National
Vietnam News Today (May 18): Vietnam, RoK Foster Multifaceted Cooperation
Vietnam News Today (May 18): Vietnam, AFD strengthen cooperation, promote energy transition; Vietnamese culinary festival to get underway in Singapore; Vietnam, RoK foster multifaceted cooperation; VEPR forecasts Vietnamese GDP growth at below 6% this year.
National
Swiss Reporter Impressed with Vietnam's Outstanding Regional Position
Swiss reporter Alain Jourdan said that Vietnam is on the verge of becoming a key country at the center of the region that the world is looking towards.
National
Vietnam News Today (May 17): Vietnam, Laos, China Enhance Border Management Cooperation
Vietnam News Today (May 17): President Putin to visit Vietnam soon: Russian Ambassador; Vietnam, Laos, China enhance border management cooperation; Vietnam supportive of UNESCO’s role in education promotion; Vietnam sees impressive growth in Taiwanese tourists.
Joint working group on Vietnam-Cambodia border gates meets
Friendship
The first-round meeting of the joint working group on Vietnam-Cambodia border gates was held in Hanoi on January 9.
January 09, 2020 | 21:53
Amid tension, Vietnam suspends sending workers to Middle East
Overseas Vietnamese
The Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs (MoLISA) on January 8 ordered agencies and localities to halt sending workers to the Middle East in the face of current tensions in the region.
January 09, 2020 | 21:49
Can Tho plans to double capacity of German Development Bank-funded wastewater treatment plant
Economy
The Mekong Delta city of Can Tho is planning to double the capacity of its wastewater collection and treatment plant, which was partly funded by the German Development Bank (KfW), and considers this one of the investment priorities in the coming time.
January 09, 2020 | 15:29
Vietnam calls for further counter-terrorism efforts in West Africa
National
Ambassador Dang Dinh Quy, Head of the Vietnamese Permanent Mission to the UN, has called on the world to intensify efforts in the fight against terrorism in West Africa and the Sahel region.
January 09, 2020 | 15:19
Half of seas, islands to be surveyed by 2030
Seas and islands
At least half of Vietnam’s seas and islands will be surveyed and evaluated in terms of natural resources, and marine and island environment by 2030, at a scale of 1:500,000.
January 09, 2020 | 15:19
UNSC presidency – “golden chance” for Vietnam: Deputy PM
National
Vietnam’s assumption of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC)’s non-permanent membership for the 2020-2021 tenure and the UNSC’s presidency in January 2020 is a valuable opportunity for the country to contribute constructively and responsibly to the international community’s common affairs.
January 08, 2020 | 10:41
75,000 registrations of persons with disabilities recorded
National
As of September 2019, nearly 75,000 people had registered with a software managing information of people with disabilities in the central provinces of Quang Binh and Binh Dinh.
January 08, 2020 | 09:55
Vietnam, Japan agree to further enhance political trust
National
Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh and Japanese FM Motegi Toshimitsu expressed their delight at the impressive development of the Vietnam – Japan extensive strategic partnership over the past years, during their talks in Hanoi on January 6.
January 07, 2020 | 09:48
PM launches Vietnam’s 2020 ASEAN Chairmanship
National
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc chaired a ceremony in Hanoi on January 6 to launch Vietnam’s 2020 ASEAN Chairmanship, with about 300 distinguished guests taking part.
January 07, 2020 | 09:43
Health ministry orders tight medical quarantine controls at border gates
National
The Ministry of Health’s General Department of Preventive Medicine has instructed agencies to enhance quarantine checks at border gates to prevent the introduction of contagious diseases by cross-border travellers.
January 06, 2020 | 12:10
Vietnam closely monitors severe pneumonia outbreak in central China
National
The Vietnamese Ministry of Health is closely monitoring an ongoing severe pneumonia outbreak in central China, as well as taking measures to prevent the virus from entering Vietnam.
January 04, 2020 | 23:13
PMs: Vietnam – Laos Inter-Governmental Committee meeting a success
National
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc and his Lao counterpart Thongloun Sisoulith affirmed that the 42nd meeting of the Vietnam – Laos Inter-Governmental Committee is a success.
January 04, 2020 | 22:57
Logo for ASEAN Year 2020 announced
National
The image of a lotus – the national flower of Vietnam will be the ASEAN Year 2020 logo used at all activities and events of the bloc this year.
January 03, 2020 | 21:49
Dien Bien: Reburial service held for 15 soldier remains repatriated from Laos
National
Authorities of the northern province of Dien Bien on January 3 held a memorial service and re-buried 15 sets of remains of Vietnamese volunteer soldiers who laid down their lives in Laos during wartime.
January 03, 2020 | 19:15
Japan, Taiwan dominate Vietnamese labor imports in 2019
National
As many as 134,482 of the 147,387 Vietnamese workers who went abroad in 2019 were hired in Japan and Taiwan, official statistics show.
January 03, 2020 | 11:31
Vietnam – Laos great friendship further developed
National
Lao Prime Minister Thongloun Sisoulith is set to lead a high-ranking delegation of the Lao government to visit Vietnam and co-chair the 42nd meeting of the Vietnam – Laos Inter-Governmental Committee in Hanoi from January 2-4.
January 03, 2020 | 10:20
Rat-shaped bonsai popular in Vietnam ahead of Tet
National
Farmers in Vietnam are producing rat-shaped bonsai trees for Lunar New Year.
January 02, 2020 | 13:30
Int’l media, experts pin high hopes on Vietnam in 2020
World
International media and experts pin high hopes on Vietnam as the country takes over the dual role of ASEAN Chair and non-permanent membership of the UN Security Council this year.
January 02, 2020 | 10:13
Top leader’s message on Vietnam’s assumption of ASEAN, UNSC positions
National
Party General Secretary and President Nguyen Phu Trong has sent out a message on the occasion of Vietnam’s assumption of the roles of the ASEAN Chair 2020 and a non-permanent member of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) for the 2020 – 2021 tenure. Following is a translation of his message:
January 01, 2020 | 11:15
Japanese Foreign Minister to visit Vietnam from Jan 5
National
Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan Toshimitsu Motegi will begin his visit to four Southeast Asian nations of Vietnam, Thailand, the Philippines and Indonesia on January 5.
December 31, 2019 | 22:44
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