Việt Nam has gradually improved its legal framework to control persistent organic pollutants but there remain challenges in tackling environmental problems, according to experts.

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc on Thursday granted certificates honouring the fallen soldiers’ service to the country to 442 families on the occasion of the Vietnamese War Invalids and Martyrs’ Day (July 27).

Việt Nam’s nature reserves and national parks are aiming to boost eco-tourism to facilitate both conservation and economic growth, but their efforts have been hampered by a lack of planning, human resources and funds," said Lê Văn Lanh of the National Association for Nature Reserves in Việt Nam

Cà Mau Province’s People’s Committee has approved 73 applications to build new offshore-fishing ships and six others to upgrade existing fishing ships to serve offshore fishing activities under Decree 67.

Education and investment in human resources is the most important factor in HCM City’s future development, the city’s Party Committee Secretary Nguyễn Thiện Nhân said at a seminar held yesterday (July 26).

National Assembly Chairwoman Nguyễn Thị Kim Ngân yesterday hosted a reception for 70 workers who have been honoured with the third Nguyễn Đức Cảnh Award given by the Việt Nam General Confederation of Labour (VGCL) to outstanding labourers with excellent ideas, technological solutions, and inventions.

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc (third from left) visits the family of army doctor Đặng Thùy Trâm at her mother’s house in Đội Cấn Ward, Ba Đình District in Hà Nội yesterday.

 Lao authorities confirmed that no Vietnamese citizens were yet reported missing in the disastrous dam break in Attapeu, said the Vietnamese Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Thursday.

Four earthquakes, measuring from 2.7 to 3.5 on the Richter scale, hit the districts of Bắc Trà My and Nam Trà My in the central province of Quảng Nam on Thursday morning (July 26), but no damage or casualties were reported.