An area covering three northern provinces – Thái Nguyên, Tuyên Quang and Bắc Kạn – has been designated for the conservation of cultural and historical values and revolutionary war-zone relics, as well as the development of an agroforestry economy.

A leadership conference opened yesterday at the University of Đà Nẵng focussing on the female role models in Việt Nam in the fields of science, technology, engineering and math (STEM).

The 7th General Assembly of the Asian Farmers’ Association (AFA) for Sustainable Rural Development, hosted by the Việt Nam Farmers’ Union (VNFU), opened in Hà Nội yesterday.

Trần Đức Thắng, director general of the Public Asset Management Department under the Ministry of Finance, spoke to the Việt Nam News Agency about the limitations of utilizing public assets

Deputy Minister of Labour, War Invalids and Social Affairs (MoLISA) Doãn Mậu Diệp underlined the need to accurately investigate information related to the damage caused by Formosa’s environmental disaster in the central province of Hà Tĩnh, so as to give appropriate support for locals.

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc has called on the Party, State and society to work with the education sector to improve education quality, which he described as key for the country’s development.

At least four people were dead and another seven missing in the major flood rising across the northern Lào Cai Province, reported the authorities yesterday.

Tourists join a team-building activity at Diamond Bay Resort in the central Khánh Hòa Province. — Photo Vũ Tiến Chương

Ba Đình District Police last night proposed initiation of legal proceedings in the case of a house collapse that claimed two lives on Cửa Bắc Street yesterday.