Việt Nam News

The HCM City People’s Council has approved additional compensation for residents involved in the Thủ Thiêm land dispute.

The Republic of Korea General Consulate in HCM City and the Korean Business Association in the southern province of Bình Dương presented 219 scholarships worth more than VNĐ700 million (US$30,400) to poor students with outstanding academic performance on Monday. 

The Transport Ministry plans to promote IT and digital advancements in traffic management, and improve quality in training, testing and issuing driving licences, as well as in the operation of safety management systems in civil aviation.

Taiwan and Japan are expected to remain the top destinations for Vietnamese workers this year with 90 per cent of all overseas employees working there.

Three hybrid operating rooms, the first of its kind in Việt Nam, have been officially put into use at Hà Nội’s Thanh Nhàn Hospital.

Residents in Kỳ Tân Commune in the central Hà Tĩnh Province have blocked garbage trucks gaining access to the local waste treatment plant, to protest against the dump.

The Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta province of Bạc Liêu has 26 large-scale rice fields with a combined area of 50,000ha, according to its Department of Agriculture and Rural Development.

Only 12.3 per cent of Vietnamese businesses have regular cooperation with vocational schools, making it difficult to improve the country’s vocational education and solve unemployment.

Working in the scorching heat of the summer, Công Đình Nguyên, a medical worker in Hà Nội’s Đống Đa District, removes the chemical tank from his back to rest for a while.

The National Start-up Festival for students took place in the Hà Nội University of Science and Technology on Saturday.

Member universities of the Việt Nam National University- Hồ Chí Minh City should seek financial autonomy, which is indispensable to their development, Deputy Prime Minister Vương Đình Huệ has said.

An annual conference was held in Hà Nội on Saturday to honour its 10 outstanding citizens for 2019 on the occasion of the 65th anniversary of the liberation of the capital city (October 10, 1954-October 10, 2019).

The Bắc Từ Liêm District Police on Saturday began legal proceedings against two men for murder and robbing properties.

The Ministry of Transport (MoT) has asked Hà Nội's People’s Committee to close all cafés along the railway line between Điện Biên Phủ and Phùng Hưng streets.

Proper zoning and more investment for processing are among the measures needed to develop sustainable production of dragon fruit in the country, experts have said. 

Crimes related to drug dealing and trafficking had been on the rise in HCM City in recent years, said Đinh Thanh Nhàn, deputy head of HCMC Police.

The 63 members of the first level-two field hospital will return next month to Việt Nam after completing their duties in South Sudan, according to the Việt Nam Department of Peacekeeping Operations.

Budget carrier Vietjet will team up with the Việt Nam Youth Federation to start a journey called “I love my Fatherland” 2019, a press conference heard in the capital city on Thursday.