In the first nine months of 2022, about VNĐ35 trillion of public investment has been disbursed, increasing by 16 per cent compared to last year, covering 46.7 per cent of the workload assigned by the PM this year.

The UN Development Program held policy discussion on the human rights and climate change nexus in Hanoi on October 18, focusing on how to achieve a just, green and sustainable environmental development with principles of equity and human rights at the center.

The UN Development Programme (UNDP) held policy discussion on the human rights and climate change nexus in Hanoi on October 18, focusing on how to achieve a just, green and sustainable environmental development with principles of equity and human rights at the centre.

Despite global volatilities, Vietnam’s economy has rebounded strongly this year beyond the forecasts of many international organizations, making the country one of the rare bright spots in the global gloomy picture and has the potential to become a new ‘tiger’ in Asia.

The northern province of Hung Yen expects to mobilise at least 6.7 billion VND (274,140 USD) during the action month for the poor, from October 17 to November 18.

Paintings on canvas featuring women, flowers and love by painter Văn Thạnh will be displayed at the HCM City Youth Cultural House tomorrow (October 20). 

Relations of foreign non-governmental organisations (NGOs) with Vietnamese agencies and partners have continued to be enhanced while the effectiveness of their programmes and projects improved, an official has said.

Vice President Vo Thi Anh Xuan attended a ceremony launching the 2022-2023 academic year of the University of Science and Technology of Hanoi (USTH) on October 18.

President Nguyen Xuan Phuc met with 122 workers in the electricity industry, who had just been honoured at a skill competition held by the Electricity of Vietnam (EVN), on October 18.

Inspectors from the European Commission will visit the southern coastal province of Kien Giang from October 20-25 to check its efforts to tackle illegal, unreported and undocumented (IUU) fishing.

The Vietnamese team to the World Skills Competition 2022 Special Edition returned home on October 18 with two silver medals.

The PM underlined that there is still much to do for Việt Nam to lift nearly 2.4 million poor and near-poor households, or 9 per cent of the country's population, out of poverty.

The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) on October 18 launched a new project to improve Vietnam’s implementation of the United Nations Convention against Corruption (UNCAC).

More than 11,000 ethnic minority women in 18 provinces have gained access to micro-finance services under a four-year project.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh received Australian Senator Tim Ayres, Assistant Minister for Trade and Assistant Minister for Manufacturing in Hanoi on October 17, who is in Vietnam to co-chair the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) Southeast Asia Ministerial Forum 2022.

Sub-greater Mekong region countries need to join hands together with collective efforts, mutual trust and effective cooperation mechanism in reviving the previous dynamic growth of the Mekong tourism industry as an attractive destination for international tourists.

The central province of Thanh Hoa is joining hands with other coastal provinces and cities in the fight against illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing in an effort to have the European Commission (EC)’s ‘yellow card’ warning against Vietnamese seafood removed.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh attended the launching ceremony of a national programme named “The whole nation joins hands for the poor in 2022” in Hanoi on October 17.

Vietnam proposed perfecting national and international legal systems to create a legal corridor to promote gender equality at a plenary session of the 145th Assembly of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU 145).