Power supplier keeps lights on

Đà Nẵng Power Company will continue providing electricity to operate Hải Vân Tunnel despite the tunnel manager’s failure to pay power bills since last month, the power company’s director Ngô Tân Cư confirmed on Monday.

ASEAN steps up energy cooperation

ASEAN countries will step up cooperation and share resources to ensure energy security through expanding power grid connectivity and developing renewable energies.

Online gambling ring trial set for November

The People’s Court  of the northern province of Phú Thọ announced on October 29 that it would be holding the first instance trial on November 12 for 92 people accused of involvement in a major online gambling ring.

Higher ed administrators get int’l training

Leaders and senior officers at 13 universities and four colleges are participating in a training course on “Internal Quality Assurance for Higher Education Institution in Việt Nam” which opened on Monday in HCM City.

Open-top buses fail to attract tourists

The number of passengers using open-top tour buses in the capital was averaging about only 7 per trip each day, according to a report by the Hà Nội Transport Company (Transerco).

Construction on bridge still not finished

The Ministry of Transport on Friday asked the Hòa Bình Province People’s Committee to immediately build a road leading to the bridge across the Rộc Stream to help local residents travel across the stream safely, especially during flood season.

Raising awareness on grassroots healthcare for ethnic minority people in Lai Châu

Hoang Thèn Commune is amongst the poorest communes of Phong Thổ District in the northern mountainous province of Lai Châu. The majority of the population is ethnic minority people with low education level and little familiarity with modern medicine. The local health officials would frequently need to visit the villages in the commune to disseminate information on the Government's expanded vaccination programme, maternal healthcare and infectious diseases. — VNA/VNS Photo Công Tuyền

Hanoians want to remove old public loudspeakers

More than 70 per cent of Hanoians agree that the public loudspeakers used to communicate Government messages should be scrapped, according to the results of a recent survey conducted by the Hà Nội People’s Committee.

Tea pork farm makes a big hit in Ninh Bình

Under ancient tea trees at the foot of Sắng Mountain in Gia Viễn District, the northern province of Ninh Bình, lays a picturesque farm, where hundreds of pigs find home.

Floods damage 2,000ha of rice in Mekong Delta

The annual flooding in the Mekong Delta has damaged more than 2,000ha of rice this year, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development’s Directorate of Water Resources.

Residents long for Khánh Sơn dump’s closure

For the last 28 years, people from Hòa Khánh Nam Ward in the central city of Đà Nẵng have longed for the closure of Khánh Sơn landfill due to the severe pollution caused by the site.

Yutu storm to hit South China Sea (East Sea)

Super typhoon Yutu, with wind speed of up to 200km per hour, was heading for the South China Sea (East Sea) on Saturday morning, the National Centre for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting reported.

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