Opinion

Cutting intermediary costs to reduce drug prices for patients

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The Prime Minister requested to review regulations to cut intermediary costs so that drugs and medical equipment reach patients at the lowest cost.

More than 32,000 management officials return to the podium after arrangement, a valuable capital of the education sector

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Arranging more than 17,300 heads of educational institutions is a great opportunity for the education sector to solve the teacher shortage problem.

Paying less than 700,000 VND/year, buying a "shield" for students' health

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In the new school year, students are supported by the state budget with at least 50% of the health insurance (HI) contribution level.

Abandoning mindfulness

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When you reach middle age, looking at your gray hair, knee joints starting to ache every time the weather turns windy, or startled to realize that age spots have appeared on your hand, you realize that the hardest thing to let go is not the house, the car, or an unfinished love affair, but the thought that everything you have will last forever.

Keeping peace from the factory to the boarding house

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Salaries, jobs, housing, schools for workers' children or cultural institutions are an essential and important part of the care needs for workers working in industrial parks.

Applying KPI for civil servants, the era of officials "carrying umbrellas to go and return" is over

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Localities implement cadre evaluation work using KPI, taking results and products as a measure.

Don't let insurance debts suspend workers' rights

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Mr. Tran Ngoc B is one of 171 workers of Hoa Khanh Textile Joint Stock Company (Da Nang) who are preparing documents to ask the Trade Union organization to support suing businesses to demand wages, insurance and severance allowances still owed with an amount of more than 80 million VND.

The billion-dollar problem for the cultural industry

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In October, BIGBANG World Tour will be held in Hanoi. However, what the audience is interested in is not how G-Dragon, Taeyang and Daesung are present at My Dinh Stadium, but... ticket prices.

Foundation

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When he was young, his parents saved every penny for a very simple dream, so that their children would grow up without being lacking. The money was kept in an iron box, at the bottom of the cabinet, in a savings book, not to buy a luxurious life, but to pay tuition fees, buy the first car for their children, build a house for their children, or simply to have money to take them to the hospital when their children are sick. In those days, people accumulated for their children. Now, many parents still accumulate, but so that one day they don't have to bother their children.

To attract tourists, Phu Quoc must be a real pearl island

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Phu Quoc Special Zone announces the Project to Strengthen Foreign Language Proficiency for the Community in the period 2026-2030, with orientation to 2045.

No criminal prosecution when meeting 6 conditions to protect those who dare to do it

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The draft Resolution of the National Assembly proposes that competent procedural agencies not prosecute criminal liability when 6 conditions are met.

Feelings

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Poet Maya Angelou once said: "People may forget what you say, forget what you do, but will never forget the feeling you give them.

The price of peace

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On the weekend afternoon, a small pho restaurant nestled in an alley with more customers than usual. Next to the table next to the window, a man with gray hair slowly ate a bowl of pho, occasionally smiling alone. Entering the restaurant, an acquaintance surprisedly asked: "Today is my birthday, why is it so simple?". The man smiled gently: "A delicious bowl of pho and someone remembering me is enough.

Admission scores do not determine the whole future

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In just a few days, universities will announce benchmark scores after 6 virtual filtering rounds. For hundreds of thousands of candidates and parents, this is the most exciting time of the enrollment season.

Copyright stolen, threatening the future of Vietnamese cinema

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From the beginning of 2026 to now, functional agencies have continuously handled individuals, dismantled lines and organizations that infringe copyright on cinematic works.

Place rental housing in strategic pillar positions

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At a working session with the Government Party Committee and relevant ministries and sectors on the implementation of Directive No. 34-CT/TW of the Secretariat on strengthening the Party's leadership over social housing development in the new situation on May 19, 2026, General Secretary and President To Lam emphasized: "Houses are for living, not for business or accumulating assets".

Paradox

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Once, he was sitting in a small coffee shop and saw an old man quietly peeling each tangerine. He meticulously divided it into very even segments, and then carefully put them in a box.

Transforming diplomacy into a substantive development resource

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General Secretary and President To Lam requested Heads of Representative Agencies to find ways to transform diplomacy into a substantive development resource.

Improving Ho Chi Minh City's competitiveness in the coming decades

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The policy of studying relocating ports out of the central area is of strategic significance, related to urban planning, economic space organization and competitiveness of Ho Chi Minh City in the coming decades.

The lack of precedent further requires a controlled testing mechanism

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General Secretary and President To Lam emphasized that the new unprecedented task needs to be tested with control; not because it is difficult not to do it.