Around 600,000 preschool students in all 30 urban and outlying districts and townships in Hà Nội returned to school on Wednesday after a year of online instruction due to the pandemic.

Children and their parents in the central city of Da Nang now can access consultations regarding mental health and psychological issues of children through a website and an application.

Hanoi is one of the most popular travel destinations in Southeast Asia, a recent article on German travel website Travelbook.de said, and highlighted six attractions that tourists should explore when visiting the capital city of Vietnam.

US citizen and substitute teacher Paul Bodner was sentenced in the US District Court on March 31 in the northern district of California to 11 years in federal prison on three counts of Travel with Intent to Engage in Illicit Sexual Conduct and one count of Engaging in Illicit Sexual Conduct in Foreign Places, for sexual abuse committed against Vietnamese boys in HCM City.

The country has recently set the target of revamping the growth model and improving productivity, quality, competitiveness, self-reliance, adaptation and resilience of the national economy.

Investigations into allegations of corruption must be sped up, especially when the cases draw great public attention.

The representative office of national flag carrier Vietnam Airlines in Singapore on April 12 launched the “Fly Vietnam Airlines, Re-discover Vietnam” programme with the aim of introducing and promoting the country’s safe tourism in the post COVID-19 period.

The National Press Festival opened at the Hanoi Museum on April 13, displaying outstanding publications in early 2022.

Hanoi Railway Transport JSC will resume trains between Hanoi and Lao Cai on the occasion of the national holidays on April 30-May 1 to serve the high demand for traveling to the resort town of Sa Pa.

HCM City’s districts want vacant lands available in industrial parks, export processing zones and high-tech parks to be used for affordable housing for workers.

Institutions and policies on occupational safety and health will be further improved, focusing on amending the policy on the occupational accident and disease insurance fund, according to Deputy Minister of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs Le Van Thanh in his talk with the media.

The labour market has gradually recovered and achieved a good growth rate, Deputy General Director of the General Statistics Office Nguyễn Trung Tiến has announced.

Price surges coupled with post-COVID health concerns have forced many workers in Hải Phòng to tighten their belts, as they desperately wait for rent relief from the government.

Cam Bình island commune has long been famous for its two islands – Bình Ba and Bình Hưng – as well as the local trade of caged lobster farming.

Eight year old Nguyễn Thanh Ngân from Hà Nội has won the national “Đóa hoa đồng thoại” (folk tales flower) competition, beating 2,914 other submissions. 

Vietnamese artist and lecturer Triệu Khắc Tiến tells a story about the connection between the lacquer cultures of Việt Nam and Japan through his lacquer paintings. 

The Nobel Committee sent a letter to the Việt Nam Writers Association asking, asking them to nominate a Vietnamese writer to be considered for the 2022 Nobel Prize for Literature. This is the first time the association has received such a request. 

A new TV show called Trăm Năm Ánh Việt (A Hundred Years of Cải Lương) is being broadcast on the Vĩnh Long Television and Radio Station (THVL).

Hanoi plans to build new bus stations at gateways to the city as part of a newly-approved master plan of bus stations, parking areas and logistics centres until 2030 with a vision to 2050.

The south central province of Binh Thuan on April 12 launched its smart tourism portal at https://muinevietnam.vn/, aiming to create an ecosystem serving tourists, businesses, and state management agencies.