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Vietnam and Japan will enhance forest management collaboration under a Memorandum of Understanding signed in a recent working visit to the East Asian country by Director of the Department of Forestry Tran Quang Bao.

Dien Bien airport in the northwestern province of Dien Bien served more than 12,000 passengers from May 1-9, on the occasion of May Day holiday and the celebration of the 70th anniversary of the Dien Bien Phu Victory (May 7).

The labour market is gradually returning to normal development trends seen before the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs (MOLISA).

The Ministry of Health has proposed a ban on e-cigarettes, while the Ministry of Industry and Trade wants to legalise them by allowing a pilot management programme to control the products.

2024 Workers' Month is a festival of the working class with many exciting and practical activities to take care of life and jobs and create a useful playground for workers and laborers.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has issued an official dispatch, requesting ministries, sectors, and localities to continue vigorously and effectively implementing fire prevention and control measures nationwide.

Vietnam sent more than 35,900 labourers to work abroad under contracts in the first quarter of 2024, according to the Department of Overseas Labour under the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs (MoLISA).

The cinnamon sector needs to issue a reform strategy to keep Vietnam's position as the world’s biggest cinnamon exporter, which it has held since 2021.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh surveyed the drought situation in Ninh Son district, inspected the Tan My irrigation project and directed the work of preventing and combating the impact of prolonged heat and drought in Ninh Thuan.

About 20,090ha of farmland and over 2,600 households have been hit by drought and water scarcity in the central region, Central Highlands, and southeastern region, which are now in the peak period of the 2023 - 2024 dry season.

A delegation of Vietnamese negotiators joined those from 176 countries worldwide at the fourth session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC-4) on plastic waste in Ottawa, Canada, on April 23.

Accelerating urbanization in Long An province has become an important driving force in promoting socio-economic development and improving the life's quality of urban residents.