has supported the development of more than 500 self-managed village credit savings groups (VSLA) with more than 11,000 women participating in savings and small-scale lending.

Six education programmes of Lac Hong University in the southern province of Dong Nai have been certified as meeting quality accreditation and recognition standards by the ASEAN University Network-Quality Assurance (AUN-QA).

Fishing vessels without Vessel Monitoring System (VMS) devices are not allowed to go out to sea, according to Vice Chairman of the People’s Committee of southern Ba Ria-Vung Tau province Nguyen Cong Vinh.

Forget sunny side up or easy over, if you want eggs in Vietnam this really is a great way to eat them. Balut duck eggs contain the developing embryo of the bird. It might sound a little crazy, but don’t judge the dish until you’ve tried it. VNS

Rapid urbanisation, residential area construction, industrial parks and socio-economic infrastructure works are being built, leading to several agricultural lands being divided.

The 15^th National Assembly convened its 4^th session in Hanoi on October 20. The opening of the session is broadcast live on radio The Voice of Vietnam, Vietnam Television (VTV1), and National Assembly TV channels.

In the latter half of 2021, with the complicated pandemic, schools had to switch to online classes that hindered students' learning - especially underprivileged children in remote areas.

Responding to Prime Minister’s programme: "joining hands for the poor and not leaving anyone behind", Trương Thị Ngoc Ánh, Vice Chairwoman of the Central Committee of the Việt Nam Fatherland Front and Deputy Head of the Standing Committee of the Fund Raising Unit of the "For the Poor" Fund spoke to Dân tộc và Phát triển (Ethnic and Development) Newspaper about the plan.

Việt Nam has achieved commendable progress compared to other countries in the region.  According to the 2022 World Economic Forum Gender Gap Report, Việt Nam scores 0.705 on a scale from 0 to 1 in terms of the gender gap index, ranking 83 out of 146 countries, improving its position from 87 in 2021.

A project titled "Reach to Excel: Promoting Financial Inclusion for Ethnic Minority Women" has supported the development of more than 500 self-managed village credit savings groups (VSLA) with more than 11,000 women participating in savings mobilisation and small-scale lending.

The Saigon Hi-Tech Park (SHTP) in HCM City has attracted more than US$12 billion in domestic and foreign investment since its establishment 20 years ago, said the head of its management board.