A tropical low-pressure system may gain strength and develop into a tropical storm when making landfall in Việt Nam today, the National Centre for Hydro-meteorological Forecasting said yesterday.

Journalist Đỗ Phượng, a former member of the Việt Nam Party Central Committee, a former Director General of Việt Nam News Agency (VNS) and a veteran of the Vietnamese press has passed away.  I and many of my colleagues were shocked by learning the news that Phượng has departed us!

Hà Nội’s Department of Tourism has begun offering training classes to residents living in areas that receive heavy tourist traffic, aiming to promote community-based tourism and improve the quality of tourist services.

Việt Nam’s bid  for the post of Director-General of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO)  showcases the country’s responsibility and wish to actively contribute to the international community, officials said today.

Việt Nam’s economic structure in rural areas has been transformed in a positive way, following the “right direction” with increasing portions of non-agriculture, forestry and fishery sectors, according to 2016 national census on rural areas, agriculture and fishery which was released yesterday by General Statistics Office (GSO).

The HCM City People’s Committee has approved two river dredging projects in District 9 at a total cost of VNĐ2 trillion (US$91 million) to improve the capacity of its waterways to transport cargo and reduce the pressure on roads.

The HCM City  People's Committee has approved the 1/2000 scale plan for the city’s second science and technology park to be built in District 9 at a cost of around VNĐ4.3 trillion (US$188 million).

Troubled by low fertility rates in the southern provinces, the Ministry of Health has proposed relaxing the country’s two-child policy in order to allow Vietnamese parents to decide the number of children they want.

With labour migration on the rise across ASEAN, countries like Việt Nam, which sends a large number of workers abroad and relies on remittances for 7 per cent of its GDP, should strengthen protections for workers while lowering barriers to their mobility, argues a new World Bank report released yesterday in Singapore.