Việt Nam should have a long-term programme on mycological research as the country has a tropical climate, a favourable condition for developing fungi, the chairman of the Vietnam Mycological Association has said. 

 An eight-year-old primary school student in the central province of Quang Nam has died of diphtheria, while six other students aged four to 12 have been infected with the disease in the mountainous Trà Vân commune of Nam Trà My District.

More than 600 CEOs and human resource managers at local and global companies discussed the latest trends in building an engaged, efficient and loyal workforce at a workshop yesterday in HCM City.

Phạm Sanh Châu, Vietnamese candidate for the director-general position of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO), withdrew his name prior to the third round of voting on Wednesday.

Two gas stations in Diễn Châu and Quỳnh Lưu districts of the central province of Nghệ An have been found selling diluted, low quality A92 gasoline in large quantities.

The capital city has managed to build only 17 out of 80 schools that meet national standards as per this year’s plan.

Hundreds of thousands of households living along Lô River have been desperately seeking for help from authorised agencies as their cultivated land are at serious risks of being swept away due to rampant illegal sand mining.

Violations of construction regulations have been increasing in HCM City despite sanctions imposed by the city, according to the city’s Construction Department’s inspection division.

Starting in 2002 by breeding 2,000 hens, Nguyễn Thị Thêu, a woman from northern Vĩnh Phúc Province, now earns about VNĐ5 billion (US$224,000) a year and creates job for dozens of  workers.