A pineapple farm in Điện Biên District, the northern mountainous province of Điện Biên. — VNA/VNS Photo Xuân Tư HÀ NỘI — Deputy Prime Minister Trần Lưu Quang has signed a decision approving a strategy to develop plant cultivation until 2030 with a vision to 2050, aiming to turn plant …
Read More »HCM City’s 10 outstanding achievements in 2023
HCM City is the leading economic engine of the country. — VNA/VNS Photo Thanh VũA flyover station on HCM City’s Metro Line No 1 from Bến Thành Market in District 1 to Suối Tiên Theme Park in Thủ Đức city. — VNA/VNS Photo Trung Tuyến HCM CITY — The HCM …
Read More »Chinese and Korean guests account for 43 per cent of foreign visitors in Việt Nam
A group of Chinese tourists at the Temple of Literature in Hà Nội in March 2023. — VNA/VNS Photo Tuấn Đức HÀ NỘI — Information from the National Tourism Bureau of Việt Nam (Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism) shows that in 2023, South Korea continued to top the tourist …
Read More »Vietnamese Government, JICA signs $292m ODA loan for Bến Thành – Suối Tiên urban railway line
The Bến Thành – Suối Tiên line, belonging to Hồ Chí Minh City Urban Railway Construction Project.— Photo courtesy of JICA Việt Nam HÀ NỘI — The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) has signed a loan agreement with the Government of Việt Nam to provide more than JPY 41.2 billion …
Read More »Thừa Thiên-Huế to reduce plastic waste, develop sustainable tourism
Tourists are given shopping bags instead of single-use plastic bags while going to markets in Thủy Biều Village. — Photo baotainguyenmoitruong.vn THỪA THIÊN-HUẾ — Thủy Biều, a tourist destination that aims to reduce plastic waste, will encourage tourists not to use plastic bags and replace plastic bottled drinking water with …
Read More »Đà Nẵng International Airport receives Skytrax’s 5-star rating
Đà Nẵng International Airport. — VNA/VNS Photo Trần Lê Lâm ĐÀ NẴNG — Đà Nẵng International Airport has become the first and the only terminal in Việt Nam to be certified as a 5-star airport by international airport rating agency Skytrax, according to Đỗ Trọng Hậu, Deputy General Director of …
Read More »Vietnamese Government, JICA signs ODA loan for Bến Thành – Suối Tiên urban railway line
The Bến Thành – Suối Tiên line, belonging to Hồ Chí Minh City Urban Railway Construction Project.— Photo courtesy of JICA Việt Nam HÀ NỘI — The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) has signed a loan agreement with the Government of Việt Nam to provide more than JPY 41.2 billion …
Read More »Vietnamese military doctor treats Laos’ disadvantaged patients
Dr Nguyễn Việt Đức examines a villager at his home. — Photo baohatinh.vn HÀ TĨNH — Having worked at a clinic in the border area of Việt Nam and Laos for ten years, military doctor Nguyễn Việt Đức was known to his Lao patients as ‘father Đức’. The Thoong …
Read More »Employment numbers rise but labour market quality yet to improve: GSO
Workers in a garment factory in the southern An Giang Province. — VNA/VNS Photo Công Mạo HÀ NỘI — Although the employed population has increased, labour market quality has yet to improve with a large portion of informal workers, according to the General Statistics Office of Việt Nam (GSO). As …
Read More »Preserving cultural heritage, generating sustainable development
An art performance at the opening ceremony for the Ninh Bình-Tràng An 2023 Festival. — VNA/VNS Photo Đức Phương HÀ NỘI — Engaging the community in the preservation of natural resources and cultural heritage values has an important role to play in boosting sustainable development since it will bring substantial …
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