Việt Nam News

A total of 220 school students whose families were affected by floods and storms from Nghệ An to Quảng Ngãi Province received scholarships worth VNĐ2.2 billion (US$95,000) from the Việt Nam Central Disaster Prevention Support Fund (QPT) for continuing their education.

A total of 122 outstanding students from ethnic minority groups in 47 localities were honoured at a ceremony in Hà Nội on Tuesday.

The fire was largely brought under control after three fire trucks and dozens of firefighters were deployed to the site.

MSC Oliver, one of the world’s largest container ships, docked at the Cái Mép International Terminal (CMIT) in Bà Rịa - Vũng Tàu Province on Monday (December 28).

Three additional member universities of VNU-HCM universities will become autonomous next year, Dr Nguyễn Minh Tâm, the university’s vice chancellor, said at an annual meeting held on Tuesday.

Recently, maggots were found in the meals of students of one school in downtown Hà Nội, causing great public concern.

The Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta province of An Giang plans to establish at least 200 new agricultural co-operatives within the next five years.

Nguyễn Thị N, 39, had to be rushed to hospital when she was 36 weeks pregnant because her platelet level was just 5 grams per litre of blood (G/L) while the normal human platelet count ranges from 150-400 G/L.

Workers, especially in industrial zones, are encountering dual challenges amid the COVID-19 pandemic: keeping their job in uncertain times while continuing to demand that their rights and entitlements remain protected, the deputy head of Cooperation at the EU Delegation to Việt Nam said.

 After two months of transportation and installation, the last component of a tunnel boring machine (TBM) was scheduled to be placed at the S9 underground station of Metro Line No 3, Nhổn - Hanoi Train Station, yesterday.

A man in HCM City’s District 9 was confirmed this afternoon to be positive for COVID-19, the fourth among the group of six Vietnamese nationals sneaking into the country via the border on December 24.

Việt Nam is now home to about 6.4 million people with disabilities.

A 32-year-old woman in Đồng Tháp Province has become the third confirmed COVID-19 case in a group of six Vietnamese nationals entering the country illegally via the border with Cambodia.

Statistics from the Ministry of Health showed that the number of HIV carriers aged 15-16 rose three-fold from 2011 to 2019.

Lý Tà Dèn is on a mission to carry out sustainable planting and collection of natural medicinal herbs for processing into products to serve visitors to Đồng Văn rocky plateau.

Việt Nam has achieved its twin goal of containing the Covid-19 pandemic and reviving the economy, Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc told an online meeting with province and city authorities across the country yesterday (Dec 28).

A hotpot restaurant and a karaoke bar in HCM City were locked down Monday after a 23-year-old man tested positive for coronavirus, linked to a previously reported patient that entered Việt Nam illegally on December 24, as more close contacts across the southern region are being identified.