Born and bred in the Mekong Delta province of Sóc Trăng, Nghiêm Đại Thuận – one of Việt Nam’s 63 outstanding farmers this year – is familiar with coconuts.

On a Saturday morning in September, a special first day of school took place in a small room at HCM City’s Tumour Hospital.

The retirement age for male and female workers could increase from 60 and 55 at present to 62 and 60 respectively from 2021, according to the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc and Deputy PM Vũ Đức Đam met with 200 distinguished education workers from across the country on Monday in Hà Nội.

The poverty rate of ethnic minority households in Cà Mau Province fell by more than 3 per cent each year after three years of implementation of its national targeted programme on sustainable poverty reduction that began in 2016.

Officers from southern Đồng Nai Province’s Department of Natural Resources and Environment, in co-operation with Biên Hoà Chemical Plant, have successfully collected all hydrochloric acid from a sunken ship in the Đồng Nai River.

A company in Hà Nội’s Hoàng Mai District has recently been found selling nitrous oxide, known as laughing gas used to make “funky balls”, Tiền Phong (Vanguard) newspaper reported.

Police in the central province of Thừa Thiên-Huế on Monday afternoon announced the death of two Dutch nationals.

Bình Thuận Province’s natural disaster prevention and control steering board on Monday morning lifted offshore fishing ban as the tropical depression - remnants of the weakened Typhoon Toraji - has weakened.