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Prime Minister orders urgent flood response as storm threat looms

Heroin traffickers busted in Điện Biên

Police on Tuesday night arrested a man who was trading the heroin in Tin Tốc village, Mường Tùng Commune, Mường Chà District.

Nearly 300 citizens brought home from Russia

Vietnamese authorities, representative agencies in Russia and national flag carrier Vietnam Airlines have worked together with Russian agencies to bring nearly 300 Vietnamese citizens home on Wednesday and Thursday.

Microfinance helps rural women start businesses

With a loan of VNĐ4 million (US$172) for 100 weeks, Luyến and her husband opened a jute bag making workshop – a goal that they had had for years but were unable to realise due to a lack of finance.

High-tech shrimp breeding yields high profits

More farmers, co-operatives and companies in the southern province of Bà Rịa – Vũng Tàu are seeing much higher profits by using advanced farming techniques to breed shrimp.

A high-school student successfully extracts calcium from tuna bones

A high-school student has discovered a simple way of extracting calcium from tuna bones. Trịnh Hoàng Long hopes his method to collect the calcium which can be used as a good source of nutrition.

HCM City promises support for workers laid off due to pandemic

The HCM City Department of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs would take whatever measures are needed in the second half of the year to safeguard workers’ incomes and jobs, which have been affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, Lê Minh Tấn, its director, has promised.

Bình Phước to promote socio-economic development

Bình Phước Province should develop high-quality human resources, ensure social security and welfare while protecting the forest, natural resources and environment and better responding to climate change, a top politician has said.

No new cases of COVID-19 in Việt Nam on Thursday morning

Two more COVID-19 patients recover, hundreds of returnees complete quarantine

Two more COVID-19 patients in Việt Nam have recovered on Wednesday at Bà Rịa-Vũng Tàu General Hospital, according to the National Standing Committee on COVID-19 Prevention and Control.

VN reports no new cases of COVID-19 on Wednesday evening

PM asks hospitals in Tây Nguyên to strengthen fight against diphtheria

The Prime Minister has requested relevant ministries, city and provincial people’s committees, especially in the Central Highlands, to strengthen the prevention of diphtheria, amid an outbreak of the disease.

Collection from Hạ Long Bay’s entrance fees used for infrastructure investment

More than VNĐ2.5 trillion (US$108.7 million) sourced from the State budget, private donors and Hạ Long Bay’s entrance fees will be invested this year in building 57 new pieces of infrastructure in the northern coastal city of Hạ Long.

Long An speeds up disbursement of public funds for infrastructure projects

The Mekong Delta province of Long An is speeding up disbursement of public funds to ensure the construction progress of infrastructure projects.

Lights given to encourage ethnic minority students go to school

UNESCO in Việt Nam and Signify Foundation in Việt Nam have provided solar lighting systems and portable solar lamps to more than 5,000 students at 16 secondary schools in remote, disadvantaged areas in three provinces of Hà Giang, Ninh Thuận and Sóc Trăng.