Nearly 6,000 civil servants and public employees had failed to complete their tasks in 2018, according to a report by the Ministry of Home Affairs.

Vietnam treasures its relations with the US and is ready to discuss measures to deepen the comprehensive partnership on the basis of respecting independence, sovereignty, territorial integrity and political systems in each nation.

Local authorities need to learn more about the multi-dimensional aspects of poverty and offer solutions to reduce the poverty rate in Ho Chi Minh City, Deputy Secretary of the municipal Party Committee Vo Thi Dung said.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc attended and delivered a speech at the Vietnam-Russia Business Forum in Moscow on May 22 as part of his official visit to Russia.

Vietnam won five gold medals at the 2019 Thailand Open Track and Field Championships which ended on May 21.

A book on the late President Ho Chi Minh, the first to be published in Thailand in both Vietnamese and Thai, was launched at a ceremony in the Thai northern province of Lampang on May 22.

A facility providing Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis – PrEP for HIV prevention was inaugurated at the Hanoi Medical University Hospital at No.1 Ton That Tung Street, Hanoi, on May 22.

Hai Dang Tay Ninh triumphed at the National Tennis Team Championships which ended yesterday in Tay Ninh Province.

Vietnam will compete at the Men’s Elite Road Race PRUride PH 2019 in the Philippines from May 24-26.

HCM City is home to thousands of migrant labourers working in industrial parks (IPs) and export processing zones (EPZs), but its housing projects meet only a fraction of the demand for stable accommodations.

Vietnam’s top leaders have asserted the strategic role of the domestic private sector in some statements as many privately-run conglomerates have shown their superiority to state-owned ones.

Despite their young age and modest experiences, Bui Phuong Vy and Bui Quoc Khanh, 11th graders, have created a set of games to teach children about sexual abuse prevention.

Vietnam’s insurance industry maintained positive growth in the first four months of 2019, with total premiums surging by 17 percent year-on-year to $1.9 billion, the Ministry of Finance reported.

The Market Watchdog Department said it would tighten inspections along northern border provinces to prevent the import of banned red-claw crayfish into Vietnam.

The coach of former V.League 1 champions Quang Nam FC yesterday resigned from his position.

The Vietnam National Petroleum Group (Petrolimex) is planning to open convenience stores at its gas stations across the country.

Vietnam is among several countries and territories affected by India’s new anti-dumping probe against digital printing plates, said the Vietnamese Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT).

The draft revised bills on alcohol harm prevention, audit and libraries will top the agenda at the ongoing 14th National Assembly (NA)’s seventh session on May 23.

The Vietnam Year in Russia and the Russia Year in Vietnam were launched at a ceremony in Moscow on May 22 night, with the Prime Ministers of the two countries attending.

Vietnamese PM Nguyen Xuan Phuc and his Russian counterpart Dmitry Medvedev co-chaired a joint press conference following their talks in Moscow on May 22.