All five Vietnamese students participating in the International Olympiad on Astronomy and Astrophysics (IOAA) 2021 won medals. The Vietnamese team comprised five 12th graders from Hanoi-Amsterdam High School for the Gifted. Tran Dinh Dung pocketed a gold medal. Nguyen Manh Duc and Nguyen Khanh Tam won silver medals, and
A project was launched on Monday to reduce the impact of COVID-19 on vulnerable groups, especially women and girls. It is a jointly project of the United Nations Development Program (UNDP), the Ministry of Planning and Investment (MPI), and the Embassy of Canada in Vietnam. Called ‘Leveraging Vietnam’s Social Impact
Vietnam-US trade could hit 100 billion USD in this year, up 221 times against the figure in 1995 when the two countries normalised relations. The first eight months of this year saw bilateral trade of 73 billion USD, Hoang Quang Phong, Vice Chairman of the Vietnam Chamber of Commerce
The photo “Fishing in mangrove forest” taken by Pham Huy Trung in the central province of Thua Thien Hue’s Tam Giang Lagoon has won the highest prize for the “People” category at the 2021 Drone Photo Awards. Captured in November 2018, the photo impresses audiences with a mesmerising bird-eye
ASEAN and China have established a comprehensive strategic partnership and agreed to tighten their relations, said Deputy Foreign Minister and head of ASEAN SOM Vietnam Nguyen Quoc Dung on Monday. This was the most important outcome of the ASEAN-China special summit to commemorate the 30th anniversary of bilateral dialogue relations in Monday,
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has signed a decision to set up working groups to supervise and speed up disbursement of public investment in 2021. 6 working groups will examine, analyse, and help solve issues for national and local agencies that have less than 60% disbursement rates for public
Women and people on the move have been disproportionately affected by the devastating socioeconomic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a new study published Monday by the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC). The pandemic has caused increased unemployment and poverty, increased food insecurity, a
