Construction works are endangering the banks of the Sài Gòn River which supplies water for the city’s residents and contributes significantly to the  development of HCM City.

Đồng Tháp Province, the Mekong Delta’s largest tra fish producer, has 2,233ha of aquaculture farms breeding the fish and they have produced 438,000 tonnes this year, equivalent to almost the full-year target.

Việt Nam is among countries with the highest rate of hepatitis in the world; however, lack of knowledge about the disease leads people to hide it, causing a major barrier in hepatitis treatment and prevention.

The Goethe-Institut HCM City yesterday (Nov 14) signed cooperation agreements with three high schools to teach German as a second foreign language under the “Schools: Partners for the Future” (PASCH) initiative.

Mexico and Việt Nam committed to co-operating in the agricultural sector as the National Institute of Forestry, Agriculture and Livestock Investigations (INIFAP) of Mexico and the Việt Nam Academy of Agricultural Sciences (VAAS) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) yesterday in Hà Nội.

The Civil Aviation Authority of Việt Nam has ordered airlines to improve security, flight safety and service quality to better serve passengers during the upcoming New Year and Lunar New Year (Tết) holidays.

The national action month on gender equality, with the theme of preventing violence and abuse against women and girls, was launched on Wednesday in the southern province of Cần Thơ.

A 300 kg unexploded bomb found in an irrigation canal near Đào River in Đô Lương District, the central province of Nghệ An was safely removed on Tuesday, the online news outlet zing.vn reported.

The Quảng Trị Department of Agriculture and Rural Development has asked the provincial People’s Committee to allocate funds to build an erosion prevention system along the Thạch Hãn River.