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Facing water shortages, farmers in the Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta province of Tiền Giang have grown corn on nearly 2,000ha of rice fields for the 2018-19 winter-spring crop.

Deputy Prime Minister Trịnh Đình Dũng yesterday asked the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development to complete a draft plan on measures to prevent the spread of African swine fever (ASF).

International and Vietnamese scholars and Buddhist dignitaries shared ideas on how Buddhism has adapted to Industry 4.0 and utilised digitalisation to preserve Buddhist values and promote the religion

Fifty-two individuals and groups in HCM City won prizes at the 28th Young Informatics Contest for students at all primary, secondary and high schools in the city on Sunday.

The achievements in the first stage of a project to turn HCM City into a smart city 2020 were listed by its People’s Committee at a conference on Sunday

The roads around 37 schools in HCM City’s districts 1, 5 and 6 will be modified by next year to ensure they are pedestrian-friendly and safe for their students under the Walk This Way programme.

In the midst of the anger over violations at a protection forest in Sóc Sơn District, Hà Nội, some 200 households in Minh Tân Village are at risk of being unfairly punished as authorities scramble to solve them problem.

Traffic on the North-South railway route has been at a standstill since Monday morning when a freight train derailed on a stretch in the northern province of Nam Định.

The Ministry of Transport has proposed the Government resume fee collection at the controversial Cai Lậy toll booth in Tiền Giang Province following a nearly-two year closure in response to protests.

Residents living nearby Bồ River in the central province of Thừa Thiên-Huế have erected a bamboo fence onto the riverbed to prevent the overexploitation of river sand by an authorised company.

Eight Vietnamese students participating in the Asian Physics Olympiad (APhO) 2019 in Australia all brought home prizes.

The demand for recruiting IT human resources is increasing in the digital era, leading to challenges attracting and retaining talented staff, Gaku Echizenya, CEO of the recruitment company Navigos Group, has said.

Six pilot schools in HCM City have ensured food-safety standards and teachers have become more aware of food-hygiene regulations, but schools still need to ensure quality meals and publication of food prices as well as the names of companies that make the food, the deputy director of the HCM City Department of Education and Training has said.

Traffic accidents, on average, still claim the lives of 21 people and injure 40 others each day

Resolutions to adjust public investments within the 2016-2020 period were passed at the 14th extraordinary session of HCM City’s People’s Council’s ninth term held on Saturday (May 11).

A city-level campaign on prevention and control of dengue fever to celebrate annual ASEAN Dengue Day (June 15) was launched by HCM City’s Department of Health on Saturday (May 11) at Bình Phú Park in District 6.

Police have arrested three Taiwanese suspects and one from China for illegally transporting 500kg of ketamine, one of the most expensive drugs on the illicit market.

National Assembly Chairwoman Nguyễn Thị Kim Ngân, Deputy Prime Minister Vũ Đức Đam and delegates kicked off the 2019 Humanitarian Month in Hà Nội on Saturday.