The East Asia and Pacific region has seven of the top 10 performing education systems in the world, with schools in Việt Nam and China showing significant progress, according to a new World Bank report released on Thursday.

The Điện Biên City Military Command and sappers from the Military High Command of this northern province safely detonated a bomb dropped by US troops during the Việt Nam war.

 A giant tumour weighing over 1 kg was removed from a 6-day-old infant at HCM City Hospital for Children on Wednesday afternoon, the hospital announced on Thursday morning.

Hà Nội People’s Court on Wednesday sentenced three Chinese men to prison for using fake ATM cards to withdraw some VNĐ90 million (US$ 4,000) in April last year.

Farmers in the central provinces of Hà Tĩnh and Thừa Thiên- Huế are in deep sorrow as their vegetables have remained unconsumed for weeks due to a price fall.

Experts from Japan Productivity Centre and Việt Nam National Productivity Institute have supported 12 companies in the north to improve their employee satisfaction and workplace environment to increase productivity.

The Japanese consulate in HCM City on March 14 agreed to provide more than US$403,000 for five grassroots projects in healthcare and education in Việt Nam under the Japanese Government’s Grant Assistance for Grassroots Human Security Projects.

Freshwater aquaculture has prospered in the Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta province of Tiền Giang recently because of advanced farming methods and good prices, according to the local Department of Agriculture and Rural Development.

HCM City plans to earmark more than VNĐ38 billion (US$1.6 million) this year for providing free vocational training for people living in rural areas.