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Reporter Vo Manh Hung from VietnamPlus (middle) wins A prize at the National Press Awards (Photo: VNA)   Hanoi (VNA) – Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has called on the mainstream press to strive to observe its basic tenets of accuracy, verification and speed in this era of growing social media presence and rampant toxic information. He made the remarks during his opening speech at the National Press Awards held in Hanoi on June 21 on the 94th Vietnam Revolutionary Press Day (June 21).mainstream press has become a robust and trusted force of the State and the Party on the forefront of information and communication, he stated. VNA … [Read more...] about Mainstream journalistic works honoured on Revolutionary Press Day

A welcome party in Hanoi led by Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc was put on for both the Vietnamese men’s and women’s football teams. The teams landed back in the country on the evening of December 11 after collecting their gold medals at the 30th Southeast Asian (SEA) Games in the Philippines. PM Phuc warmly greets both the men’s and women’s football teams at the Government Office in Hanoi. Head coach of the women’s team Mai Duc Chung shows his sincere gratitude to the PM for putting on such a warm welcome for the team. The women’s team enjoyed a hugely successful time at the SEA Games 30, scoring 10 goals and only conceding once with Tuyet Dung as the team’s leading scorer with three goals. The win represents the sixth time that the women’s team have won the gold medal at the SEA Games, highlighting the high determination and solidarity of the Vietnamese female footballers. Head coach of the men’s team Park Hang-seo is also … [Read more...] about PM hosts welcome party praising Vietnamese football’s success at SEA Games

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc (Photo: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) – Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has emphasised the important role of the youth in national construction, development and defence, saying they represent the aspirations and ambitions of Vietnamese people. At a dialogue with young people as part of the eighth National Congress of the Vietnam Youth Federation (VYF) in Hanoi on December 12, PM Phuc said State agencies and ministrations at all levels have always facilitated the development of the youth. Regarding solutions to develop a new generation of youngsters, he said after the Youth Law was promulgated, the government has synchronously implemented documents and regulations, and instructed ministries and agencies to create optimal conditions for youths by specific directives, projects and decrees. He asked the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union (HCYU) Central Committee and the Ministry of Home Affairs to focus on building a Vietnamese youth development strategy for … [Read more...] about Prime Minister emphasises youths’ role in national development

Nguyen Thi Kim Phuong is 42 and she fears what middle age will do to her face. Like many of her friends, she sees cosmetic surgery as a way to extend her youthful looks. Phuong originally planned to undergo a face-lift procedure and nose job at a beauty clinic in Saigon's District 10 next month that would cost her more than VND80 million ($3,438). But she's changed her decision, fearing for her life after a series of plastic surgeries went fatally wrong at private clinics in Vietnam's southern metropolis. "I want to look younger and more beautiful as the Lunar New Year is coming near. But I'm afraid of dying and I don't dare to risk my life," the grocery store owner said.   "They (beauty clinic consultant staff) guaranteed that the surgery would be 100 percent successful and advised me to keep an optimistic mind. "But these recent deaths and accidents from plastic surgery in private clinics have really scared me. It seems that going under the plastic surgeon's knife in Vietnam is … [Read more...] about For better or worse: botched plastic surgeries scare Vietnamese women

The agro-forestry-aquatic sector boasts great potential to attract more investment, while also contributing to the country’s export turnover (Photo: Le Toan) Over the past few months, TH Group has spent millions of US dollars on beefing up production of fresh milk products. Not only being locally consumed, these products are also exported to China, where TH has become the first Vietnamese enterprise to be allowed by China’s authorised agencies to export fresh milk products into this gigantic market with a population of 1.4 billion people. Under a protocol signed in April between Vietnam’s Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) and China’s General Administration of Customs on veterinary and health requirements for dairy products to be exported, TH Group has met all strict requirements and conditions set by China. Also, in April, TH Group inked an MoU for a strategic partnership on market development and consumption of foodstuffs, farm produce, … [Read more...] about Agriculture driving economic growth