Việt Nam News

Torrential downpour caused by a tropical depression hit the coastal city of Nha Trang on Sunday, resulting in multiple deaths and damage to infrastructure.

Leaders of 21 Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) economies discussed how to promote free trade and regional economic integration on November 18 in Port Moresby of Papua New Guinea as the United States and China remain at odds over trade and other policies.

Provincial highways No 9, 15 and 8 in HCM City’s Củ Chi District will be upgraded, widened and repaired with the aim of reducing traffic jams in the city’s northwest gateway.

The National Committee for Traffic Safety has directed all expressway management units to tighten supervision in order to stop traffic safety violations.

The Ninh Thuận Province People’s Committee has chosen 12 products that will be developed and promoted in the 2018-20 period.

A new housing plan to 2020 that will improve city landscapes and quality of life for its residents has been approved by HCM City authorities.

Visitors to Laos won’t have any excuse for getting lost after a detailed map was created after a four-year partnership between the country and Việt Nam.

As Hà Nội has rapidly urbanised, many traditional markets have been replaced with supermarkets, convenience stores and trade centres.

The vice chairman of HCM City People’s Committee has urged agencies to follow guidance from the city’s Party Committee in building the country’s largest public square in the Thủ Thiêm new urban area.

About 50,000 people living with HIV in Việt Nam remain unidentified.

The Australian embassy organised a workshop in Hà Nội yesterday to close its 18-month “Integrating gender and social inclusion into agricultural value-chain research in Việt Nam” gender project.

Scar of Life 8, a charity auction and gala that raises funds for disadvantaged children with congenital heart defects, will be held at the French Consul General’s Residence and Garden in HCM City.

Representatives of NGOs, corporations, government agencies, and community plant harvester consortiums took part in TRAFFIC’s Green Growth workshop in Hà Nội on Thursday to discuss the economic and environmental benefits of sustainable sourcing.

Lê Thái Sơn, 31, from the northern province of Vĩnh Phúc, has been included on this year’s list of Innovators under 35 by MIT Technology Review for managing to increase optical fibre transmission by 50 per cent.

The Vietnam News Agency (VNA) and the central province of Quảng Trị signed an agreement on communication cooperation in Đông Hà City on Thursday.

Đà Nẵng will speed up the construction of key water plants – the Cầu Đỏ, Hòa Trung and Hòa Liên – in order to supply 250,000 cubic metres of clean water each day by 2019-2020.

Waste collection in Hà Nội remains a major problem for authorities and sanitation companies.

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc recently urged the Ministry of Transport to upgrade damaged build-operate-transfer (BOT) expressways as soon as possible to ensure the safety of people and vehicles.