The Government has planned to spend about VNĐ 317 billion (US$14.2 million) yearly on offering preferential loans to disadvantaged medical graduates during their apprenticeship at hospitals

City polls 400,000 households for multi-dimensional poverty data collection

 The Hà Nội People’s Court yesterday ordered the imprisonment of several bus drivers of the Thăng Long Bus Enterprise for robbery.

Prolonged dry weather has put many parts of Việt nam at a risk of forest fires, the Forest Protection Department warned.

Hà Nội City People’s Committee reported there were numerous violations of dyke management last year that were not dealt with strictly or punished, but that good progress has been made.

Five fishermen, whose boat sank near the Hoàng Sa (Paracel) archipelago on Monday, have been rescued.

Experts said early action to prevent saline intrusion and reduce the affects of drought is key to protecting crops.

Slack regulation of the use of priority traffic horns and lights recently in Hà Nội is giving residents a headache.

Some 702 solar lanterns have been provided to the northern Yên Bái Province by Panasonic in an integrated environmental event jointly organised by Vietnam Environment Administration and World Vision International Vietnam.