While Vietnam–Mexico relations have achieved positive momentum, more effort is needed to unlock their full potential, heard a seminar in Hanoi on April 23.

Since April 2024, authorities in Ca Mau province have penalised 338 cases involving 391 fishing vessels, imposing fines totalling nearly 6 billion VND (230,900 USD).

Supported by the Vietnamese Embassy, the 18th VYSA JOB FAIR 2025 saw the participation of representatives of 11 Japanese companies, sponsors, and Vietnamese associations in Japan.

This milestone was celebrated on April 20, marking the first time a UNESCO world heritage site in Vietnam has met Green Building standards.

Mauro Alboresi, General Secretary of the Italian Communist Party, emphasised that the victory holds immense significance not only for Vietnam and its people, but also for all nations that fought against imperialism.

Phuc stressed that Vietnam’s green transition always places people at the centre by creating sustainable employment opportunities, and ensuring labourers have access to jobs in the green economy.

The Sabo dam, designed as a pilot project in the Nam Pam stream basin in Son La, is expected to serve as a model for future dam construction in the region.

Secretary of the Tuyen Quang Provincial Party Committee Ha Thi Nga called for strong, timely, and effective leadership to ensure that construction of all remaining homes under the province’s housing improvement plan begins before June 30.

The search and recovery mission, conducted during the 2024–2025 dry season, faced numerous challenges due to harsh weather conditions and rugged terrains.

HCM City reduced the number of poor and near-poor households by 69,914, or 2.7% of the total households during 2021-2025 period,  said Nguyen Thi Hong Ha, Chief of the Office of the city’s Steering Committee for Sustainable Poverty Reduction.

Gia Lai province aims to build or repair 232 homes for policy beneficiary families and people who rendered service to the nation, 5,593 for impoverished households, and 2,660 for near-poor families.

A local in the central province of Quang Binh discovered a 360-kg bomb while visiting his family's hillside farm.

The annual celebration demonstrated the friendship among the people of ASEAN member countries, thereby contributing to deepening mutual understanding between Vietnam and its neighbours, and enhancing cultural exchanges and multifaceted cooperation between the Vietnamese people, and those in HCM in particular and their Lao, Cambodian, Thai and Myanmar counterparts.

The union has raised funds for Vietnamese nationals affected by the earthquake in the Noto Peninsula (Ishikawa prefecture) in early 2024 and supported residents impacted by Typhoon Yagi in northern Vietnam in September 2024.

Belgium has been a crucial partner for the University of Economics Ho Chi Minh City and Vietnam in general in education, research, and innovation, creating meaningful collaboration opportunities with not only the university but other leading educational institutions in Vietnam

The northern mountainous province of Lai Chau aims to have six out of its eight districts largely complete the elimination of makeshift and dilapidated housing by mid-year, ahead of schedule.

Under Decision 693/QD-TTg, recently signed by Deputy Prime Minister Ho Duc Phoc, Lang Son province will get over 219 tonnes of rice, Lai Chau 387 tonnes and Dien Bien 846 tonnes.

According to Tran Phu Loc Thanh, Director of the municipal Department of Agriculture and Environment, work has started on all 531 houses designated for renovation or reconstruction, benefiting poor households, near-poor families, and people with meritorious service to the nation, with 141 homes already completed and handed over to beneficiaries.

Consul General of Vietnam in Osaka Ngo Trinh Ha emphasised that the 100,000-strong Vietnamese community in the Kansai region is continuously striving to maintain and promote the Vietnamese language through cultural activities that enhance awareness of national identity among the youth.

In 2025, Dong Thap aims to raise 100 billion VND (3.9 million USD) for the "For the poor" fund to support building houses.