The Astronomical Observatory and Projection Screening Centre under the Việt Nam Space Centre, located in the Hòa Lạc Hi-Tech Park, will be handed over and operated in a pilot programme in June this year.

Thousands of vacant plots of land in the central city of Đà Nẵng have become garbage dumps, online newspaper vov.vn reported. Piles of broken furniture and domestic waste have filled up along the road in a residential area in Sơn Trà District.

The 15th Hà Nội Open Maths Competition concluded successfully in the capital on Thursday evening.

A huge blaze burnt down a warehouse and three other houses last night in Hải Phòng city, reported the Voice of Việt Nam online, vov.vn. According to people living in the area, the fire started at around 6pm Thursday at 648, Lê Thánh Tông Street

Việt Nam should utilise cutting-edge technology to reform education to become a fast mover, said Professor Ju Ho Lee, Republic of Korea (RoK)’s former Minister of Education, Science, and Technology.

Việt Nam is ranked under the global average in the open budget index, especially in terms of public participation.

Trần Quốc Thái, deputy director of Urban Development Department, at the Ministry of Construction said at a yesterday seminar in Hà Nội in order to develop smart cities, planning must be one step ahead.

Fire-fighting police in districts throughout HCM City are working with investors and managers of apartment buildings to strengthen fire-prevention measures at all high-rises and apartment buildings in the city, following a fire at the Carina Plaza apartment complex in District 8 that killed 13 people on March 23.

Construction of Long Thành International Airport in the southern province of Đồng Nai at an earlier date than initially planned would help reduce the overload on neighbouring Tân Sơn Nhất International Airport in HCM City, experts said at a seminar held in the city yesterday.