The “Day for the Poor” campaign has received strong support from the public over the last 10 years. The annual live-TV program “Joining Hands” is one of the major activities...
The 8th Conference of the Executive Committee of the Vietnam General Confederation of Labor began in Hanoi on Wednesday. Reports delivered at the meeting showed that trade unions at all...
The 4th plenum of the current Party’s Central Committee opened in Hanoi on Monday to discuss Party building and infrastructure development for the next ten years
The Party and State have paid special attention to the implementation of the national target program on building new rural areas across the country. After 3 years of piloting in 11 communes...
Steering Committees for the building of new rural areas have been established from the central to grassroots levels, according to reports delivered at a conference in Hanoi on Sunday to review 1 year of...
The financial sector aims to raise state budget collection by between 5 to 8% and hold budget overspending below 4.8% of GDP and inflation below 10% next year. According to reports delivered...
A government resolution to achieve fast and sustainable poverty reduction in 62 poor districts (Resolution 30a) has been in effect for 3 years. Today’s Current Affairs looks at how...
PM Nguyen Tan Dung on Tuesday attended the opening ceremony of the 4th Greater Mekong Sub-region (GMS) Summit in Myanmar together with leaders from Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, China and...
High inflation levels, in particular food and fuel prices could reduce Asia-Pacific growth by as much as 1.5 per cent over this year and next year
National Assembly Chairman Nguyen Sinh Hung held talks with President of the European Council, Hermen van Rompuy on Wednesday as part of his official visit to Belgium and the European Parliament....
Vietnamese delegates are attending the on-going 17th Conference of Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP-17) in Durban, South Africa. Vietnam has been active in...
Covered by more than 1.3 million hectares of natural forest and spreading over nine mountainous districts, the Western Nghe An Biosphere Reserve is the only remaining area in northern...
Đại Bái village in the northern province of Bac Ninh follows a traditional craft of casting bronze items- a profession, which has been in existence for hundreds of years
Most young people and children with disabilities in Vietnam come from vulnerable households. Their families are poor. And having a child with a disability has put even more pressure on...
81st founding anniversary of the Vietnam National United Front took place on Friday in Ho Chi Minh city
Cu Chi tunnel, located 70 km northwest of Ho Chi Minh City, is a solemn symbol of the Vietnamese people’s staunch spirit during the war against the American invaders. Cu Chi tunnel is...
The Libyan National Transitional Council, NTC said a new government led by interim premier Abdel Rahim al-Kib will likely be announced on Sunday
The 19th Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Forum opened on Monday in Honolulu in the US state of Hawaii with the theme “Increasing Trade and Strengthening Regional Economic Integration”. The forum includes...