Việt Nam News

A roller barrier has been installed as part of a pilot programme on Cun Slope on National Highway No 6 in northern Hoà Bình Province in an attempt to reduce the number of vehicles that overturn in collisions on the notorious stretch of road.

The National Institute of Hematology and Blood Transfusion has called on the community, especially those with type O blood, to donate blood in an effort to avoid a shortage during the upcoming Tết (Lunar new year) holiday.

A local agricultural and forestry company in Krông Pa District, the Central Highlands province of Gia Lai was reported to have damaged about 30,000sq.m of forest land.

A four-month-old baby in the Central Highlands province of Gia Lai was reported to have died after taking medicine prescribed by a local private clinic.

Women should be free to choose the job they want to do without being hindered by discriminations on the grounds of their gender or physical capabilities.

Sericulture has been expanding in Lâm Đồng Province, the country’s largest silk producer, as it offers farmers high incomes and gets incentives from authorities. 

Hà Nội plans to construct a pedestrian tunnel, worth about VNĐ80 billion (US$3.44 million), connecting Trần Nguyên Hãn Street and Chương Dương Độ Street in Hoàn Kiếm District.

Shrimp farming on sandy land has brought profits to the coastal central provinces over the years. But the unplanned and spontaneous expansion of this model is accompanied by the potential of severe negative impacts on economy and environment.

Logistics, considered a industry with huge contributions to the development of the economy, has not lived up to its potentials due to human resources shortage.

Dog owners have become much more aware of their responsibilities in Hà Nội’s Thanh Xuân District since authorities began catching stray dogs in September, the district’s people’s committee has said.

A rehearsal on responding to a nuclear radiation incident was held on Thursday at Dung Quất PTSC Port in the central province of Quảng Ngãi’s Bình Sơn District.

Hà Nội Sewage and Drainage Company One Member Co, Ltd has proposed using millions of cubic metres of water each year from the Hồng (Red) River to refresh the water supply in West Lake and Tô Lịch River.

HCM City transport authorities have announced plans to operate 92 additional buses on three routes during the four-day holiday from December 29 to January 1.

Việt Nam’s population sector faces numerous challenges, including different rates of fertility in different regions, severe gender imbalance, internal migration and population aging.

The number of patients infected with dengue fever has increased considerably in the central coastal province of Khánh Hòa in the final weeks of the year.

The HCM City People’s Court on Thursday sentenced Trần Phương Bình, former general director and vice chairman of Đông Á Bank’s (DAB) management board, to life in jail on the charges of “abusing power to appropriate assets”, and to 20 years in prison for “intentionally violating regulations on economic management, causing serious consequences”.

The central province of Quảng Nam’s waterway police have confiscated five boats along with specialised machines that were used to illegally suck sand from the Thu Bồn River.

The planting of genetically modified corn has been increasing the crops’ productivity, improving the income of farmers in northern Thái Nguyên Province and help reduce imports in the future, the provincial Sub-department of Plant Protection has said.