Nearly 200 households in northern Ninh Bình Province have been in serious danger of landslides and flash floods for years, with resettlement funds yet to materialise.

Districts in Hà Nội are successfully managing billboard advertisements that can render urban areas unsightly, officials have said.

About 8,300 households with more than 31,000 individuals in the Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta province of Long An’s Cần Giuộc District have begun to get tap water from HCM City under its programme to provide water to neighbouring provinces.

Two Korean Navy ships – Kang Gam Chan and Hwacheon – with 633 crew members began a three-day visit to the city yesterday.

At the beginning of this school year, teachers and students at Phan Ngọc Nhân Primary School in the central province of Quảng Nam were very curious about the used shipping container that had materialised in their school yard over the summer break.

Trạm Tấu District, one of the poorest in the country, has over ten makeshift schools that face great challenges. Of these, the Tà Lù Đằng kindergarten encounters perhaps the most significant obstacles to success.

The Ministry of Education and Training (MoET) conducted a surprise inspection of the educational establishments in four cities and provinces to review the collection of tuition fees this academic year.

Việt Nam aims to improve road infrastructure to ensure traffic safety and reduce traffic congestion and the number of accidents, an official said at a meeting held yesterday in HCM City.

The Doksuri storm swept through the central provinces of Hà Tĩnh and Quảng Bình in just a few hours on Friday morning, but the impacts will last a lot longer than local residents expected.