The Bạch Đằng Bridge BOT Joint Stock Company in northern Quảng Ninh province has decided to replace the contractor of the bridge for delay in construction.

Việt Nam is wasting millions of tonnes of straw every year, which can instead be used to make useful fertilisers and protect the environment.

Summer has come along with heavy downpour. Each time it rains cats and dog, the capital city might become a dead pool for hours. Flooding is a headache problem that Hà Nội’s leading officials have found solutions for years but have yet to be successful.

Việt Nam has been focusing on the development of non-fired adobe brick to gradually replace clay brick in the construction sector. However, after nearly ten years of implementing, the use of this type of bricks remains modest.

All secondary and high schools in the country will offer professional career counselling to students that would match employment demands of local businesses by 2025, according to the Ministry of Education and Training.

The use of codes and barcodes on products has helped improve the competitiveness of enterprises and ensured effective monitoring on the origin of goods for consumers.

HCM City’s administrative reforms are delivering results and there will be more of the same, city authorities have said.

The Fred Hollows Foundation (FHF) from Australia, in co-operation with the city’s Opthalmology hospital, will provide free eye surgeries for 50 kids living in the city, and a eye screening programme in six months with total fund of VNĐ724 million (US$32,000).

HCM City’s Department of Interior Affairs has outlined a new policy on the prevention and handling of child abuse cases which includes new hotlines for victims and their families.