The Food Safety Management Board of HCM City conducted food safety inspections at Kim Biên Market (District 5) and Bình Tây Market (District 6) on Tuesday to ensure safety and hygiene for the upcoming Tết (Lunar New Year) holiday.

Education New Zealand (ENZ) on Thursday in HCM City signed a collaboration arrangement with the HCM City Department of Education and Training to further build an education partnership between New Zealand and the city.

More than 1,240 people in the central provinces of Khánh Hoà, Phú Yên and Quảng Nam who were victims of Storm Damrey in late 2017 have received support from a United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) project.

The south-central province of Ninh Thuận, which has the lowest amount of rainfall in the country, plans to switch from growing rice and certain other crops on nearly 1,200ha to drought-resistant crops and trees this year.

The Mekong Delta is one of the richest parts of Việt Nam, leading the country in rice, shrimp and other agricultural products.

Increased population growth has led to a lack of classrooms and failure to meet the national standard of 35 children or less per classroom at primary schools in HCM City, educational officials have said.

Hundreds of thousands of migrant workers in HCM City are concerned about the availability of bus tickets and rising prices for the Tết (Lunar New Year) holiday.

All provinces and cities in the country need to finish collecting data on local addresses by the end of January so that Việt Nam’s digital map project on map.itrithuc.vn can be operational by February.

Funds from the Government and organisations for research activities in the social sciences is lower than in other fields, which is limiting research efforts, according to Professor Nguyễn Thị Cành of University of Economics and Law under Việt Nam National University Ho Chi Minh City (VNU-HCM).