The capacity of fire rescue and prevention services in provinces and cities should be considered among criteria to assess local competitiveness, said Deputy Prime Minister Trịnh Đình Dũng.

The south-central province of Ninh Thuận, the country’s largest animal producer, is strengthening measures to breed more sheep, goats, pigs and other animals for commercial production.

A contactless payment system for public transport in HCM City could save costs and increase customer satisfaction, experts said at a conference on modern payments systems for public transit today.

Craft villages face a shortage of labour as young workers tend to leave their hometowns, seeking city jobs rather than staying and doing traditional work.

A total of over 3.5 million students have gained access to loans to cover their tuition fees thanks to a Government credit programme, according to the Vietnam Bank for Social Policies.

Việt Nam-Japan University and the Japanese aviation group ANA on Friday inked a deal to establish co-operation in human resource training for the industrial sector.

The HCM City Disability Research and Capacity Development (DRD) Centre raised funds of more than VNĐ500 million (US$21,443) for the Người Bạn Dồng Hành Scholarship for university students with disabilities who have financial difficulties.

Construction on Europlast Long An solar energy plant began on September 21 in Mỹ Thạnh Bắc Commune in Long An Province’s Đức Huệ District.

Objects suspected to be human skulls were found at the scene of a recent massive fire in Hà Nội, police announced on Friday evening.