Some 130 scholarships have been presented to children affected by COVID-19 in southern Vietnam as part of a joint programme by Vu A Dinh Scholarship Fund and “For beloved Hoang Sa and Truong Sa” club.

The move aims to ensure pandemic prevention and control amid a new outbreak in the city. 

The Ministry of Health on Wednesday issued new definitions of COVID cases, suspected cases and close contacts in a bid to detect and manage new infections quicker and more effectively.

Evidence from the decade-long Vietnam Provincial Governance and Public Administration Performance Index with survey findings in 2020 reveals that improved governance and responsiveness of central and local governments contributed to the country’s effective responses to the global COVID-19 pandemic.

The highest bonus for the upcoming Lunar New Year (Tet) holiday has been reported at 1.3 billion VND (nearly 57,000 USD) in a foreign-invested business in Ho Chi Minh City, according to the municipal Department of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs

UNICEF in Việt Nam on Wednesday issued a statement following the fatal abuse of an 8-year-old girl in Bình Thạnh District, HCM City.

Doctors at the University Medical Centre in HCM City have successfully performed a liver transplant operation on a two-year-old female child with biliary atresia.

Tân Thành Holdings and 10 Pharma JSC will be distributors of the COVID-19 vaccine Oravax throughout Southeast Asian nations, comprising Việt Nam, Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore and Thailand.

The Committee on Ethnic Minority Affairs will focus on the implementation of the master scheme and the 2021-2030 national target programme on socio-economic development in ethnic minority-inhabited and mountainous areas next year, heard a meeting held by the committee in Hanoi on December 29.

The central city of Da Nang is adapting to the COVID-19 pandemic safely and flexibly with numerous measures taken to attract more tourists.

Holidaymakers are opting for destinations close to Hanoi or in suburban areas while ensuring safety against the backdrop of the pandemic, as tourism activities in Hanoi and many localities are hard hit amid the complexities of COVID-19.

The 31^st annual meeting between the border delegations of Vietnam and Laos took place in Hanoi on December 29 under the chairmanship of Deputy Foreign Minister Nguyen Minh Vu and his Lao counterpart Saleumxay Kommasith.

Đông A Books Joint Stock Company, one of Việt Nam’s leading book publishers and distributors, has released a new book to celebrate the Tết (Lunar New Year) festival in the Year of the Tiger.

Na Ngoi Border Guard Station in the central province of Nghệ An has become home for many children abandoned by their parents.

It’s 9.30am on Trần Bình Trọng Street in HCM City and already a long line of people queue up in front of a rice stall waiting for meals. Located next to District 8 Rehabilitation Hospital, the stall is run by 27-year-old Lê Văn Phong who cooks and offers free rice or sells at a low price to migrant workers and patients.

After participating in a few TV shows, a Lao student suddenly became famous in the online community because of his appearance and ability to sing in Vietnamese.

The information about the characters in Vietnamese hát bội (classical drama) is now available in English on ichLinks, an online platform providing information about intangible cultural heritages in the Asia-Pacific region.

Well into her sixties, Hồ Thị Dần of Krông Klang Town, Đakrông District, Quảng Trị Province has embarked on a brand new adventure: going to school. 

While inequalities have long been present in almost every society, the pandemic has significantly exposed and increased the gaps, especially between those who can afford remote work and those who cannot.

State President Nguyễn Xuân Phúc has urged HCM City to develop long-term urban planning to ensure sustainable growth amid the fast pace of construction, high population density and environmental pollution.