VN has improved its water supply infrastructure and made it easier to access clean water in both urban and rural areas over recent decades, said Minister of Natural Resources and Environment Tran Hong Ha.

 In the heart of buzzing HCM City is a small group of young people teaching English to hearing-impaired students. 

Located inside the Trang An Landscape Complex, a world heritage site, Tam Coc-Bich Dong is home to one of the most scenic rice fields in Vietnam, with a romantic waterway and karst mountains.

 Although people and businesses don’t want the price of electricity and other commodities to increase, it is necessary to raise these prices to balance the economy in a multidimensional way.

 Foreign retailers have made stronger presence in the Vietnamese market over the years, posing great pressure on their domestic competitors.

 Vietnamese maritime search and rescue force on March 22 picked up a sick crewman onboard a Greek vessel in Vietnamese waters and took him to the central city of Da Nang for treatment. 

 The Vietnamese Government always supports the effective operation of the Vietnam-Germany University, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc said while receiving President of the Organisation for Supporting World University of Germany Kambiz Ghawami.

 The Phu Yen Culture – Tourism Week 2019 will take place in the south-central province of Phu Yen from March 27 – April 5, as part of the activities in response to National Tourism Year 2019. 

 Four Vietnamese northern border provinces of Lang Son, Quang Ninh, Ha Giang and Cao Bang and China’s Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region will bolster friendship exchanges and practical cooperation.

 Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah of Brunei will pay a State-level visit to Vietnam from March 26-28 at the invitation of President Nguyen Phu Trong. 

 The World Bank (WB) has been carrying out a project on improving the quality of tertiary education at four universities in Vietnam, including the Hanoi University of Science and Technology (HUST), since 2018 to increase their autonomy.

 Vice Chairman of the Hanoi People’s Committee Nguyen Van Suu had a working session with visiting Deputy Minister of State at the Hungary’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade Bezetei Akos on March 22.

 Vietnam still lacks mechanisms to prevent the abuse of children in various forms and support children victims, participants said at the second meeting of the National Committee for Children in Hanoi on March 22.

During a reception in Hanoi on March 22 for Singaporean Deputy Prime Minister and Coordinating Minister for Public Security Teo Chee Hean, PM Phuc said Vietnam always supports Singaporean firms to do business in the country.

 As many as 399 districts across Vietnam have been identified as high risk areas for the outbreak of bird flu while another 314 districts are at low risk, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD).

 The Vietnam – Singapore Cooperation Centre was inaugurated in Hanoi on March 23 morning.

 The HCM City People’s Committee has approved an advance of 2.1 trillion VND (93 million USD ) from the city budget for metro line No 1 project between Ben Thanh Market and Suoi Tien Tourist Park.

 Vietnamese Ambassador to Chile Nguyen Ngoc Son and head of Cerro Navia district Mauro Tamayo Rozas recently signed an agreement in Santiago to repair a park named after late President Ho Chi Minh in the district.

 Vietnam has made constructive contributions to the 40th session of the United Nations Human Rights Council which took place in Geneva, Switzerland from February 25 to March 22.

The Singapore Tourism Board and the Singaporean Embassy in Vietnam on March 23 morning opened the Singapore Festival 2019, the first of its kind, at the pedestrian street around the Hoan Kiem Lake right in the heart of Hanoi.