Việt Nam News

Nearly 40 young ASEAN leaders, including three from Việt Nam, gathered in Singapore last week to exchange ideas as well as discuss issues and opportunities to collaborate for sustainable partnerships in the region.

Monsoon winds are forecasted to hit the northern region on Saturday, lowering temperatures of northern localities by three to ten degrees Celsius, according to the National Center for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting.

The HCM City Traffic Safety Management Board has instructed relevant district agencies to find and punish encroachment of roads and pavements.

Farmers' incomes in the Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta have risen as a result of membership in agricultural co-operatives, but the effectiveness of the groups is still limited, experts have said. 

It was a Sunday morning at Hương Lan Pagoda in Đông Sơn Commune, about 25km to the southwest of Hà Nội. The students at the special weekend class sat in a small converted classroom in the pagoda. It was usually used as a lobby but the head monk decided it would be a a comfortable place for children to study.

The 6.2-km Hải Vân Road Tunnel 2 – the longest road tunnel in Southeast Asia, connecting the central province of Thừa Thiên Huế and Đà Nẵng City, is very near completion after the final section was excavated.

HCM City’s People’s Court sentenced seven men and one woman to death for heroin and methamphetamime trafficking on Monday.

The HCM City People’s Council has approved additional compensation for residents involved in the Thủ Thiêm land dispute.

The Republic of Korea General Consulate in HCM City and the Korean Business Association in the southern province of Bình Dương presented 219 scholarships worth more than VNĐ700 million (US$30,400) to poor students with outstanding academic performance on Monday. 

The Transport Ministry plans to promote IT and digital advancements in traffic management, and improve quality in training, testing and issuing driving licences, as well as in the operation of safety management systems in civil aviation.

Taiwan and Japan are expected to remain the top destinations for Vietnamese workers this year with 90 per cent of all overseas employees working there.

Three hybrid operating rooms, the first of its kind in Việt Nam, have been officially put into use at Hà Nội’s Thanh Nhàn Hospital.

Residents in Kỳ Tân Commune in the central Hà Tĩnh Province have blocked garbage trucks gaining access to the local waste treatment plant, to protest against the dump.

The Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta province of Bạc Liêu has 26 large-scale rice fields with a combined area of 50,000ha, according to its Department of Agriculture and Rural Development.

Only 12.3 per cent of Vietnamese businesses have regular cooperation with vocational schools, making it difficult to improve the country’s vocational education and solve unemployment.

Working in the scorching heat of the summer, Công Đình Nguyên, a medical worker in Hà Nội’s Đống Đa District, removes the chemical tank from his back to rest for a while.

The National Start-up Festival for students took place in the Hà Nội University of Science and Technology on Saturday.

Member universities of the Việt Nam National University- Hồ Chí Minh City should seek financial autonomy, which is indispensable to their development, Deputy Prime Minister Vương Đình Huệ has said.