In the context of increasing instances of extreme weather, Viet Nam has to significantly improve its forecasting capabilities, Deputy Prime Minister Trịnh Đình Dũng said yesterday.

Since 2004, Việt Nam has used the free-of-charge hotline to advise and support children, receiving over 2.5 million calls from across the country.

As the number of pig breeding households continues to drop, a shortage of live pigs could result in high pork prices later this year, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD).

Rumours of earning millions of đồng daily by illegally exploiting quartz stone are attracting locals to the mountains in the central Phú Yên Province’s Phú Mỡ Commune, Đồng Xuân District.

Experts are warning against an outbreak of hand-food- mouth disease (HFMD) and dengue fever as wet weather continues.

Tears kept rolling down her face as Đinh Thị Lan, a resident of Hòa Bình Province, stood amongst her neighbours, fixated on the huge pile of mud that was once her home. She had just lost her parents and two brothers in a landslide that hit the province’s Khanh Village early Thursday morning.

The Visegrad Group Visa Application Centre operated by the Consulate General of Hungary opened on Oct 12 in HCM City.

The body of Đinh Hữu Dư, a Vietnam News Agency correspondent in Yên Bái Province, was found near Văn Phú Bridge on Friday afternoon following two days of continuous search.

Some 730,310 poor households and other welfare beneficiaries in HCM City have got soft loans from the Việt Nam Bank for Social Policies since 2003.