Giant river prawn farmers with more than one pond in the Mekong Delta province of Trà Vinh increased their incomes by staggering the release of prawn fry into their ponds through the last breeding season to ensure there was no oversupply and prices remained high.

In the heart of buzzing HCM City is a small group of young people teaching English to hearing-impaired students. They are part of the Hear.Us.Now (HUN) community project that offers education access to English language, computer science and life skills training.

Việt Nam has improved its water supply infrastructure and made it easier to access clean water in both urban and rural areas over recent decades, said Minister of Natural Resources and Environment Trần Hồng Hà.

Farmers in Tiền Giang Province’s Tân Phú Đông District have turned nearly 500ha of low-yielding rice paddies into lemongrass and soursop farms because of saltwater intrusion and drought.

As many as 399 districts across Việt Nam have been identified as high risk areas for the outbreak of bird flu while another 314 districts are at low risk, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD).

Minister of Transport Nguyễn Văn Thể has instructed the State-owned Airports Corporation of Việt Nam to complete the feasibility study for Long Thành Airport and submit by May 30.

 A new joint visa application centre for Belgium, Germany and Italy in Đà Nẵng was officially launched yesterday.

Long-standing violations in the use and management of Sóc Sơn District’s protection forest land have been blamed on the lax management of local authorities, the Hà Nội inspectorate recently concluded.

Japan’s Chiba Mode Business College (CMB), Eikoh Seisakusho, Sewing Box and Mabuchi Motor, in co-operation with Đà Nẵng-based Đông Á College and Kibi International University, have inked an agreement on human resource training and job practice to provide manpower for the Japanese market.