Việt Nam News

The HCM City's People Committee has approved a plan to increase the use of information technology in 2021-25 as it seeks to develop e-governance and improve its information security.

STEM is an approach to learning and development that integrates science, technology, engineering and mathematics.

The HCM City People’s Committee has instructed districts to address problems and carry out measures to ensure fire prevention and safety at production establishments, apartment buildings, schools, hospitals and other buildings by October.

This is the first report of H5N8 poultry-to-human infection despite the virus having been circulating in poultry and wild birds since 2016. All seven human cases were asymptomatic.

Authorities in Hớn Quản District in the southern province of Bình Phước are warning buyers to be careful about land transactions, saying the proposed airport in the district, which has not been approved, has caused a “price bubble”.

Authorities in the Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta have stepped up measures to prevent forest fires as the region enters the peak dry season.

The HCM City Power Cooperation (EVNHCMC) plans to build more power projects and expand the city’s backup electricity grid system.

VN reports six new community cases on Thursday evening, all in Hải Dương Province, the country's current hotspot of COVID-19. Also on Thursday, 22 patients are reported to recover from the virus.

Doctor Trần Như Dương, Deputy Director of the National Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology, head of the special task force of the Ministry of Health sent to Hải Dương Province in the past month, talks to the Vietnam News Agency about the task force's work and what to expect in the coming months in the fight against COVID-19

Seven-year-old L.X.H, the youngest-ever heart transplant recipient in Việt Nam, has been discharged from hospital, according to the Hà Nội-based Việt Đức Hospital.

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc has said the Vietnam Bank for Social Policies (VBSP) plays a significant role in the country’s poverty alleviation efforts.

Nguyễn Văn Hữu, Chairman of the People’s Committee of Quang Thọ ward in Ba Đồn Town, said local authorities worked with residents to bury the decomposing whale, measuring 7-8m in length, immediately after finding the carcass on Tuesday.

Saltwater intrusion in the Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta will continue to increase in March and April, according to the National Centre for Hydro-Meteorology Forecasting.

Delegates at the forum agreed to establish a network of men and boys participating in the promotion of gender equality and the elimination of gender-based violence in Việt Nam.

HCM City is likely to meet the year’s target for budget revenue of VNĐ365 trillion (US$15.86 billion) assigned by the central government, a city official said at an online Government meeting yesterday (Mar 2).

Việt Nam’s COVID-19 vaccination will begin right after the health ministry receives an accreditation certificate from the Republic of Korea (RoK) for the COVID-19 vaccine batch that arrived on February 24, which is due later this week or early next week.

Linh Thị Hồng is admired by her teachers and peers alike at Ngọc Thanh C Elementary School in Vĩnh Phúc Province for her dedication to her studies and boundless optimism.