Việt Nam News

Nguyễn Mạnh Hùng, 40 from Quảng Ninh Province,  Nguyễn Mạnh Thắng, 33 from Hà Nam Province and Lê Xuân Lĩnh, 38, from Nghệ An Province have been detained pending further investigation.

A policy dialogue workshop titled 'Sustainable Sourcing of Benzoin Gum in the Northern Mountainous Region' was held on Friday in Lào Cai City, the northern mountainous province of Lào Cai.

Three more COVID-19 patients have made a full recovery and were released from the treatment facility of the National Hospital of Tropical Diseases on Monday morning.

Early Monday morning, floodwater swept away thousands of cubic metres of soil and rocks, burying Thái An Hydropower Plant in Quản Bạ District, Hà Giang Province.

An agreement on enhancing cooperation in the field of vocational education and training and skills development was signed on Monday in Hà Nội.

Global partnerships are needed to ensure food security amid the COVID-19 pandemic and address problems related to climate change, depleting natural resources and pollution, an international seminar on sustainable agriculture development heard in HCM City on Friday.

Lack of funds is the main reason for the slow progress of several major transportation works in HCM City, the city People’s Council heard at a session last week.

Bùi Ngọc Quý, of Hoàng Tiên Village, Chư Prông District, the Central Highlands province of Gia Lai, recently finished the 1,700km (about 1,056 miles) walk from HCM City to Hà Nội and raised nearly VNĐ135 million (US$5,830) to build classrooms for poor children in the northern mountainous province of Lai Châu.

The Directorate for Roads of Việt Nam (DRVN) was told to conduct inspections to detect and strictly handle violations of the law.

The Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta province of Bạc Liêu has decided to expand the cultivation of ST 24 and ST 25, two local rice varieties that rank among the world’s best, this year.

Air quality of northern provinces in April improved compared to the same period last year, according to the latest assessment by Việt Nam Environment Administration. 

Patient No 383 left Japan on June 16 and arrived in Việt Nam through the Hòn Gai Port in the coastal province of Quảng Ninh on June 23. He was isolated on his boat until July 6, when he was taken into quarantine at a local hotel.

A project organised training courses for local women, helping enhance their empowerment through planting hemp plants and weaving cloth.

The Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta province of Cà Mau is working hard to support local seafood businesses and achieve the year’s seafood export target of US$1.2 billion.