The Prime Minister has asked ministries, sectors and localities to step up measures to ensure traffic safety and social order while meeting the travel demands of passengers during the upcoming national holiday of National Independence Day (Sept. 2) and the new school year (Sept. 5).

Over 1,720 remote ethnic minority women were supported with finance for income-generating activities through the establishment of women’s Village Savings and Loan Associations (VSLA).

Quảng Nam People’s Committee on Monday awarded VNĐ20 million (US$880) to officials who investigated the destruction of the pơ mu forest in Nam Giang District.

Cases of diphtheria, whooping cough, measles and Japanese encephalitis still occur in several poor and remote localities and areas with ethnic minorities because residents did not receive the vaccination.

A man and his daughter drowned yesterday while the father was trying to teach the girl swimming in central Hà Tĩnh Province.

Implementation of Conceive-Design-Implement-Operate (CDIO) principles have helped 10 universities in Việt Nam reform their curricula, providing students with skills, knowledge and attitudes needed by businesses and organisations.

The HCM City Department of Natural Resources and Environment last Friday checked foul-smelling at areas around the Đa Phước Solid Waste Treatment Complex in Bình Chánh District, following the requirement of the city chairman of HCM City People’s Committee Nguyễn Thanh Phong.

Police in central Hà Tĩnh Province’s Kỳ Anh Township have prosecuted two traffic inspection officials for accepting bribes worth VNĐ5 million (US$225) from a transport company whose trucks had violated the law.

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc agreed with a proposal to target Phú Yên into a tourism infrastructure development project funded by the Asian Development Bank at a working session in the central coastal province yesterday.