In traditional markets in Nam Trà My district, prized and valuable Ngoc Linh ginseng abounds. What eager customers don't know is that the herb they buy might not be the real thing.

Three important documents were adopted as the week-long (August 18-25) APEC Food Security Week and High-level Policy Dialogue on Enhancing Food Security and Sustainable Agriculture in Response to Climate Change wrapped up yesterday.

Vaccine coverage against the human papilloma virus (HPV) should be expanded to help reduce new incidences of cervical cancer, experts said at an APEC meeting.

A secondary school student, Võ Hoàng Khanh, from Thừa Thiên-Huế Province has designed an agricultural tool that allows farmers to easily uproot the cassava plant during harvest.

Near-shore fishery resources are declining and in danger of being depleted, so fishermen in Vĩnh Trường Commune, Nha Trang City where 70 per cent of population lived by seagoing, must quit fishing even that go away from home to seek job.  

Lương Văn Can Street in Hoàn Kiếm District is long considered as the paradise of toys. However, recently, made-in-China bows, plastic bullet guns or plastic swords are detected to be publicly sold as children’s toys here. In reality, these are all weapons used in committing crimes. 

The Ministry of Education and Training and Dutch-owned dairy company FrieslandCampina have donated 30 tonnes of milk to schools in northern provinces, which were badly affected by floods that began at the end of last month.

Construction of a bridge to Kim Cương (Diamond) Island in HCM City’s District 2 is slated to begin in early September.

Illegal gasoline trade is happening frequently between truck drivers and transport enterprise owners on the stretch of National Route 5 passing through the port city of Hải Phòng.