Việt Nam News

The Ministry of Health has asked the northern province of Phú Thọ to conduct HIV/AIDS tests free of charge for local people in Kim Thượng Commune and those living in surrounding areas.

Hardly anyone in Tân Phú Đông Island does not know about the story of Lieutenant Colonel Nguyễn Thái Dũng.

The People’s Committee of HCM City has approved an adjusted construction plan for the ZV-9 area bordered by Ngô Thời Nhiệm, Nguyễn Thông, Sư Thiện Chiếu and Bà Huyện Thanh Quan streets.

Provinces in the Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta region are taking steps to protect households and crops from flooding as water levels are expected to rise quickly in the next few days, according to the National Centre for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting.

The HCM City tourism sector needs to provide better inputs to the government and improve marketing and promotion to maximise the city’s tourism potential, experts have said.

A competition for inventors with the theme “Innovative Technology for Daily Life” was launched today in Hà Nội.

Police in the northern mountainous province of Điện Biên have officially opened an investigation after a 54-year-old man killed a couple in Mường Thanh Ward on Wednesday morning before killing himself.

Vietnamese and Japanese experts shared their experiences in fire safety and evacuation at an international workshop in Hà Nội on Thursday.

Typhoon Bebinca, the fourth storm to form in the East Sea this year, had gained in strength as it approached northern and central provinces on Thursday morning.

Three hundred more coaches and buses would be put into service for the upcoming National Day holiday on September 2, according to a representative of the Hà Nội Bus Station Company.

They are but the tip of the iceberg and, according to the country's tax authorities, a very large one at that. 

The education sector in Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta provinces are preparing for the new school year, investing in and upgrading infrastructure and building new facilities, especially at boarding schools for ethnic minorities.

Hà Nội yesterday announced a decision to grant clemency to 34 prisoners who are serving sentences at the city’s detention centres.

The Plant Protection Department under Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development will ban the use of glyphosate, an active ingredient in many weed killers when there is enough evidence proving the herbicide has impacts on human health, said Hoàng Trung, head of the department.

The Mekong Delta province of Sóc Trăng has huge potential to grow organic rice, including the lucrative ST24 variety, according to the province Department of Science and Technology.

It’s a busy time of year for bee hunters with just a little over a month left to collect honey.

The Hải Phòng Market Watch, in co-ordination with the municipal police, on Tuesday discovered nearly two tonnes of cosmetics with unclear origin, said Đào Văn Long, deputy director of the Hải Phòng Market Watch.

HCM City appellate court maintained prison sentences for seven defendants while accepted appeals and reduced sentences for the remaining three.