Building a digital economy will be very important for Việt Nam to keep pace with rapid technology developments across the globe, a senior Australian scientist has said.

Phạm Văn Cường, 23, can never forget the days when he toiled at low-paid work in the southern Bình Dương Province to earn money to help his mother. This came to an end when he caught a lucky break.

The People’s Committee of the central Phú Yên Province has sought the transport ministry’s approval to build Đà Rằng and Sông Chùa bridges on National Highway 1.

Đà Nẵng City People’s Procuracy will prosecute the Đà Nẵng Port Authority of Inland Waterways’ former director for irresponsibility that led to the fatal tourist boat sinking on June 4.

Storm Dianmu has made landfall from the northern Hải Phòng port city to the northern Ninh Bình province this afternoon, the National Hydrometeorological Forecast Centre said.

Hà Nội will use electronic school records instead of hard copies to manage 1.7 million students in the city from September 5, People’s Committee Chairman Nguyễn Đức Chung said.

The United States Agency for International Development has provided a five-year grant to Việt Nam’s Centre for Promotion of Quality of Life to strengthen community-led approaches to HIV prevention, care and treatment.

Public hospital services and products in 16 provinces and cities have become 18 per cent more expensive since the middle of August, as patients pay for health staff’s basic salaries.

Public preschools and primary schools in HCM City are struggling to recruit enough teachers to meet enrolment this year, according to the city’s Department of Education and Training.