Society

The Government’s Office has issued a document conveying Deputy Prime Minister Pham Binh Minh’s direction on adjustments to a pilot programme on receiving foreign tourists.

Vietnam has attained achievemens in population work over the past 60 years.

Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam has signed the Prime Minister’s Directive No.36/CT-TTg on strengthening measures on care for and protection of children hit by COVID-19 pandemic.

An open information society, based on the development of science and technology, especially information technology, poses challenges, but also creates a lot of opportunities for the press.

The 11th National Congress of the Vietnam Journalists’ Association elected a 52-strong Executive Committee and an Inspection Committee with 15 members at its working session in Hanoi on December 30.

Agriculture, farmers, and rural areas have made important contributions in various aspects to stabilising macroeconomics, ensuring major balances, sustaining growth, and boosting economic recovery in 2021.

The Vietnam Union of Friendship Organisations is set to work harder to increase overseas Vietnamese’s engagement in people-to-people diplomacy in the time ahead.

Colonel Tao Duc Thang has been appointed as Chairman and General Director of the Viettel Military Industry and Telecoms Group in accordance with a Decision signed by Deputy Prime Minister Pham Binh Minh on December 25.

As many as 11,495 traffic accidents nationwide killed 5,799 people and injured 8,018 others in one year between December 15, 2020 and December 14, 2021.

President Nguyen Xuan Phuc visited and presented gifts to the Hanoi Archdiocese and the Committee for Solidarity of Vietnamese Catholics in the capital city on December 23, on the occasion of the upcoming Christmas season.

Vietnam’s average housing floor area reaches 25sq.m per person in 2021, one sq.m higher than that of 2020, according to the Ministry of Construction.

Preparations for the 13th National Women's Congress, slated for early March 2022, have been carried out seriously and thoroughly.