Việt Nam News

The Việt Nam Railways Corporation is set to submit an ambitious plan to the Government regarding railway infrastructure exploitation.

Deputy Prime Minister Trịnh Đình Dũng on Tuesday set the final deadline to start running the long-delayed Cát Linh-Hà Đông urban railway line of no later than 2019.

More than 300 volunteers including athletes, officials, students and locals from the central city of Đà Nẵng took part in a marathon yesterday to call for stronger public awareness of preventing child trafficking and sexual abuse.

The Việt Nam Digital Map Data Platform (Vmap) and the Humanitarian Information System (iNhandao) were launched at a ceremony on Tuesday in Hà Nội.

Nguyễn Minh Hùng, former general director of Việt Nam Pharma Joint Stock Company (VN Pharma), was sentenced yesterday (Oct 1) to 17 years in prison by the HCM City People's Court for importing fake medicine for cancer treatment.

Funding for the work came from the provincial budget and local people.

A court in Hà Nội has ruled in favour of FLC Group in a lawsuit against online Giáo dục Việt Nam (Viet Nam Education) newspaper.

The Selfwing Việt Nam Company has opened an outdoor physical education and agricultural science skills space for kids in Cẩm Lệ District.

Less than 20 per cent of cooperatives are financially independent while access to credit and capital remains limited, accounting for under 1 per cent.

Provincial authorities in the southern province of Đồng Nai have asked the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment to make compiling environmental impact assessments mandatory for quarry complexes in the province before they can operate.

Việt Nam is one of the countries with the fastest population aging in Asia. The transition period from the population aging period to the aged population is about 17-20 years

A Hà Nội court has decided to adjourn a hearing regarding an illegal surrogacy ring due to the absence of some key participants.

The Southern Regional Hydro-Meteorological Center has announced that river tides in HCM City and the Mekong Delta region reached flood warning level 3 on Monday and Tuesday.   

The two allegedly stabbed S. to death and stole his motorbike and mobile phone.

Embankments made of natural materials to prevent erosion along rivers and canals have proved so effective in Hậu Giang that the province plans to expand the model.

The water level in the Mekong River and its tributaries is rising and is forecast to reach its peak on October 1-2, according to the National Centre for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting.

A workshop themed “Youth Action for Climate” was launched on Friday in the central city of Đà Nẵng to develop active and constructive engagement in climate action.

AirVisual, an international air quality monitoring facility that generates data from public, ground-based and real-time monitoring stations, recorded on Monday that Hà Nội continued to be the most polluted city in the world with the Air Quality Index (AQI) exceeding the red-warning level.