Việt Nam News

Big infrastructure projects like hydropower plants are meant to make people’s lives better, but the opposite is true in Quảng Nam Province.

Rice productivity and profits have increased year after year since Tân Tiến Agricultural Co-operative in Mỹ Lộc Commune in Vĩnh Long Province switched to follow an organic farming system three years ago.

The southern province of Bình Dương is focusing on strengthening links between vocational training schools and companies and industrial parks to improve the quality of human resources.

 It has been 15 long years since the debate over the location of a single metro station beside the historic Hoàn Kiếm (Returned Sword) lake broke out, and the dispute seems unlikely to end soon.

Around 400 Vietnamese and international architects and master planners discussed smart-city strategies and solutions at the 2018 International Conference of Asian-Pacific Planning Societies which opened on August 24 in HCM City.

Illegal smuggling of waste into Việt Nam is getting more complicated as the southwestern border becomes a gateway of choice for traffickers, amidst fear of the country turning into a 'junkyard' following China's ban on imports of several types of scraps.

A national portal of pharmacies throughout Việt Nam was officially launched yesterday morning, in a bid to inhibit the sale of low quality drugs on the market and keep prices in check.

Rice farmers in Đồng Tháp Province, the largest lotus cultivation area in the Mekong Delta, have reaped high profits by planting lotus in their rice fields during the flood season.

Researchers and entrepreneurs were matched in the ‘Việt Nam Challenge for Our Environment’ launched Friday by the US Embassy in Hà Nội to devise innovative solutions for addressing environmental issues.

Bình Dương Province has decided to increase the number of students per class and reduce the number of day-boarder classes due to a shortage of schools.

Hà Nội’s Cát Linh – Hà Đông elevated railway is set to launch after a testing phase lasting between three to six months.

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc has signed a directive strengthening the management of activities related to drug supply and distribution.

 A lot of schools, healthcare centres and offices in several resettlement residential areas in the central province of Hà Tĩnh have been left unused for years since their completion, creating a huge waste of public budget resources.

Three former customs officers in Đà Nẵng City were sentenced to jail on Thursday for irresponsibility that allowed smuggled timber to slip through the border.

The Ministry of Public Security will account for public security and order issues surrounding debt collection activities, according to a draft revised decree from the finance ministry.

Over 3,000 people in Việt Nam fell victim to human trafficking between 2012 and 2017, with most cases involving cross-border trafficking.

Renewable energy projects are facing challenges in licensing, financing options, and agreements with local project owners, experts said at a seminar held in HCM City on August 23.

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc chaired a meeting on Thursday on housing assistance for people affected by flash floods and landslides nationwide, stressing that helping the victims to rebuild their homes is an urgent task.