Social Affairs

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has issued a decision on the implementation of energy labels made compulsory for certain equipment and vehicles, application of minimum energy efficiency and roadmap.

The organising board has announced the ten winners of the Vietnam Outstanding Youth Faces Award 2016 and an awarding ceremony is scheduled to take place on March 19 in Hanoi.

Construction of a new terminal at Da Nang International Airport is mostly completed and trial operation is scheduled for April 25 - 28, said Le Khac Hong, General Director of the Da Nang International Terminal Investment and Operation Joint Stock Company, on March 13.

This key task was paid special attention by many delegates at the 28th plenary conference of the Vietnam National Committee on Youth held in Hanoi on March 10.

The Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union (HCYU) of Vietnam and the Lao People’s Revolutionary Youth Union (LPRYU) have agreed to jointly organise activities to celebrate the 55th anniversary of diplomatic ties and 40 years since the signing of the Vietnam-Laos Treaty of Amity and Cooperation (TAC).

KTĐT - VFF President Nguyen Thien Nhan congratulates newly-elected members of the Central Committee of the Vietnam Women’s Union

The National Women’s Congress in the 2017-2022 tenure, themed “Solidarity – Renovation – Equality – Integration” commenced in Hanoi on March 7.

Cambodian Prime Minister Samdech Hun Sen, Vietnamese Ambassador to Cambodia Thach Du and Vice Chairman of the Hanoi People’s Committee Nguyen Van Suu cut the ribbons to ​open the Phnom Penh - Hanoi Friendship Avenue in Phnom Penh to traffic on March 6.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has asked the United Nations to help Vietnam to avoid the middle-income trap and achieve the Sustainable Development Goals.

Australia will continue to support Vietnam’s agriculture sector and bring benefits to Vietnamese farmers, Australian Ambassador to Vietnam Craig Chittick said at the conference in Hanoi on March 6 to discuss the Vietnam-Australia agricultural cooperation strategy for 2017-2027.

According to the reciprocal work and holiday visa arrangement between Vietnam and Australia launched from March 1, young Vietnamese people aged between 18 and 30 will be allowed to travel to Australia for one year and undertake short-term work and study.

Vietnam will inspect 520 facilities in 21 localities nationwide on their adherence to environment protection regulations, according to the Ministry of Natural Resources of Environment on Friday.

People`s Committee of Hanoi city began implementing a pilot project on establishment of individual medical records for residents in Phuc Dong and Co Bi wards of Long Bien district on March 1

Vietnamese Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Nguyen Xuan Cuong and Canadian Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food Lawrence MacAulay held talks in Hanoi on February 27 to further promote agricultural cooperation between the two countries.

President Tran Dai Quang lauded the efforts of doctors, pharmacists and health workers in the cause of health care in the country in past years at a meeting to celebrate the Vietnam Physician Day held in Hanoi on February 27.

Deputy Prime Minister Vuong Dinh Hue has requested that the 2017 Youth Action Month should focus on activities to promote the youth’s forefront and exemplary role as well as their creativity in facilitating socio-economic development.

The Vietnamese Doctors’ Association in Cambodia was established at a ceremony in celebration of Vietnamese Doctors’ Day (February 27) in Phnom Penh on February 26.

The Preventive Medicine Department under the Ministry of Health has promulgated an action plan to prevent A/H7N9 avian flu outbreaks in Vietnam.

A seminar on discussing the financial policies in response to disasters was held in Nha Trang city, the central province of Khanh Hoa on February 21 on the sidelines of the APEC Meeting of Deputy Finance Ministers and Vice Governors of Central Banks.

The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development held a conference to review its operation in 2016 and tasks this year of cooperative economic sector and rural development in Ba Ria - Vung Tau province on February 21.