The Bến Tre Province People’s Committee has approved construction of a  dyke to prevent saltwater intrusion along a section of the Hàm Luông River extending from Ba Tri District to Giồng Trôm District.

Only 5.7 per cent of Việt Nam’s older people maintain good health—a worrisome sign as the country’s population is aging faster than almost any other country in the world, said Nguyễn Đức Công, director of Thống Nhất Hospital and deputy president of HCM City Association of Geriatrics at last week’s “Nutrition and Geriatrics” conference.

The Ministry of Education and Training, Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) and the Japanese Embassy are calling for applications for the Project for Human Resource Development Scholarship funded by Japanese Grant Aid (JDS) 2018.

Nguyễn Thành Phong, chairman of the HCM City People’s Committee, yesterday called on the Ministry of Defence to soon hand over land for construction of the Thủ Thiêm 2 Bridge.

The shipment, weighing 119 kilograms and worth an estimated VNĐ7 to 8 trillion (US$29.9 million), was found in a scrap metal container.

Landslides and more cracks have appeared on Road 445 in Kỳ Sơn District, northern province of Hòa Bình, threatening residential areas.

 The CDs which store scanned images of multiple-choice answer sheets of high school exam in northern Sơn La Province were destroyed at a local cemetery, Trần Xuân Yến, deputy director of the provincial Department of Education and Training confessed to the police on Wednesday.

Around three million workers will have demand for housing by 2020, according to reports from 46 of the country's 63 provinces and cities.

If it were not for the stench and the muddy colour of the waters, one could imagine it was Venice.