Air pollution in Hà Nội increased in the early days of this month, with the air quality index (AQI) soaring at night and in the early morning. Mai Trọng Thái, director of the Hà Nội Sub-department of Environmental Protection, speaks to Hà Nội Mới (New Hà Nội) about the issue.
Professor Dr Trần Chủng, head of the national construction quality assurance and quality control authority under the Ministry of Construction, talks to VnEconomy.vn on what Việt Nam should do attract more investment for public and private projects
Deputy Minister of Transport Lê Đình Thọ talks to Giao Thông (Transport) newspaper about electronic toll collection (ETC) at build-operate-transfer (BOT) tollbooths
The adoption of the Paris Climate Agreement on December 12, 2015, five years ago, was a landmark event after more than twenty years of challenging climate negotiations. It establishes a single, flexible and dynamic framework of collective and universal obligations to combat climate change, which takes into account countries’ disparate levels of development.
Tô Ân Xô, chief of the Office of the Ministry of Public Security (MoPS), talks to the press about Decree No 137/2020/ND-CP on the management and use of firecrackers and fireworks that will come into effect from January 11 next year
Professor Nguyễn Ngọc Lung, director general of the Research Institute for Sustainable Forest Management and Forest Certification, talks to Tuổi Trẻ (Youth) newspaper about the need to plant more young trees to keep the country clean and green.
On the occasion of the birthday anniversary of His Majesty King Bhumibol Adulyadej The Great, the National Day of the Kingdom of Thailand and Thailand’s Father’s Day, Việt Nam News presents an article by the Royal Thai Embassy in Hà Nội.
Việt Nam is becoming an exporter of wealth: more than 250,000 Vietnamese tourists visit Europe every year. Europe is one of the biggest net receivers of Vietnamese students with more than 15,000 studying in Europe.
Water and sanitation are critically important to the health and survival of Vietnamese communities. But, do decision-makers adequately prioritise and invest in the sector? The answer, in far too many parts of the world, is a resounding no. As an international community, we are too often blind to the huge cost of failing to serve so many people with the most basic but crucial of services.
On November 18, the Sultanate of Oman marks its 50th National Day anniversary under the wise leadership of His Majesty Sultan Haitham Bin Tarik.
