South Korea will receive 3,500 Vietnamese labourers following the Employment Permit System this year, after a Memorandum of Understanding signed yesterday morning between the Vietnamese Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs and the South Korean Ministry of Employment and Labour.

To improve transport flows between District 12 and other districts in HCM City as well as other provinces, the Ministry of Transport plans to carry out multiple projects this year.

In a statement issued last week, the Việt Nam River Network (VRN) sought to cancel the project because of the potential negative impact to the biodiversity in the river basin, as well as the livelihood of residents in the project area and nearby.

Tonnes of cage-raised fish along the Bưởi River in the north central province of Thanh Hóa have continued to die, according to local officials.

Vietnamese students have won six medals at the 2016 Asia-Pacific Informatics Olympiad (APIO) which was hosted by the Republic of Korea on May 7-8.

An investigative police unit, under the Ministry of Public Security, just asked the Supreme People’s Procuracy to prosecute 23 defendants for trafficking 1,200 cakes of heroin (a cake is equivalent to 350 grammes).

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc has ordered the concerned ministries, people’s committees and sectors to raise awareness of injury and drowning prevention measures among students.

Prolonged dry weather has significantly increased forest fire risk in the southeast region, authorised agencies report.

Street food, for which Việt Nam is rightly famous, can be a financial boon to local communities, helping many people, especially the poor, increase their income.