Việt Nam News

While officials in Vinh City attributed the worst flooding in the city’s history to excessive rainfall, local residents said a lack of adequate drainage and rapid urbanisation were the main causes of the inundation, Người Lao Động (Labourer) newspaper reported.

The village, 20km northwest of the city, along with La Hường Village in Cẩm Lệ District, is one of two major sources of green vegetables for the city.

A new bridge and tunnel at An Phú intersection in HCM City's District 2 are expected to reduce traffic congestion in the area. 

Agricultural co-operatives, companies and other partners in Cà Mau Province have worked together to produce benefits for stakeholders, especially farmers.

Police of northern mountainous province of Lào Cai arrested two drug traffickers and seized 8,000 tablets of synthetic drugs.

Lý Đình Vũ, one of three people involving in the oil dumping, gave himself up to the police, Tuổi Trẻ (Youth) newspaper reported on Sunday.

The Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta Province of Bạc Liêu will maximise the potential and capacity of the province to develop the renewable energy industry, according to  Dương Thành Trung, chairman of the provincial People Committee.

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc highlighted that there is no such thing as the end for the building new-style rural areas programme while addressing a national conference held in the northern province of Nam Định on Saturday.

The installation of greenhouses for vegetable and flower farming in Đà Lạt should be strictly regulated to reduce their impact on the environment and landscapes, experts have said.

Though the number of people getting breast cancer is increasing every year, it is one cancer that can be treated effectively and completely cured if detected early, a doctor from HCM City’s City International Hospital told a seminar on Saturday (October 19).

Officials are checking a cargo ship which sank on Saturday to make sure no oil has leaked into the water.

Hospitals need to help with quality assessment of medical laboratories to facilitate their accreditation, a requirement for mutual recognition of results by hospitals, health officials have said.

Việt Nam has recorded gender equality achievements in political and economic sectors since the Law on Gender Equality took effect.

The ship’s captain tried to reach Cù Lao Chàm Island but the vessel sank some 900m from Bãi Hương coast.

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc attended the opening of an exhibition on 10-year achievements in new-style rural area building in the northern province of Nam Định on Friday.

The construction of Long Thành International Airport must be started by early 2021, Deputy Prime Minister Trịnh Đình Dũng said during a visit to its site on Wednesday (16 October).

More than 600 participants, including 200 foreign experts, will attend the third Smart City Summit in Đà Nẵng City on October 24.

A safe produce fair to promote transparency in food production will be held at An Cư Apartment in District 2 on October 20 by the Association of Food Transparency and organic food producer and distributor Organica.