Việt Nam News

Have you ever tried eating tomatoes like other kinds of fruit such as apples or grapes instead of just using it for cooking or making salads?

Nearly 1,000 people including about 300 visually-impaired runners set off around Hoàn Kiếm Lake yesterday morning on the “Run With Me-2gether 2018” event.

HCM City has great potential for smart-city development but lags far behind other Asian smart cities, according to a study issued by the HCM City-based University of Economics. 

The number of HIV/AIDS cases in Việt Nam continued to be under control this year, with a reduction in new incidences of HIV/AIDS and mortality from AIDS, according to the Ministry of Health.

The HCM City Hematology and Blood Transfusion Hospital has asked the city’s People’s Committee to set a higher quota for blood donations in all districts to resolve the shortage of stored blood.

People buy products at the “Sunflower Festival 2018” in HCM City’s Đầm Sen Park yesterday in support of child cancer patients. The festival is part of the “Thúy’s Dream” programme set up by Tuổi trẻ (Youth) newspaper ten years ago.

Vietnam Railways (VNR) has warned passengers about fake websites offering train tickets for two or three times the cost of authentic fares.

The Hà Nội People’s Committee decided to maintain operation of four major bus stations in the inner city: Gia Lâm, Mỹ Đình, Giáp Bát and Nước Ngầm. The city’s Department of Transport had previously planned to switch the stations into car parks and inner-city bus interchanges by 2020.

The National Action Month against HIV/AIDS 2018 was launched at a ceremony in HCM City on December 1 with the participation of Minister of Health Nguyễn Thị Kim Tiến and nearly 2,000 representatives of students, armed forces and mass organisations.

Delegates at a conference of the Việt Kiều (Overseas Vietnamese) community in HCM City has asked the city authorities for a radical renovation of teaching and learning method, aiming to promote higher education in HCM City.

A delegation of eight Australian organisations representing State and Territory education, as well as curriculum authorities and schools, yesterday spoke about their activities at the Australia-Vietnam School Partnership Showcase.

Vietnamese and foreign start-up businesses have the same challenges and opportunities, as Việt Nam has an open policy for innovative foreign start-ups investing in the country.

Three ethnic Khmer handicraft villages in Trà Vinh Province’s Trà Cú District have expanded over the last four years due to high demand and support from local authorities.

Over the last five years, there were 19,300 donors that were brain dead or had no heartbeat, the National Coordination Centre for Organ Transplantation (NCCOT) reported.

Manufacturing's growth potential is bringing both opportunities and challenges for the labour market, recruitment experts have said.

Chong Ngai Fong (centre), 48, of Malaysian nationality, and his six accomplices yesterday were sentenced to a total of 48 years of imprisonment, after a four-day trial

Two former police chiefs who backed a nationwide online gambling ring worth trillions have been sentenced to years in prison for abusing their power.

The People’s Court in the northern province of Hà Nam on Friday handed down nine death penalties, three life sentences and up to 21 years in prison to members of a drug trafficking ring.