Việt Nam News

Vintech – an affiliate of Việt Nam’s leading conglomerate Vingroup – last week announced a US$4.5-million project on researching the Vietnamese genome.

The city’s water buses provided services to about 900,000 passengers in the first 11 months of the year, up by 155 per cent compared with the same period last year, according to the HCM City Department of Transport.

Tiên Hải, an island commune in Kiên Giang Province’s Hà Tiên City, plans to breed more spotted babylon snails, which are highly valuable.

Border guard forces in the northwestern province of Điện Biên on Saturday caught red-handed a man illegally transporting heroin in Nậm Kè Commune of Mường Nhé District.

A fire occurred yesterday noon at a warehouse in Vinh Market in Vinh City, the central province of Nghệ An.

Heavy rains over the weekend caused serious flooding across the central region with two people reportedly dead in Quảng Trị Province after being swept away.

More than 750 runners from 31 countries and territories joined a running event in Hà Nội yesterday as part of efforts to raise public awareness of protecting tigers from the risk of extinction.

The fourth industrial revolution is dramatically affecting labour markets around the world, including in Việt Nam, creating new kinds of jobs for which there will be expected shortages.

Da Nang has recently launched an artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot for public service to promote easy access to information on administrative procedure, traffic, healthcare, food safety, tourism and business registration.

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc has issues a directive on strengthening fire prevention and fighting and conducting fire safety checks at residential areas, urging ministries, sectors, and local administrations to strictly and effectively implement the Law on Fire Prevention and Fighting as well as directives in the field.

The HCM City People’s Council on December 7 approved many policies related to solutions for cultural and socio-economic development, especially for provisions covered by National Assembly Resolution No 54 for “piloting a special mechanism and policy for the development of the city.”

The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (MONRE) recently proposed a draft decree on remote sensing activities.

Some of Ha Noi’s top schools are finding it difficult to fill their classrooms, according to Tiền Phong (Vanguard) newspaper.

Many benefactors have helped make Hải Đăng’s dream of having a robot arm a reality.

The southernmost province of Cà Mau has encouraged farmers to raise shrimp and grow more rice and other crops under Vietnamese Good Agricultural Practices (VietGAP) to increase profits.

13 workers were injured and one was missing in a boiler explosion yesterday noon at Cửu Long Steel Company in the northern coastal city of Hải Phòng.

Agriculture-based tourism is a new trend in Việt Nam and is playing an important role in building new-style rural areas, helping to improve income for citizens, according to a senior official.

The HCM City Steering Committee for Natural Disaster Prevention and Control has directed personnel to take measures to prevent flooding caused by high tides.