Nearly 3,000 student volunteers last Sunday (18 June) attended the opening ceremony of Tiếp Sức Mùa Thi (Examination Assistance Programme) in HCM City to assist candidates sitting the national high school graduation examinations and seeking college admission.

People who are not residents of HCM City can now apply for civil service jobs.

The central coastal province of Khánh Hoà plans to spend more than VNĐ580 billion (US$25.52 million) on 60 infrastructure projects to prevent flooding, river erosion and saltwater intrusion in 2017-2018.

Heavy downpours are expected in the northern region until June 21, with warnings of flash floods and landslides in mountainous provinces.

A math solving application created by a Vietnamese IT engineer has been downloaded and received positive feedback from thousands of smartphone users recently.

Combination models of shrimp breeding and other aquatic products, no use chemical, are bringing sustainable results and potential profit to farmers in the central coastal province of Phú Yên.

Da Nang’s Dong A College has enrolled students for the first ever course on automobile technology and automation engineering in the central region.

With the amount of water stored up to 175 millions of cubic metres on high position, the major dam of Núi Cốc Lake in northern Thái Nguyên Province would cause unpredictable consequences to downstream areas if it broke, experts have said.

National Assembly deputies said yesterday that the Law on Forest Protection and Development had not clearly identified responsibility for forest protection nor encouraged people to participate seriously in protecting the country’s trees.