Tuesday, January 20, 2026

General

Lao Education Sector Records Quality Improvements and Advances Structural Reform

Vientiane: The Lao education sector achieved notable progress during the 2024-2025 academic year, marking a transition toward higher quality standards across all levels of education, from early childhood to higher education. According to Lao News Ag...

Lao PDR Advances Self-Reliant Economic Strategy to Strengthen Macroeconomic Stability

Vientiane: At the 12th National Congress of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party, the Minister of Finance, Mr. Santiphab Phomvihane, presented a report on building consistent and sustainable macroeconomic growth, highlighting progress in implementing ...

Nationwide People’s Prosecutor’s Office Reviews 2025 Performance, Sets Reform Priorities for 2026

Vientiane: The Office of the Supreme People's Prosecutor (OSPP) held its 2025 annual review meeting and summary of civil litigation monitoring on January 12, 2026, to assess performance over the past year and define key priorities for 2026. The meetin...

Indonesia Develops Clean Energy Ecosystem for New Capital

Indonesia: Indonesia's Nusantara Capital Authority and state energy firm Pertamina have agreed to cooperate in building a clean energy ecosystem in the new capital, Nusantara, in East Kalimantan. Nusantara Capital Authority head Basuki Hadimuljono sta...

Spring Flower Fair to Illuminate Hanoi in February

Hanoi: The spring flower fair will be held from February 2 to 8 at the Vietnam Exposition Centre (VEC) in Dong Anh district, Hanoi, as part of the National Spring Fair 2026, according to the Vietnam Trade Promotion Agency under the Ministry of Industr...

Government Policy

LPRP Leaders Honor Heroes in Advance of 12th National Party Congress

Vientiane: On the morning of January 5, senior leaders of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party (LPRP), led by Mr. Thongloun Sisoulith, General Secretary of the Central Committee of the LPRP, alongside members of the Party Central Committee, laid wreat...

Education

DepEd Antique to offer Madrasah Education for secondary learners

SAN JOSE DE BUENAVISTA: The Department of Education (DepEd) Schools Division of Antique plans to open the Madrasah Education for Muslim secondary learners for the school year 2024-2025. Dr. Eleanore Dagala, DepEd Antique supervisor for Aralin Panlipu...

Industry

Human Services

PM calls to boost anti-tuberculosis efforts

Hanoi: Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh recently ordered efforts to be exerted to enhance the tuberculosis (TB) prevention and control efforts. His recent dispatch in this regard said TB prevention and control activities have achieved commendable resul...

Vietnamese blood donors save life of UK patient

HCM City: Three Vietnamese donors with a rare blood type have helped save the life of a 64-year-old British man with immune thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP). The man was taken to Cho Ray Hospital in Ho Chi Minh City for emergency treatment on March 17....

Thai Binh province records fruitful health cooperation with Denmark: official

Thai Binh: A senior official of the northern province of Thai Binh highlighted the productive cooperation in healthcare with Denmark while meeting with a visiting delegation of the Danish Ministry of the Interior and Health on March 5. Providing a br...

Master plan on healthcare network by 2050 approved

Hanoi: The Prime Minister on February 27 issued a Decision approving the Master Plan on the healthcare network for the 2021-2030 period, with a vision to 2050. The plan encompasses systems of healthcare facilities at regional, inter-provincial, and i...

Digital transformation in health care – irreversible trend

Hanoi: An official of the Ministry of Health has called digital transformation in health care an irreversible trend. Associate Professor, Dr. Phan Le Thu Hang, Deputy Director of the Department of Financial Planning, held that the Fourth Industrial R...

Entertainment

2024 Ha Long Carnival to showcase parades at sea

Quang Ninh: This year, for the first time, the Ha Long Carnival will feature performances and parades on both the sea and sandy shores of the popular UNESCO-recognised bay, as heard at a quarterly press conference of the People's Committee of the nort...

HCM City Int’l Film Festival 2024 opens

HCM City: The Ho Chi Minh City International Film Festival 2024 (HIFF 2024) opened in the southern metropolis on April 6. Running from April 6-13, the festival includes three main competition categories, including Southeast Asian films, debut and sho...

French food festival 2024 opens in Hanoi

Hanoi: The French food festival 2024 named 'Balade En France' was opened in Hanoi on April 5 under the auspices of the French embassy in Vietnam and the municipal People's Committee. Taking place to April 7, the festival boasts nearly 80 pavilions, a...

Fun & Game

2024 Ha Long Carnival to showcase parades at sea

Quang Ninh: This year, for the first time, the Ha Long Carnival will feature performances and parades on both the sea and sandy shores of the popular UNESCO-recognised bay, as heard at a quarterly press conference of the People's Committee of the nort...

HCM City Int’l Film Festival 2024 opens

HCM City: The Ho Chi Minh City International Film Festival 2024 (HIFF 2024) opened in the southern metropolis on April 6. Running from April 6-13, the festival includes three main competition categories, including Southeast Asian films, debut and sho...

French food festival 2024 opens in Hanoi

Hanoi: The French food festival 2024 named 'Balade En France' was opened in Hanoi on April 5 under the auspices of the French embassy in Vietnam and the municipal People's Committee. Taking place to April 7, the festival boasts nearly 80 pavilions, a...

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