Việt Nam News

Five young girls were found dead in a local river in the central province of Quảng Bình in a single day. The five victims drowned in two separate incidents on Thursday.

Việt Nam is working to develop a system of modern agricultural product supply centres to promote the consumption of farm produce, enhance food safety and hygiene and improve the competitive edge of Vietnamese goods.

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc has called on localities nationwide and ministries to actively implement the action month for drug prevention and control from June 1 to 30.

The Hà Nội Transport and Services Corporation (Transerco) will open a new bus route linking the suburban district of Hà Đông to Nội Bài international airport from next month.

Lào Cai Province’s mountainous district of Bát Xát on Saturday immerged in devastation a four schoolgirls drowned in a local stream.

Thousands of fishing boats can not go fishing offshore due to the new regulations of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) on fishing in coastal provinces and cities.

Deputies were speaking during a discussion on land issues since the Law on Land came into effect from 2013.

The HCM City High-Level People’s Court on Monday (May 27) resumed the appeals trial of a case involving Đông Á Bank (DAB), which incurred losses of more than VNĐ3.6 trillion (US$154 million).

Northern localities are forecast to suffer heavy rains beginning Monday night, with rainfall expected to reach 200mm within a 24-hour period in some provinces, according to the National Hydro-Meteorological Forecast Centre.

Inspectors of the People’s Committee of Bình Thuận Province recently concluded that municipal officials erred in land management.

The elevated railway line was supposed to begin commercial operations three years ago and it is still unclear when it will open, but city officials are already preparing to integrate it into Ha Noi’s public transport system

The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) has instructed localities hit by African swine fever (ASF) to detect whether there has been fraud designed to take advantage of the Government's financial support for farmers whose pigs were infected and to deter further violations.

Stricter preventative measures are needed to combat the spread of African Swine Fever (ASF) in Việt Nam's southern provinces, especially in the Mekong Delta, which is highly susceptible to the disease, experts said at a conference in HCM City on Saturday.

The Việt Nam Maritime Search and Rescue Centre said it rescued 17 fishermen from a fishing ship that had developed mechanical problems last Saturday.   

Tuổi Trẻ (Youth) Newspaper and the National Traffic Safety Committee are organising the "Civilization Trip" campaign to appeal to all local residents to restore traffic safety, order and civilized behaviour on public streets.

Nearly 1,500 people on May 25 joined The Steps Challenge 2019 hosted by Saigon Children’s Charity (Saigonchildren), in partnership with CapitaLand Vietnam, to raise funds for people with autism.

Developing global citizens has increasingly become a focus at tertiary, secondary and even primary levels of education, Prof Richmond Stroupe of Soka University in Japan said at an international TESOL conference in HCM City yesterday.

Việt Nam will be the first country in South East Asia to implement the Sustainable Health in Procurement Project (SHiPP), UNDP Việt Nam Resident Representative Caitlin Wiesen announced on Friday.