The residents of Commune 7, Trần Hưng Đạo District, who haven’t had clean water for more than 40 years despite living near the city centre, will enjoy tap water for the first time before the Tết (Lunar New Year) holiday.

Food safety inspection forces will be deployed in nine cities and provinces from July 1, deputy minister of health Trường Quốc Cường announced at a Wednesday conference on food safety, Thanh niên (Young people) newspaper reports.

Ten outstanding young people of Hà Nội of 2018 were honoured in a ceremony held on Tuesday evening at the Lý Thái Tổ Statue in Hoàn Kiếm District.

Many rice farmers in the Mekong Delta province of Tiền Giang have rotated rice with other crops, resorted to intercropping or switched to other crops to improve their income, according to the province’s Department of Agriculture and Rural Development.

The Việt Nam National University HCM City (VNU-HCM) has petitioned the National Assembly’s Finance and Budget Committee for more funds to expand and seek to achieve international standards.

Deputy Prime Minister Trịnh Đình Dũng has requested the northern province of Sơn La’s People Committee submit a pre-feasibility study for the Hòa Bình-Mộc Châu Expressway project to the Prime Minister for approval.

Quality healthcare services at the public Bình Dân Hospital in HCM City’s District 3 is now being offered to people in the LGBT community.

HCM City will focus on shifting agricultural production to key crops and livestock to raise average production value and farmers’ incomes, Nguyễn Phước Trung, director of the city’s Agriculture and Rural Development Department, has said.

Accessing markets is the biggest challenge for enterprises who invest in science and technology to create national products, meaning the Government needs to support these enterprises in market access, advertising and protecting their trademarks, heard participants at a meeting in Hà Nội on Wednesday.