Việt Nam News

The capacity of fire rescue and prevention services in provinces and cities should be considered among criteria to assess local competitiveness, said Deputy Prime Minister Trịnh Đình Dũng.

The south-central province of Ninh Thuận, the country’s largest animal producer, is strengthening measures to breed more sheep, goats, pigs and other animals for commercial production.

A contactless payment system for public transport in HCM City could save costs and increase customer satisfaction, experts said at a conference on modern payments systems for public transit today.

Craft villages face a shortage of labour as young workers tend to leave their hometowns, seeking city jobs rather than staying and doing traditional work.

A total of over 3.5 million students have gained access to loans to cover their tuition fees thanks to a Government credit programme, according to the Vietnam Bank for Social Policies.

Việt Nam-Japan University and the Japanese aviation group ANA on Friday inked a deal to establish co-operation in human resource training for the industrial sector.

The HCM City Disability Research and Capacity Development (DRD) Centre raised funds of more than VNĐ500 million (US$21,443) for the Người Bạn Dồng Hành Scholarship for university students with disabilities who have financial difficulties.

Construction on Europlast Long An solar energy plant began on September 21 in Mỹ Thạnh Bắc Commune in Long An Province’s Đức Huệ District.

Objects suspected to be human skulls were found at the scene of a recent massive fire in Hà Nội, police announced on Friday evening.

The municipal People’s Committee organised a press conference yesterday morning to take responsibility and apologise to local residents about the situation in the Thủ Thiêm New Urban Area.

Police on Friday detained two people allegedly involved in the deaths of seven people at a weekend music festival in Hà Nội.

Deputy Prime Minister Trịnh Đình Dũng has requested the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment strengthen inspections on environmental protection in mineral mining.

The Mekong Delta Province of An Giang aims to reduce the number of poor households this year to 3.9 per cent.

Soldiers of the Military Staff Board in Bình Phước Province’s Bù Đốp District and members of the HCM Communist Youth Union in the district’s Hưng Phước border commune have made hundreds of lanterns for children on the occasion of the Mid-Autumn Festival, or Full Moon Festival, falling on September 24.

Việt Nam has managed to stamp out most diseases among cattle and poultry, according to the Department of Animal Health (DAH) under the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development.

A pilot programme to use smart cards on the bus rapid transit (BRT) system in Hà Nội will be launched in October.

More than 27,000 female workers have been provided information about sexual and reproductive healthcare and family planning as the result of the Business Partnership Platform (BPP) funded by the Australian government.

The Natural Disaster Prevention and Search and Rescue Service Committee in the southernmost province of Cà Mau has called for help in the search for six missing fishermen.