The transport ministry announced on Monday they would cancel open international bidding for eight projects of the North-South expressway, in favour of homegrown investors.The decision was made on the consensus reached after consulting relevant agencies, transport ministry said in an announcement sent to the media, adding lass='vietnam-color'>...

The government has approved the construction of six sluice gates on a tributary of the Mekong River to help keep out saltwater and store freshwater.The Ministries of Agriculture and Rural Development and Planning-Investment have green-lighted a proposal by Tien Giang Province to build them on lass='vietnam-color'>...

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc on July 27 instructed the Ministry of Education and Training to hold the high school graduation examination in all provinces and cities as previously scheduled, including in Đà Nẵng where new COVID-19 cases have appeared.Provincial and city authorities as well lass='vietnam-color'>...

The Shah Alam High Court in Selangor state of Malaysia on April 1 sentenced Vietnamese Doan Thi Huong, a suspect in the murder of a man holding a Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) passport with the name of Kim Chol, to three years and lass='vietnam-color'>...

The National Assembly of Vietnam is always a responsible member of the IPU and ready to work with IPU and other member parliaments to implement the IPU resolutions and initiatives, contributing to building peace and sustainable development for the sake of people around the globe, lass='vietnam-color'>...

The International Labour Organization (ILO) has Launched its fifth annual Global Media Competition, themed “fair recruitment and the future of Labour migration”, aiming to recognise exempLary media coverage of the issue.For the first time, the competition has a student prize category with a fellowship, according Lass='vietnam-color'>...

Statistics from the ministry showed that over 886,000 students have registered for the national high school exam this year whose results will be used for high school graduation and university entrance consideration. Of the number, 279,001, or 27.8 per cent, did not register to apply lass='vietnam-color'>...

Team Catfish comprising Phung Tran Dieu Hoa and Nguyen Truong Thinh from RMIT University Vietnam were crowned the champions of ASEAN DSE 2020. Their presentation focused on “People with Disabilities: Unblocking the Economic Bottleneck”.To date, ASEAN DSE has empowered up to 16,309 students and 1,420 lass='vietnam-color'>...

According to the World Bank’s Doing Business 2018, Vietnam’s business climate in 2018 has risen up 14 levels from 2017, to 68/190 of the economy surveyed.Keep reading lass='vietnam-color'>...

Developing medicinal herbs is a new direction to restructure high economic crops in the northern mountainous province of Son La. But in order to overcome difficulties in output for medicinal herbs, many experts believe that Son La needs to promote innovative start-ups in this field Lass='vietnam-color'>...

Changes to the water environment on the La Ngà River in southern province of Đồng Nai have been bLamed for the death of nearly 1,000 tonnes of fish this month, provincial officials have said.Director of the province’s Agriculture and Rural Development Department Huỳnh Thành Vinh said rain Lasting Lass='vietnam-color'>...

Vietnam requests China to immediately stop sending bombers to conduct drills in Vietnam’s Hoang Sa (Paracel) archipelago, said the Vietnamese Foreign Ministry’s spokesperson Le Thi Thu Hang. Keep reading lass='vietnam-color'>...

Vietnam asks China, as a large nation in the region and the world, to perform its responsibility in maintaining peace and stability in the East Sea, stated Foreign Ministry’s Spokesperson Le Thi Thu Hang on May 8. Keep reading lass='vietnam-color'>...

Vietnam on Thursday sent a strong condemnation against China’s conducting live-fire drills in its Paracels (Hoang Sa) Islands earlier this month. The action was a gross violation of Vietnam’s sovereignty, the ministry’s spokesperson, Le thi Thu Hang, said at a press briefing in Hanoi. Keep reading lass='vietnam-color'>...

Vietnam’s foreign ministry reasserted that the cybersecurity law is designed to protect online rights, after U.S. lawmakers voiced criticism.“The ratification of the cybersecurity law is aimed at creating a safe and healthy cyberspace, protecting the legitimate rights and interests of organizations and individuals online, and lass='vietnam-color'>...

Vietnam claims that foreign companies need to comply with local law, after 17 US lawmakers have called on Facebook, Google for  anti law on Cyber Security.“The passage of the law on Cyber Security is aimed at creating a safe and healthy cyberspace, protecting the legitimate lass='vietnam-color'>...

The State of Vietnam has been consistent in its policy of respecting and guaranteeing the right to freedom of all citizens to follow or not to follow any religion and belief, the spokesperson of the Foreign Ministry Le Thi Thu Hang affirmed at the ministry’s lass='vietnam-color'>...

Vietnam ranked the second in Southeast Asia and 23th in the world in terms of power capacity at the end of 2018, according to a report of the Elecitricity of Vietnam (EVN).Keep reading  lass='vietnam-color'>...

Việt Nam ranked ninth out of 20 economies in the Sustainable Trade Index 2018 released by the Hinrich Foundation last week, up up two points in comparison with 2016’s result. The report was developed by the non-profit foundation Hinrich Foundation and British research and analysis firm The Economist lass='vietnam-color'>...

The National Assembly Standing Committee approved a resolution on Wednesday, creating legal foundations for reduction of administrative units at district and communal levels. At present, Viet Nam’s administration is devided into central, provincial, district and communal levels. Keep reading    lass='vietnam-color'>...