Farmers in the Mekong Delta are struggling to resume agricultural production because of the lingering effects of the recent drought and saltwater intrusion and a shortage of funds and seeds.

Leaders of the southern Đồng Nai Province have requested the Government’s permission to use VNĐ1 trillion (US$44.76 million) from the State Capital Investment Corporation (SCIC) to build two resettlement areas.

Mirinae, the first storm to hit Việt Nam this year, made landfall with wind speeds of level 11–12 (about 100-130km per hour). It damaged crops, uprooted thousands of trees and caused massive power cuts in the north including in Hà Nội, Thái Bình, Hải Phòng, Hà Nam and Ninh Bình.

Authorities of the northern Ninh Bình Province’s Gia Viễn District are making every effort to wipe out illegal gathering areas of building materials built along the Hoàng Long River dike, said Nguyễn Anh Tuấn, deputy chairman of the district People’s Committee.

Globalisation and technology are transforming universities and colleges worldwide, leading to different approaches in research and education, including in Việt Nam, the president of University of Victoria in Canada said at a conference in HCM City.

The number of children with respiratory infections admitted to children’s hospitals in HCM City has soared in the last few days.

The number of children in the city suffering from a condition where the chest appears sunken has increased unusually, doctors from Paediatrics Hospital No 1 said.

Da Nang city’s immigration public security force and Ngũ Hành Sơn Police seized dozens of posters that had illegally printed the local beach under the name ‘China Beach’ at a tour service company in the city.

The search to find an Su30-MK2 aircraft that crashed off central Nghệ An Province has ended, Dương Minh Hiền, deputy commander of central Nghệ An Province’s Military Command, told local media yesterday.