MoNRE gets nod on material dumping on Bình Thuận Sea

The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment has officially granted permission to a steel company to dump more than 15.3 million cubic metres of material into the sea area off the coast of central Bình Thuận Province.

African swine fever spreading

Deputy Prime Minister Trịnh Đình Dũng has asked the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD), relevant agencies and local authorities to urgently implement measures to prevent the spread of African swine fever.

City unable to get vehicles off roads

Though HCM City stopped licensing self-modified three- and four-wheeled vehicles 10 years ago, a large number of them remain in use in the city for goods delivery.

 

Over 1,350 killed in traffic accidents in two months

Traffic accidents have left more than 1,350 dead and nearly 2,200 injured in the first two months of this year, according to a report by the Ministry of Public Security and the Việt Nam Maritime Administration.

New standards to improve preschool quality

The Ministry of Education and Training’s new national professional standards for kindergarten teachers and principals will act as a base to rebuild training programmes at universities and colleges of education.

Cà Mau develops new agricultural models

The Mekong Delta province of Cà Mau has developed models that apply advanced farming techniques and increase co-operation among stakeholders in production and consumption.

NA Chairwoman greets medical sector on doctors’ day

National Assembly (NA) Chairwoman Nguyễn Thị Kim Ngân extended her best wishes to the staff of medical sector on the occasion of the 64th anniversary of Vietnamese Doctors’ Day (February 27) during a ceremony at the National Hospital of Traditional Medicine in Hà Nội. 

The summit's picture perfect moments through the lens

Vietnam News Agency photographers captured picture perfect moments on the sidelines of the ongoing second summit between US President Donald Trump and Democratic People's Republic of Korea chairman Kim Jong Un

Irrigation projects funded by $2.7b in ODA

Twenty-two projects involved in irrigation, disaster prevention and clean water supplies had effectively used more than US$2.7 billion in official development assistant (ODA) over the last 25 years.

Bắc Ninh goes up in smoke

A fire broke out at a shopping mall in Từ Sơn Town in the northern province of Bắc Ninh on Wednesday morning, causing widespread panic.

More deep water data needed

Deep underwater surveys will help develop Việt Nam’s fishing industry. That was the message from Nguyễn Quang Hùng, Deputy Director of the Directorate of Fisheries, who acknowledges the country was lacking in deep water and ecosystem data.

 

PM celebrates contribution of healthcare sector

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc on Tuesday applauded the silent contributions of doctors and health workers from central to grassroots levels to public healthcare on the occasion of Vietnamese Doctors’ Day (February 27).

The 1982 UNCLOS – a tool to solve maritime conflicts

An ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF) on the application of the 1982 United Nations Convention on Law of the Sea – UNCLOS and related UN legal documents was organised in Việt Nam’s central coastal province of Nha Trang yesterday.

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