Việt Nam News

Farmers in the Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta are growing new flower and plant varieties such as five-fruit trees and rat-shaped plants for the upcoming Tết (Lunar New Year) festival, which falls on January 25 (Year of the Rat).

HCM City has invested extensively in smart healthcare development, with a focus on healthcare big data platform and the use of information technology in hospital management and expertise management, senior health sector leaders have said.

Schools with small libraries have set up outdoor libraries and the city Department of Education and Training has been organising an annual contest to develop the reading habit among students

More than VNĐ1.5 billion (US$65,200) was donated from enterprises and sponsors.

Each team will have at least five members, be equipped with tools and arms and travel around the province investigating crime.

The Ministry of Public Security on Sunday declared it had destroyed a ring smuggling herbal medicine of unclear origin in several different provinces and cities.

Transport infrastructure is vital, while agriculture, processing industry and tourism are foundations for social and economic development in northern midland and mountainous regions, Secretary of the Party Central Committee (PCC) Nguyễn Văn Bình has said.

Vũ Dương Thúy Ngà, director general of the Library Department, under the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, talks to Hà Nội Mới (New Hà Nội) newspaper about the legal obligation for libraries to share resources 

The end of 2019 and the coming Tết (Vietnamese Lunar New Year) are expected to witness more drug and fireworks smuggling cases through border gates in Tây Ninh.

HCM City seeks to attract foreign investment in smart urban projects and urban infrastructure, and looks forward to support from US businesses, a top city leader said.

Chief Representative of the UNESCO Office in Việt Nam Michael Croft presented a certificate recognising Hà Nội as an official member of the UNESCO’s Creative Cities Network to Chairman of the municipal People’s Committee Nguyễn Đức Chung at a ceremony in the capital on Friday.

The number of health insurance holders has exceeded the goal set by Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc of reaching 80 per cent of the population joining social insurance by the end of 2020.

Vehicles seized for traffic violations should be auctioned if the owner failed to come forward within 30 days instead of the current one year

A recent survey has found that 68 per cent of children between the ages of one and 14 had been on the receiving end of violence at the hands of their parents and relatives.

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc has urged the provincial government of Ca Mau to approve and start the construction of the Cần Thơ-Cà Mau expressway. 

A new way of breeding soft-shell turtles in cement tanks has offered high incomes for farmers in Xuyên Mộc District in the southern province of Bà Rịa - Vũng Tàu.

After five years of restructuring, agriculture in the southernmost province of Cà Mau is geared to adapt to climate change and exploit all the natural advantages available.

To make their produce competitive in the regional market, farmers in the Mekong Delta’s southeastern provinces have created brands for them and adopted new technologies.