Việt Nam News

Two students from the HCM City University of Economics and Finance have made biodegradable products from potato starch in an effort to reduce the use of single-use plastic items.

Training the workforce and helping reskill low-skilled workers are important tasks in preparing for the rapid technological development during the fourth industrial revolution, experts have said.

Representatives of 15 Asian cities signed a Hà Nội Declaration on the realisation of smart cities and Hà Nội Addendum to the Kyoto Declaration to promote environmentally sustainable transport.

HIV/AIDS patients have been encouraged to buy health insurance to reduce their treatment costs.

At least six people were injured and hundreds of houses were destroyed as Typhoon Matmo barrelled across central and south central provinces from Quảng Ngãi to Khánh Hoà on Wednesday.

The Vinmec Research Institute of Stem Cell and Gene Technology reported six new mutated genes found in autistic children as part of a study on identifying gene mutations in children with autism in Việt Nam.

A 110kV power line in the Central Highlands province of Kon Tum was integrated into the electricity grid system on Wednesday, bringing a stable source of power to more than 47,000 people.

The Đồng Nai Party Executive Committee has voted unanimously to expell Phạm Văn Sáng, former director of Đồng Nai Province’s Department of Science and Technology for his violations on three agricultural projects, resulting in serious losses to the State budget.

The Market Watch Department of Cần Thơ City have fined a local company VNĐ62 million (US$2,685) for producing fake cosmestics. Tens of thousands of fake products have been seized.

Police officers have defused a tense hostage situation at the iconic Landmark 81 building in HCM City, VnExpress online newspaper reported.

Police in central Hà Tĩnh Province have started investigating services which offer to send labourers overseas to work or stay illegally.

Vietnam Electricity (EVN) said on October 30 that it has signed a credit agreement for a solar power plant project with the French Development Agency (AFD).

Urbanisation in rural areas has caused many traditional craft villages to shrink over the years.

Going to a vocational school was long deemed an unthinkable idea for many Vietnamese parents that wanted their kids to go to university, but now, young adults are standing up to defy the old-fashioned notion.

Teacher Ngô Văn Thiệu collects lollipop sticks, old electrical wires, bottle caps, used straws and other discarded materials to make models that demonstrate scientific theories in his physics classes.

A three-day festival to celebrate the special friendship between Việt Nam and Laos will be officially launched on November 15 in the central province of Nghệ An.

As of October 26, 2019, more than 275,000 enterprises registered to operate in the city. 

Doctors at the Huế Central Hospital in Thừa Thiên-Huế Province have recently performed a successful liver transplant on a patient with a tumour and hepatitis B.