Việt Nam News

Heavy rain has submerged more than 5,000 houses and destroyed nearly 3,000ha of vegetables in the central province of Nghệ An, reported vietnamplus.vn.

The revised Labour Code is expected to be submitted to the National Assembly for approval this month. However, major changes to the law are still under discussion in an attempt to ensure gender equality and enhance the development of female workers.

Deputy Prime Minister of the Government and Chairman of the National Traffic Safety Committee Trương Hoà Bình yesterday said alcohol and drugs are to blame for many serious traffic accidents this year.

Construction of HCM City's second waste-to-energy plant began on Thursday at the Tây Solid Waste Treatment Complex in Củ Chi District.

In Việt Nam, one in three children under five is either undernourished or overweight, while worldwide, an alarmingly high number of children are suffering the consequences of poor diets and a food system that is failing them.

Lê Kim Anh, chairwoman of the Hà Nội Women’s Union, praised the women's efforts, creativity and talent, saying they had enriched themselves and the community.

A variety of solutions to improve recruitment and incentive policies for teachers were proposed by representatives from 24 districts at a recent conference on education universalisation and illiteracy eradication in HCM City, according to a report in Sài Gòn Giải Phóng (Liberated Sài Gòn) newspaper.

Thirty-two educators and government officials from seven countries in Southeast Asia are participating in a capacity-building workshop on fostering global citizenship for sustainable communities in Southeast Asia that opened on Tuesday in HCM City.

The area for rice farming in the Mekong Delta and Southeast Việt Nam should be reduced for the upcoming winter-spring rice season to lessen the negative impact of saline intrusion, according to the Department of Crop Production.

Central Nghệ An Province’s Health Department on Wednesday concluded that the cause of death for newborn twin girls after receiving a vaccine for hepatitis B, was congenital metabolic disorders.

A deal has been reached to move residents living near Nam Sơn Waste Treatment Complex and Nam Sơn rubbish dump.

The law for prevention and control of alcohol related harm will help prevent and minimise the negative consequences of alcohol use and promote healthy lifestyles in Việt Nam, participants heard at a workshop on Wednesday in Hà Nội.

Conservationist Trang Nguyễn and co-founder of the Will to Live Center Nguyễn Thị Vân were honoured by the British public service broadcaster.

VNĐ980 billion (US$42.14 million) has been poured into a water supply project in Hải Lăng District, the Central province of Quảng Trị, the Vietnam News Agency has reported.

The Ministry of Education and Training on October 14 launched a programme to develop an environment for teachers and students to take the initiative in the use of foreign languages, especially English, at school.

Up to 30 per cent of people living in Tuyên Quang Province’s Minh Quang Commune carry genes causing inherited blood disorder thalassemia, the National Institute of Haematology and Blood Transfusion (NIHBT) has announced.

Prolonged rains have flooded many streets in Vinh City and caused traffic chaos.

Hà Nội has advised residents not to use tap water sourced from the Đà River for cooking and drinking after high levels of styrene were discovered.