An image of a soldier sitting on the side of a road, hurriedly having a pack of instant noodles before resuming his task of taking rice and other basic necessities to residents in flood-hit areas has gone viral in recent days.

Construction on some roads in HCM City will be suspended during the third Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Senior Officials Meeting (SOM 3) from August 18-30 and the APEC Ministerial Meeting from September 9-15.

In the 20sq.m room of war veteran Bùi Văn Bình in Phong Châu Town, Phù Ninh District, Phú Thọ Province, most of the space is spared for more than 600 war memorabilia. It has taken the dedicated veteran time and efforts to collect this remembrance over the past four years.

Being called Mr Bình’s museum by locals, the little room but full of war memories has become a familiar place for local war veterans to gather and young generation to learn historical knowledge.

The Ministry of Education and Training will regulate specific floor marks for teacher training colleges and universities from 2018 as part of measures to improve teacher training quality.

The detail planning for the Bản Giốc Waterfall tourism site was announced yesterday by the Cao Bằng Province’s People’s Committee and the Ministry of Construction.

All 63 provinces and close to 9,000 staff have been coached since the country launched the early essential newborn care (EENC) programme in 2015. In addition, around 78 per cent of term babies receive skin-to-skin contact and are exclusively breastfed in the immediate newborn period.

Under the hot noon sun, more than 20 women at Nguyễn Thị Thu Hà’s sewing workshop seem oblivious of the sweat pouring down their faces as they work at their sewing machines.

The Central Steering Committee on Disaster Prevention has ordered hydropower companies to discharge water to decrease the water level.

Those having income below VNĐ10 million (US$450) per month will benefit from the new personal income tax that has been proposed by the Ministry of Finance as they will have to pay a lower amount for income tax.