From dusk till dawn, roaming districts of Giồng Tôm and Ba Tri in the Mekong Delta province of Bến Tre, are dozens of tractors delivering freshwater to local households.

Drastic measures are needed to sustain the fight against trade fraud and smuggling of goods into Việt Nam from Cambodia, speakers told a conference in HCM City yesterday (Mar 5).

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc has urged all ministries, sectors and localities to not be subjective and remain vigilant against the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19).

Flowers and ornamental trees grown in Hồng Vân Commune, Hà Nội’s Thường Tín District, have become not only farming products but also tourism ones. Farms, roads and houses in the suburban area are also destinations for visitors.

Dr Trần Phương Thảo, a 35-year-old lecturer at pharmaceutical chemistry faculty of the Hà Nội University of Pharmacy, is working on a drug to inhibit the agents that cause the degenerative disease.

Việt Nam should use part of its sizeable VNĐ67 trillion (US$2.9 billion) unemployment insurance fund to train workers in professional skills.

The central city’s Technology Science College under the Đà Nẵng University has started the first training course for aviation engineering in the central and central highlands region, supplying human resources for the manufacturing of components in the near future.