Việt Nam News

A cooperation agreement on the implementation of the campaign “Ending physical violence against children at home and in school” for the 2018-22 period was signed on Friday in Hà Nội.

Việt Nam can no longer rely on the increasingly scarce natural resources to drive its growth and must seek to improve its ‘internal strengths’ by pursuing science, technology and innovation (STI).

Police in Bố Trạch District in central Quảng Bình Province have started legal proceedings against six more people involved in a deforestation case at Phong Nha-Kẻ Bàng National Park.

Pre-term births are the leading cause of global under-5 child mortality, as well as short- and long-term morbidities such as sepsis, retinopathy of prematurity, and neurodevelopment impairment, Dr Jane Hirst of Oxford University said at a conference held in HCM City yesterday (May 16).

Vietnamese firms should take advantage of the international Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) system to increase the value of their brand names and protect their intellectual property rights, experts have urged.

A leading development expert says Việt Nam needs a multi-dimensional review taking opinions from many sectors to ensure a smooth social economic strategy for the future.

The Ministry of Finance plans to develop an electronic trading system for public assets, deputy minister Trần Xuân Hà announced on Thursday.

Ten years ago, the Vietnamese Government sought to uplift disadvantaged ethnic minority groups in the mountainous region northwest of the country by pushing for development of rubber industry.

The Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) on promoting inclusive socio-economic development in Asia and Europe opened a conference in the central province of Khánh Hòa on Thursday, attracting over 180 delegates from 53 ASEM member states, regional and international organisations.

The Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta province of Tiền Giang will continue to exhort farmers in flood-prone areas to grow crops based on zoning plans to ensure sustainable development, according to its Department of Agriculture and Rural Development.

An exhibition entitled “Simple and noble examples” kicked off on Wednesday at the Hồ Chí Minh Museum in Hà Nội.

The man, only known as Artern, Ukrainian nationality, was reunited with the money later

Nearly 90 per cent of Việt Nam’s population is under health insurance coverage

The Metro Line No. 1 project linking Bến Thành Market in District 1 to Suối Tiên Tourism Park in District 9 is expected to be completed in 2020, but plans for ancillary infrastructure have yet to be finalised.

Heartbeat Vietnam, VinaCapital Foundation’s health care programme, has funded 7,000 life-saving heart operations for disadvantaged children with congenital heart defects in Việt Nam after 12 years of operation.

Nguyễn Tất Thắng, director of Bố Trạch District’s General Hospital, said the fishermen may have inhaled methane, sulfur gas or cyanide

The pavement narrowing and street expansion plan is part of the efforts of the city’s Transport Department to curb traffic congestion

In front of the Na Ngoi Border Station in Kỳ Sơn District, the central province of Nghệ An, sits a simple wooden wardrobe filled with used clothing.