The AIDS epidemic in Vietnam cannot be eliminated by 2030 if the country fails to reaffirm its commitment and show determination in rolling out innovative solutions to prevent the transmission of HIV.

The southern province of Bac Lieu is facing rising mounds of rubbish while the waste treatment plant project is stagnant.

Vietnam's Human Development Index (HDI) in 2017 was 0.694, belonging to the high average group of the total 189 countries.

Vietnamese students won 15 gold, 14 silver and seven bronze medals at the 16th International Mathematics and Science Olympiad (IMSO) 2019.

Bui Sy Loi, Vice Chairman for the National Assembly Committee of Social Affairs, speaks on increasing the retirement age in Vietnam.

Vietnamese shares may bounce back next week as investors will seek stocks that suffered sharp falls in previous sessions, analysts said.

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Foreign retail groups undoubtedly are a powerful influence in the domestic market. However, Vietnamese retailers are vowing to ‘play big’ to gain the upper hand in the home market.

The My Son Sanctuary management board has received five collections of ancient Cham script books – related to old rituals or worship ceremonies of the Cham people in central Vietnam – from a local collector.

The thrilling 2-1 victory over Indonesia by the men’s U22 football team and a gold medal in the women’s over 60kg arnis category concluded a successful day on December 1 for Vietnam at the 30th Southeast Asian Games (SEA Games 30).

Equality and non-discrimination is one of the basic principles of Vietnamese law as well as in international conventions to which Vietnam is a party.

The Ministry of Transport has approved a plan to build an airport in Sa Pa in the northern mountainous province of Lao Cai. Construction is scheduled to start this year and will be completed in 2021.

The Vietnamese economy is likely to grow at an annual average pace of 7% during the 2021-2015 period, according to a projection by the National Centre for Socio-economic Information and Forecast.

A number of travel operators have begun to launch tours to the Philippines, offering local football fans the chance to support the Vietnamese national men’s team in their fixtures at the ongoing SEA Games 30.

2019 is the year that the Government assesses the key achievements that Vietnam has achieved in the five years of implementing the sustainable development goals and setting tasks for the next period.

The Pacific Alliance Film Festival will be held for the first time in the central coastal city of Da Nang on December 6-8.

Missosology, the world’s leading magazine on beauty pageants, has listed Luong Thuy Linh, Vietnam’s representative at Miss World 2019, among its Top 6 First Hot Picks for the ongoing contest in the UK.

The central province of Quang Binh is seeking ways to protect a rare highly threatened kind of langur.

Rapid technological development has given people more ways to access and share information on the Internet. It has also created conditions for more sophisticated cyber attacks.

Hanoi has set the target of reducing hard-decomposed plastic bags by 50% at all local traditional markets by the end of 2020, but little has been done to make this a reality.