500 poor families helped to build new houses

Some 500 disadvantaged families in the central provinces of Quảng Nam, Quảng Ngãi, Bình Định, Phú Yên and Khánh Hoà have received financial aid worth a total of VNĐ25 billion (US$1.07 million) to build their own houses.

IT conference focuses on Industry 4.0

The Fourth Industrial Revolution (Industry 4.0) is the focus of the 21st National Conference on Electronics, Communications, and Information Technology (REV-ECIT), which opened in Hà Nội yesterday.

Bình Thuận expands area under VietGAP-quality dragon fruit

In Bình Thuận Province, the country’s largest dragon fruit producer, more than 10,000ha of the fruit are being grown to Vietnamese good agricultural practice (VietGAP) standards, 500ha more than last year, according to the Dragon Fruit Research and Development Centre.

Final resting place

A ceremony was held by authorities in the northern province of Điện Biên yesterday to repatriate the remains of 30 Vietnamese voluntary soldiers and experts who died on duty in Laos during wartime.

Vinh City International Airport to be expanded

The Airports Corporation of Việt Nam (ACV) has submitted a proposal on the expansion of Vinh City International Airport in the central province of Nghệ An to the Ministry of Transport, reports  Vietnam News Agency.

VN’s second field hospital launched

A new field hospital was established in Hà Nội on Thursday, aiming to train Vietnamese military medical officers to prepare for a UN peacekeeping mission in South Sudan.

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