(VOVWORLD) - Overseas Vietnamese around the world will gather for the Homeland Spring program held in HCM City on Thursday and Friday. The program, also known as the Lunar New Year or Tet celebration, is one of several activities that reflect the consistent policy of the Party and State for the Vietnamese community abroad.

(VOVWORLD) - The culture of ethnic minorities is an important component of Vietnamese culture. The Vietnamese Party and State consider preserving and promoting the cultural values of ethnic minorities an important priority and a key task.

(VOVWORLD) - The Vietnamese Party and State pursue a consistent policy of caring for the poor and vulnerable groups, which has received the support of organizations, businesses, and people in all walks of life. The movement “Tet of Kindness” launched by the Vietnam Red Cross Society is a clear manifestation of the tradition of humanity and mutual affection of the Vietnamese people.

(VOVWORLD) - Thousands of “great solidarity” houses have been in recent days given to the poor and people in difficult circumstances across Vietnam. The house donation demonstrates the Vietnamese State's humane policy and the community's effort to help the poor have a better life, contributing to ensuring social security.

(VOVWORLD) - With its strategy of protecting the Fatherland at an early stage and from afar, the Communist Party of Vietnam continues to develop the time-honored ideology of "keeping the country safe before it is in danger". The strategy manifests the Communist Party of Vietnam’s new mindset concerning the methods, requirements, and tasks of national defense in the new context.

(VOVWORLD) - These days Christians in Vietnam are joyfully celebrating Christmas. A festive atmosphere is spreading in parishes and dioceses. To mark the occasion, leaders of the Party, State, and local governments reiterate and acknowledge the pivotal role and contributions made by Christians to national construction and defense, saying the unity of religions has strengthened the national unity bloc and made Vietnam stronger.

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam is strengthening green transition and accelerating renewable energy development. Poor and low-income people are likely to have difficulty keeping up with the transition. This is one of the Vietnamese government’s concerns in implementing the Political Declaration on establishing a Just Energy Transition Partnership (JETP) in order to ensure human rights in the new context.

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam has just successfully defended the 5th National Report on the Implementation of the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (CERD) at the Convention Committee in Geneva, Switzerland, especially in ensuring the rights of ethnic minorities regarding hunger eradication, poverty reduction, social security. These results manifest the Vietnamese Party and State’s attention to and effective investment in ethnic minority affairs and in ensuring the legitimate rights and interests of the people.

(VOVWORLD) - The 13th Vietnam Trade Union Congress for the 2023-2028 tenure will take place from Friday to Sunday in Hanoi. This is an important political event for the working class and Vietnamese tradeunions nationwide. The Congress will discuss ways to ensure the rights of workers, expand trade union membership, establish grassroots trade unions in non-state enterprises, and develop a contingent of grassroots trade union presidents to meet the needs of the new development period.

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam boasts a wealth of cultural diversity thanks to its numerous ethnic groups. As each group possesses a distinct cultural identity, they collectively form a rich and varied cultural heritage. Safeguarding and promoting this cultural heritage fulfils the cultural aspirations of the people while building an integrated Vietnamese culture imbued with national identity. It also generates resources for the overall development of Vietnam.