The Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta province of Kiên Giang needs to spend more than VNĐ1.6 trillion (US$69 million) to solve erosion along coastal areas, according to its Department of Agriculture and Rural Development.
Việt Nam is attempting to reduce marine accidents and better ensure marine safety to develop the maritime economy.
The Hà Nội People’s Committee yesterday opened to traffic a section connecting Cầu Giấy District’s Mai Dịch Ward and the southern end of Thăng Long Bridge to celebrate the 65th anniversary of the city’s liberation.
Two people have been arrested trying to smuggle 100,000 methamphetamine pills into Việt Nam.
A new hotel is being planned in Quy Nhơn City, the south-central coastal province of Bình Định in place of other establishments that are obstructing views.
The Central Highlands province of Kon Tum has recorded its first death due to dengue fever this year, the provincial Centre for Disease Control announced.
Three innovation projects with funding totaling more than AUD1.6 million (US$1.1 million) allocated by Innovation Partnership Grants, part of the Australian Government’s Aus4Innovation programme, were announced on Wednesday in Hà Nội.
The Ministry of Public Security started legal proceedings against Nguyễn Thị Thu Thủy, former director of HCM City’s State-run House Trade Management Ltd Company for her violations related to a land lot project in the city’s downtown districts.
The Angels Initiative, a programme by healthcare company Boehringer Ingelheim in partnership with the European Stroke Organisation and the World Stroke Organisation, is seeking to increase the number of hospitals providing stroke care.
Heading north from HCM City, a van carrying the Vietnamese doctors arrived at the border gate with Cambodia.
The People’s Committee of northern Vĩnh Phúc Province’s Tam Đảo District has asked the provincial authority to revoke the land which has been used illegally by Thích Thanh Toàn, a Buddhist monk who reportedly requested sexual favours from a female journalist.
Dr Trần Công Thắng, director of the Institute of Policy and Strategy for Agriculture and Rural Development, speaks to Countryside Today newspaper about Việt Nam's efforts to promote local products in international markets.
Land subsidence is worsening in the Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta, and experts told a seminar in Cần Thơ City that over-exploitation of groundwater is one of the factors causing it.
The HCM City Department of Natural Resources and Environment has warned about pollution in the Sài Gòn and Đồng Nai Rivers and said the city water supply utility should ensure the water it supplies residents is safe.
While positive results have been achieved in the implementation of collective model, there’s still limitation in its development, said Võ Thành Thống, Deputy Minister of Planning and Investment.
Huỳnh Việt Trung, a farmer in the Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta province of Sóc Trăng, earns hundreds of millions of đồng each year from guava trees that he planted in acid soils.
At the age of 87, People’s Artist Lê Thu is not that interested in growing old peacefully, she's more concerned about staying healthy so she can help other people.
Trần Nguyên Đán, an insurance and financial risks management lecturer from HCM City University of Economics, talks to Tuổi Trẻ newspaper on inconsistencies in current insurance regulations.
