Relevant ministries and sectors should channel their focus on drawing up measures in response to natural disasters, said Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Nguyễn Xuân Cường at a meeting held in Hà Nội yesterday.

The Đồng Nai Province People’s Committee has approved a sum of VNĐ305 billion (US$13.3 million) for providing vocational training and jobs and resettling people displaced by the construction of Long Thành International Airport.

Textbooks for the 2018-2019 school year are selling at the same prices as last year, according to The Việt Nam Education Publishing House Limited Company.

The Department of Construction of HCM City has urged several district-level People’s Committee and related units to complete the relocation of households living along canals.

Dragon fruit farmers in Bình Thuận Province, the country’s largest producer of the fruit, are enjoying high prices and steady demand in this the main harvest season.

Adjusting drug tender during the past three or four years has achieved good results and reduced drugs prices.

More and more illegal parking spots for cars and motorbikes are springing up in central Hà Nội, causing headaches for urban managers.

Hà Nội has reportedly undergone considerable changes in its economic growth, appearance and infrastructure a decade on from administrative boundary expansions.

Eco-shrimp farming, which has been spreading in Mekong Delta provinces in recent years, is touted as a model for sustainable aquaculture development thanks to its strengths in environmental protection, low costs, and high profit.