Việt Nam News

Forest fires have occurred in Sơn La, Điện Biên, Lai Châu and Bà Rịa Vũng Tàu provinces in recent days

A whirlwind ripped the roofs from 50 houses in Nghệ An Province, reported online newspaper vov.vn.

African swine fever has been successfully controlled in Ngọc Thụy Ward, Long Biên District and Phú Thị Commune, Gia Lâm District, according to Hà Nội Department of Agriculture and Rural Development.

Police in the northern province of Hải Dương on Sunday arrested two men from Hải Phòng for allegedly trading illegal explosive precursors and detonators.

A coach crashed into a car and a modified 3-wheeled vehicle in Ân Nghĩa Commune, in the northern province of Hòa Bình, on Sunday afternoon, killing two people.

Nguyễn Xuân Đại, deputy director of the Hà Nội Department for Agriculture and Rural Development, talks to Hà Nội mới (New Hà Nội) newspaper on the city’s achievements in international co-operation in agriculture in the last three years

Hundreds of clean water projects have been built in the Tây Nguyên (Central Highlands) recent years to serve people living in poor and remote areas.

The HCM City People’s Committee has instructed the city’s tourism sector and authorities of its five suburban districts to develop agri-tourism and other tourism services.

Two coast guard ships from Region 1 High Command left the northern port city of Hải Phòng yesterday, beginning a patrol to examine the enforcement of the Việt Nam-China agreement on fishery cooperation in the Gulf of Tonkin.

Mai Văn Tinh, former Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Vietnam Steel Corporation (VNSTEEL) and Đậu Văn Hùng, former General Director of VNSTEEL, were detained for investigations into their alleged legal violations in the second phase of the production expansion project of Thái Nguyên Steel and Iron Corporation (Tisco).

The body of a 35-year-old man who died in a rock-slide was recovered yesterday.

Last year, more than 27.5 tonnes of medical waste was discharged daily in the city including 8.4 tonnes of hazardous waste

The HCM City People’s Committee and Đồng Nai Province met on Thursday (April 18) to prepare for submission of a proposal to complete Cái Lái Bridge and a road which will connect District 2 in HCM City tod Nhơn Trạch District in Đồng Nai Province.

A three-year-old girl has died after a blaze broke out at a stilt house in the Central Highlands.

HCM City’s District 4 Police on Sunday started legal proceedings against Nguyễn Hữu Linh, 61, former deputy head of Đà Nẵng City People’s Procuracy for sexual abusing a child.

The HCM City police are prosecuting two Taiwanese and a Vietnamese they allegedly caught a week ago with more than a tonne of methamphetamine, the largest drug haul ever in the city.     

Despite rising social awareness of child sexual assaults, legal loopholes still exist which made it difficult to administer appropriate punishments for the crime.

Leaders from ministries of education in Southeast Asia and international educational experts discussed the latest teacher professional standards in Southeast Asia at the Regional Workshop on Southeast Asia Teachers Competency Framework, Teachers’ Satisfaction and Motivation in Southeast Asia that wrapped up on Friday in HCM City.