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Public security official highlights benefits of cybersecurity compliance

Việt Nam presents medical supplies to Myanmar

The medical supplies were handed over by Vietnamese Ambassador Lý Quốc Tuấn at Yangon International Airport on Thursday.

UpRace raises $129,104 for charities, scholarships

A charity race for the UpRace community raised more than VNĐ3 billion (US$129,104) for Newborns Vietnam, GreenViet, Vietseeds, and Operation Smile.

Digital skills for teachers, students must be prioritised: education minister

Teachers and students should have access to information technology (IT) to take full advantage of humanity’s knowledge, Minister of Education and Training Phùng Xuân Nhạ said on Thursday.

COVID-19: Deputy PM orders strict management of people coming from abroad

Deputy Prime Minister Vũ Đức Đam demanded serious compliance to the rules laid down of the management of people entering Việt Nam so as to prevent the transmission of coronavirus.

Report finds domestic violence the cause of more than 70 per cent of divorces

In 10 years, among nearly 1.4 million divorces, more than 1 million stemmed from domestic violence.

Đồng Tháp holds ceremony for first advanced rice farming project

The Đồng Tháp Province People’s Committee on Wednesday (October 14) held a ceremony to celebrate the province’s first advanced rice farming project that uses modern techniques in all production stages and uses irrigation water efficiently.

No new COVID-19 cases this morning

Sanitary pads donated to disadvantaged adolescent girls

More than 326,000 packets of Whisper sanitary pads, worth some US$280,000, have been given to ensure menstrual hygiene for 16,000 disadvantaged adolescent girls in the provinces of Quảng Trị, Quảng Nam and Quảng Ngãi.

Two imported cases of COVID-19 confirmed

Two imported cases of COVID-19 were confirmed on Thursday evening raising the total number of patients in Việt Nam to 1,124, said the Ministry of Health.

PM urges HCM City to aim high, become smart city, int’l financial hub in SE Asia

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc has urged HCM City to devise a long-term plan to turn the city into a smart city over the next five years and an international financial hub in Southeast Asia in the future.

HCM City trials new system to collect rubbish from water bodies

HCM City is piloting a new rubbish collection system in its rivers and canals that it says is more efficient.

Development of greenhouses threatening landscape in Đà Lạt

A rising number of greenhouses in Đà Lạt City and other surrounding areas is causing a headache for authorities due to the negative impacts they have on the climate and landscape of the famous tourist resort city.

Joint efforts needed to reduce natural disaster risks

Two new imported cases on Thursday

Thirteen bodies found near landslide as of 7pm

Thirteen bodies found near a landslide-hit hydropower plant in central Viet Nam are believed to be soldiers who had attempted to rescue workers trapped in the plant.

Police bust $435 million online betting ring

A large-scale online betting ring had been smashed by police in the central city after a five-month investigation, major general and director of the city’s Public Security Department Vũ Văn Viên said, adding that the total value of the betting ring was worth VNĐ10 trillion (US$435 million).