Vietnam News Agency in general and Việt Nam News in particular need to continue to renew news reporting and management methods, improve quality and accomplish the missions assigned by the Party and the State, making contributions to maintaining peace and stability, and fostering international integration while realising the 12th Party Resolution.

Deputy Prime Minister Vương Đình Huệ has urged the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development to buy salt to help salt producers, especially in areas with significant salt storage.

Minister of Natural Resources and Environment Trần Hồng Hà has suspended titanium mining operations, after an embankment was breached surrounding waste reservoirs at Hàm Thuận Nam District’s Thuận Quý Commune.

Việt Nam could improve migrants’ access to public services and employment by reducing the time and number of requirements needed for residents to get a household registration certificate, according to a report released yesterday.

HCM City’s Department of Industry and Trade has submitted a proposal on opening a Chemical Trade Centre to the city’s People’s Committee.

The Vietnamese coast guard has found wreckage of a suspected coast guard airplane which went missing off the northern port city of Hải Phòng yesterday with nine people on board.

A painting contest, with the theme of protecting and caring for children infected with HIV, opened yesterday in Hà Nội.

Better links between industries and educational institutions are needed to enhance the employability of graduates in a more competitive globalised environment.

HCM City has set an ambitious goal to become a value-added service centre similar to other East Asian cities, attracting investment from world-renowned corporations.