Việt Nam News

The Vietnamese Ministry of Defence’s Department of Peacekeeping Operations and the French Defence Attache Office in Việt Nam launched an exchange of medical expertise in Hà Nội on Monday for staff of the level 1 field hospital under the engineer corps of the Việt Nam United Nations Peacekeeping Mission.

One person died on the spot and four others were seriously injured after a car hit four motorbikes at about 6pm in HCM City’s Nguyễn Hữu Thọ Street, District 7, on Tuesday.

Twenty one Vietnamese nationals were discovered hiding in the back of a lorry attempting to smuggle into the United Kingdom.

The Mekong Delta province of Trà Vinh will spend VNĐ28 billion (US$1.2 million) to improve the productivity of farming households that breed livestock.

The southern province of Đồng Nai has decided to hand over 1,165 hectares of land for the first construction phase of Long Thành International Airport in early 2019.

To tackle the rampant food safety issues in Việt Nam, a national information database with real-time updates will be set up, according to Deputy Prime Minister Vũ Đức Đam.

Apart from trade and investment opportunities, experts said participation in the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) offers Việt Nam a chance to modernise its labour laws and industrial relations system to create sustainable jobs and bring practical benefits to workers.

Many colleges and universities are offering courses and college-level programmes in foreign languages, culture and academic subjects for students who plan to work abroad.

Three meetings on the responsible use of antibiotics were held across medical higher education institutions in Hà Nội and Hải Phòng to raise awareness of the issue amongst future doctors and nurses.

The two sections of the North-South high speed railway will be built first and expected to be up and running in 2032.

Hundreds of people from Bình Định’s Phù Mỹ District have refused to leave a camp set up in protest to a US$62 million solar project over fears of its environmental impacts.

Vietnam News Agency’s Vietnamplus online newspaper turned 10 today.

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc has ordered the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development to look into why pepper plantations have been dying off in the Central Highlands, the vietnamplus online newspaper reported on Tuesday.

Buddhists from Laos, Cambodia and Việt Nam gathered in Vientiane on Tuesday for the first Cambodia, Laos and Việt Nam Buddhist Leaders’ Conference, which aimed to strengthen co-operation in promoting Buddhism in the three countries.

Two people died and two more were seriously injured in a traffic accident on Tuesday morning in Sơn Mỹ Commune, Hàm Tân District, in the southern province of Bình Thuận.

The central district of Núi Thành in Quảng Nam Province, in co-operation with SolarBK Holdings, has commenced a pilot project to develop a solar power system for its off-shore fishing fleet to supply ‘green’ energy for use during long trips.

Việt Nam was focusing on preventive measures for the early detection and treatment of diseases, said Nguyễn Viết Tiến, deputy minister of health.

Central Highlands provinces would receive more than VNĐ103 trillion (US$4.4 billion) in ivestment to develop irrigation systems, according to a scheme which has been approved by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD).