Only two years after an irrigation system worth VNĐ150 billion (US$6.6 million) was built in southern Bến Tre Province’s Hưng Lễ Commune, it is showing signs of degradation.

HCM City leaders have called on the city Youth Union to provide greater support to young people starting up businesses, with a focus on innovation and technology.

Thousands of reservoirs across the country are facing threat of breaking as they are in full capacity due to heavy rainfalls in recent weeks.

Since 2012, over 12,000 households in the northern mountain province of Sơn La have been plagued by water pollution.

Việt Nam’s national energy development plan does not include geothermal sources, but a senior official said yesterday that it was time to study their potential in the country.

The number of Vietnamese women and girls in STEM (sciences, technology, engineering, and math) fields remains low, mostly due to social and environmental factors, Dr Lê Thị Kim Phụng, deputy head of HCM City University of Technology’s chemical engineering faculty, said yesterday at a conference held in the city.

The HCM City Department of Transport has proposed offering several electric bus routes to pick up and drop off passengers using the city’s water-bus service, which is slated to start at the end of November.

The New Port-Sóng Thần Inland Clearance Deport (ICD) company has launched the first rooftop solar-power logistics system in binh Duong Province in Viet Nam.

 Sand is clogging Cửa Đại seaport in central Quảng Nam Province’s Hội An City due to the floods over the past few days, posing difficulties for thousands of local fishermen.