- With the view of “leaving no one behind”, the Party and theState always pay attention to improving people's living standards and theirrights to enjoyment, and promoting and protecting human rights, along the causeof national development.
Vietnam’s achievements and imprints in this regardare undeniable and recognised by the international community. Read full story
- Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has issued an officialdispatch, requesting ministries, sectors, and localities to continue vigorouslyand effectively implementing fire prevention and control measures nationwide.
Accordingly, Chairpersons of People's Committeesof provinces and centrally-run cities were asked to direct the People'sCommittees at all levels and relevant agencies to strictly fulfill theirresponsibilities for forest fire prevention and control management; and enhanceinspection and supervision activities for forest fire prevention and controlearly, from afar, and from the grassroots level, considering this as a key andcontinuous task. Read full story
- Nearly 70 Vietnamese expatriates from 22 countries recentlyreturned to their homeland and visited the Truong Sa (Spratly) and DKIplatform, as part of a trip co-organised by the State Committee for OverseasVietnamese Affairs and the High Command of the Vietnam People's Navy.
From April 24 to 30, they went to the islands ofSinh Ton Dong, Len Dao, Da Dong, and Da Tay, the Truong Sa township, and theDKI/14 Phuc Tan platform, where they met residents, officers and soldiers;attended musical exchanges; and visited local schools, pagodas, and households. Read full story
- The freshly ended five-day holidays saw 347 trafficaccidents nationwide, causing 138 deaths and 285 injuries.
The figures were down 9.16%, 32.35%, and 1.38%compared to the similar holidays last year, respectively. Read full story
- As many as 51,600 new enterprises with total registered capital of nearly 508trillion VND (20 billion USD) were established in the first four months of2024, representing year-on-year increases of 3.4% in the number of businessesand 9.3% in the capital, according to the General Statistics Office (GSO).
These new businesses registered a total of 353,800workers, a rise of 6.8% over the same period last year. Read full story
- The 4th edition of VinFuture Prize, an annual internationalaward that honours remarkable scientific breakthroughs and promotes innovationsfor humankind, has officially closed its nomination portal with a record of1,469 submissions.
The nominations cover a diverse range of criticalfields, including health care (36.3%), sustainable energy (24.6%), environmentand climate change (15.2%), artificial intelligence (AI) applications acrossmultiple industries (13.8%), and agriculture (10.1%). Read full story
- Vietnam’s agro-forestry-aquatic product exports raked insome 19.06 billion USD in the first four months of 2024, up 23.7% year-on-year,the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) reported.
Meanwhile, the country imported 14.32 billion USDworth of these products, resulting in a trade surplus of 4.74 billion USD, arise of 71.5% year on year. Read full story
- The elevation of the stock market to "emerging"status can help Vietnam attract an additional 10 billion USD in both direct andindirect investment, KB Vietnam Securities JSC (KBSV) reported, citing theWorld Bank (WB).
KBSV experts said if Vietnam is classified by FTSERussell as a secondary emerging market, it may gain 0.7-1% in the FTSE EmergingIndex, thus helping the Vietnamese stock market lure between 800 million USDand 1 billion USD in new investments fromexchange-traded funds (ETFs). Read full story
- The tourism sector served about 8 million tourists duringthe five-days holiday from April 27 to May 1, up 14.2% year on year, theVietnam National Administration of Tourism under the Ministry of Culture,Sports and Tourism has reported.
Of the tourists, 3.6 million stayed overnight andthe average room occupancy at accommodation establishments nationalwide was upto 70%, or even 100%y in some coastal destinations. Read full story
Tourists enjoy sailing in Trang An Landscape Complex in northern Ninh Binh province. (Photo: VNA) - Vietnam’s tourism sector served over 6.2 millionforeign visitors and 40.5 million domestic tourists in the first four months ofthis year, earning 271.4 trillion VND (nearly 10.7 billion USD) in revenue,according to the Vietnam National Authority of Tourism (VNAT).
The number of international visitors increased by68.3% over the same period in 2023, statistics showed.Read full story
- The 2024 Shanghai International Film Festival organisingboard recently announced that Vietnamese-French director and scriptwriter TranAnh Hung will serve as the jury president of the festival's Golden GobletAwards.
Hung, who won the Best Director Award at the 76thCannes Film Festival in 2023 for the film "The Taste of Things", isrenowned for blending the expressions of Eastern and Western cultures in hisworks, with sensitivity, delicacy, and a romantic style./. Read full story
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