A steep increase in the number of poor and near-poor households following the implementation of new poverty measuring standards is putting pressure on the Government to achieve its poverty eradication goals.

Co-operation between farmers and businesses has brought high profit and stability of output for coconut growers in the southern province of Bến Tre, which farms the most coconut in Việt Nam.

Hundreds of hectares of scallion seedlings in south-central Bình Định Province's Phù Mỹ District are dying because of a shortage of water due to prolonged drought, local farmer said.

HCM City is considering two proposals, one from a Swiss company, to build public toilets.

Gender equality for the advancement of women is both a target and a factor contributing to the country’s economic development, stated Việt Nam Women’s Union President Nguyễn Thị Thu Hà. 

The Central Highlands province of Đắk Nông has suggested speeding up the construction of the Nhân Cơ Aluminum Plant to ensure its completion in 2016 as scheduled. 

The master plan for Việt Nam’s capital city has been adjusted, nearly doubling the metropolitan area.

Rotating rice and shrimp farming on the same fields in the Mekong Delta has proven so economically effective and environmentally friendly that experts have urged the creation of zoning areas for the cutlivation model.