Việt Nam News

UNICEF and partners are organising a new challenge calling on young innovators in HCM City and surrounding provinces to design solutions that will improve skills and training for young people, and empower them to take actions on issues that affect them.

Eleven individuals and businesses were yesterday conferred the 2018 I-Star Award and a cash prize of VNĐ50 million (US$2,140) for their creativity, innovation and services rendered to the community.

A campaign promoting non-violent education was launched in Hà Nội yesterday.

Gender equality worldwide has generally improved as women find more opportunities to participate in society. However, there is still work to do to reach true equality.

After working the fields of science and technology for more than two decades, award-winning Dr Nguyễn Thị Thanh Nhàn knows only too well the so-called smart city system is nothing new.

In a small and remote commune in central Quảng Ngãi Province,  many households have more than six children. All of these households are living in poverty, leaving children impoverished and often absent from classes.

The Biên Hòa City Economic Police on Friday in the predawn hours discovered dozens of people on three ships illegally sucking and transporting sand on the Đồng Nai River. 

A woman’s role often involves a delicate balance between family and work responsibilties, resembling a circus performer’s talking on a tightrope, a top Google Việt Nam official said during a recent discussion with employees of Nestlé Việt Nam at its local office.

Two hundred teachers and administrators from senior high-schools, colleges and universities in HCM City have met with Finnish experts to discuss the education model in Việt Nam.

More than 100 youths joined an event on Friday in which they added content to Wikipedia by writing new articles and editing existing ones with information on women profiles, experts and significant women as role models in different fields.  

Co-operation between farmers, co-operatives and enterprises in HCM City needs to be strengthened further, a seminar heard yesterday.

Scientists, especially women, are playing an important role in the sustainable development of each country, the region and the entire world, said Nguyễn Thị Thu Hà, chairwoman of Việt Nam Women’s Union.

The Government Inspectorate has urged HCM City People’s Committee to resolve residents’ complaints in the Thủ Thiêm New Urban Area by the end of this month.

Financial and tax experts agreed that Việt Nam's corporate tax is too generous which might lead to insufficient State budget, hurting its development programmes.

The central city of Đà Nẵng recently announced plans to build a flyover at the busy junction of the Trần Thị Lý Bridge and a two-tunnel project at another junction west of the Rồng (Dragon) bridge with total investment of VNĐ935 billion (US$41.3 million).

ASEAN countries have acknowledged the continuing threat from illicit drug production and trafficking  in the region, including challenges posed by new psychoactive substances, the Sixth ASEAN Ministerial Meeting on Drug Matters heard.

A number of start-up projects and models are being showcased at the two-day Technology Show and Start-up and Innovative Summit that opened in HCM City yesterday (October 18).

Many areas in Quảng Ngãi City are overrun by rubbish while residents await the completion of a new waste treatment plant.