Society

  A rural road in a Khmer area in Bạc Liêu Province. — VNA/VnExpress News Photo Tuấn Kiệt BẠC LIÊU — The lives of ethnic Khmer people living in Bạc Liêu Province have improved significantly in recent years as authorities invested in infrastructure and livelihoods in their areas. The Cửu …

  Trần Thị Diệu Thúy, chairwoman of the HCM City Labour Federation, gives gifts to workers during the 13th Workers Month last year. VNA/VnExpress News Photo Thanh Vũ  HCM CITY — The HCM City Labour Federation will spend around VNĐ100 billion (US$4.33 million) on a series of activities to deliver healthcare and financial …

Nguyễn Tài Minh (left), Phạm Ninh Giang and their teacher are at the contest. — Photo courtesy of the Hà Nội-Amsterdam High School for Gifted Students HÀ NỘI — Two 11th grade students have won second prize in a national contest for their project “Signtegrate – communication solution for the …

Gia Lâm Coach Station in Long Biên District, Hà Nội. — VNA/VnExpress News Photo Thành Đạt HÀ NỘI — Hà Nội is advised to keep some coach stations in the inner city to create favourable conditions for people to travel, instead of a recently approved plan to move them to suburbs. The …

  A street vendor selling fresh fruit in Hà Nội. — VNA/VnExpress News Photo HÀ NỘI — Hà Nội is planning to install vending machines at public places in the city from now until 2025 in a bid to gradually replace street vendors and hawking practices that have become ubiquitous throughout …

  Deputy health minister Nguyễn Trường Sơn (second from left) along with representatives from Quảng Ninh Province observes the administration of COVID-19 vaccines to 200 sixth graders in Hạ Long City as Việt Nam rolled out vaccination for young children on Thursday. — VNA/VnExpress News Photo Văn Đức HÀ NỘI …

  Party General Secretary Nguyễn Phú Trọng at the event. — VNA/VnExpress News Photo HÀ NỘI — The Politburo and the Party Central Committee’s Secretariat held a national conference on implementing the 13th-tenure Politburo’s resolution on socio-economic development and defence-security in the northern midland mountainous region by 2030. The event, held …

  Students get their hands disinfected prior to entry to school in Hà Nội. — VNA/VnExpress News Photo Thanh Tùng HÀ NỘI — There were 20,076 new cases of COVID-19 reported over the past 24 hours, down by nearly 3,000 compared to the day before, according to the health ministry’s Friday …

Cases reported in Hà Nội (1,425), Phú Thọ (1,094), Bắc Giang (935), Yên Bái (895), Quảng Ninh (887), Nghệ An (865), Vĩnh Phúc (813), Hồ Chí Minh City (743), Tuyên Quang (687), Đắk Lắk (671), Hải Dương (610), Bắc Kạn (595), Lào Cai (548), Quảng Bình (532), Thái Nguyên (528), …

  A COVID-19 vaccine passport issued on PC-COVID app. — VnExpress News Photo HÀ NỘI — The health ministry started to issue vaccine passports on Friday (April 15) to the general public in line with its schedule. Việt Nam has so far reached mutual recognition of vaccine passports with 19 countries: Japan, …