Eighteen million Mekong Delta residents are suffering serious consequences as the Mekong River is drying up due to over exploitation of hydropower plants in upstream countries, delegates heard at Friday’s conference in the Delta province of An Giang.

Sixteen student teams from eight universities in HCM City participated in the Tourism Ideas Contest held in the HCM City’s Bình Thạnh District.

 The UN Women and the Australian Embassy in Vietnam are calling on labourers to participate in an online survey to assess the effects of the revision of the Labour Code on men, women and different labour groups in society. 

There has been a 91 per cent reduction in the amount of goods controlled by the Ministry of Science and Technology inspected before customs clearance.

Retirement is the time for people to enjoy their lives, but a group of war veterans in the central province of Khánh Hòa want to devote their tgwilight years helping comrades in need. The veterans have set up a health clinic to provide free check-ups, health counselling and medicine to fellow veterans who lack health insurance cards or are victims of agent orange.

HCM City has approved the extension of the city’s first metro route, which links Bến Thành Market with Suối Tiên Theme Park in District 9, to the neighbouring provinces of Bình Dương and Đồng Nai.

The 10^th HCM City Book Fair will be held from March 19-25 at District 1’s Lê Văn Tám Park, according to the city’s Department of Information and Communication.

With suitable weather for a tropical plant which requires high humidity, Sơn La northern mountain province is becoming a good region for development of macadamia tree. The province is expected to gain a target of 1,000ha of macadamia tree by 2020.

More than 30 booths manned by 24 individuals and groups introduce more than 100 products made by young people at a start-up festival in Huế in central Thừa Thiên-Huế Province yesterday.