Society

Buildings in ruins in Wajima City of the central Japanese prefecture of Ishikawa. — XINHUA/VNA Photo TOKYO — The Vietnamese Embassy in Japan on January 6 held an online meeting with Vietnamese associations to discuss coordination to support Vietnamese people affected by the earthquake that hit central Japan recently. The …

Xiêm Cán Pagoda in Bạc Liêu City’s Vĩnh Trạch Đông Commune is a rural ecological tourism attraction that draws a large number of visitors. — VNA/VNS Photo Tuấn Kiệt BẠC LIÊU — Bạc Liêu is developing agricultural and rural tourism, which it considers to have great potential. The Cửu Long …

  NA Chairman Vương Đình Huệ addresses the meeting with workers in Hải Phòng City on January 6. VNA photo  HẢI PHÒNG – Chairman of the National Assembly (NA) Vương Đình Huệ and other NA deputies of the northern port city of Hải Phòng met with local voters who are workers on Saturday. …

An overview of Đan Phượng District in suburban Hà Nội. — VNA/VNS Photo Huy Hùng HÀ NỘI — Peri-urban villages in Hà Nội have been greatly affected by rapid urbanisation and managing the changes to adapt to the new situation and maintaining their traditional identities is a difficult problem for …

The Ministry of Health honours the noble gesture of families of cornea donors in Kim Sơn District, Ninh Bình Province on January 5. — VNS Photo Thanh Hải HÀ NỘI — Việt Nam recorded 45,000 people registering to donate corneas in the past 16 years, of which 963 people donated corneas after …

Local farmers transport rice in the Mekong Delta province of Đồng Tháp. — VNA/VNS Photo Văn Trí Tố Như HÀ NỘI — Local farmers in the Mekong Delta province of Đồng Tháp are excited as rice prices in the 2023 fall-winter crop have increased and they have a bumper crop. …

A flood-resistant house in Quảng Điền District, central Thừa Thiên-Huế Province. — VNA/VNS Photo Mai Trang CENTRAL REGION — In this year’s rainy season, Ngô Thị Tin and her family, living in Hương Khê District, central Hà Tĩnh Province, no longer have to worry about evacuating themselves and their property …

Workers receive Tết gifts from the HCM City Labour Federation on the occasion of the Tết holiday last year. VNA/VNS Photo HCM CITY — HCM City will set aside nearly VNĐ1 trillion (US$41.2 million) to assist beneficiaries of welfare policies, poor households, disadvantaged elderly persons, children and workers to celebrate …

The new Bưng Bridge connecting Tân Phú and Bình Tân districts in HCM City helps reduce traffic congestion on Lê Trọng Tấn Street. — VNA/VNS Photo Tiến Lực HCM CITY — The HCM City People’s Committee has signed a decision outlining a plan to implement five Build-Operate-Transfer (BOT) projects on …

The HCM City National Assembly delegation at the meeting on the construction progress of the Belt Road 3 project. — VNA/VNS Photo Tiến Lực HCM CITY — The city’s National Assembly delegation said it expects the Belt Road No. 3 project to stay on schedule this year. Lương Minh Phúc, …