Việt Nam News

As the world sets out an inspirational new development agenda and commits to reaching the Sustainable Development Goals, Việt Nam should envision a new model that addresses demographic ageing with economic and social growth and protects the elderly population’s rights.

Weak development plans and a lack of investment were the main reasons cited for the poor performance of Việt Nam’s public library system by a recent survey conducted by the National Assembly Committee on Culture, Education, Youth, Adolescents and Children.

Heavy rain and strong winds hit the province yesterday morning, blowing the roofs off 340 houses.

In response to reports of broken glass and concrete along Hà Nội’s Cát Linh-Hà Đông elevated railway, the Ministry of Transport on Thursday reassured the public that damage would be checked and fixed soon.

The pavement of about 100 streets in Hà Nội will be replaced with natural stones this year instead of conventional concrete bricks.

The Investigation Police Department on Drug-Related Crimes under the Ministry of Public Security has issued an urgent arrest warrant for the leader of a huge trans-national drug ring connected with 300kg of drugs recently seized by police.

Police in the northern province of Vĩnh Phúc have decided to launch criminal proceedings against a coach driver following a deadly crash in Trung Nguyên Commune on Wednesday.

Việt Nam has once again demanded China respect its sovereignty over the Hoàng Sa (Paracel) and Trường Sa (Spratly) archipelagoes in response to China’s live-fire drills and construction plans in Hoàng Sa.

Investment in improving and maintaining the inland waterway transport infrastructure network is a strategic priority recommended by the World Bank to better connect inland areas to seaports to facilitate export activities.

Hà Nội residents are worried about the bad air quality they have been experiencing in the city since the beginning of the year.

Huế authorities have announced plans to evacuate 4,200 families out of the citadel walls and buildings in an attempt to stop illegal lodging on relics.

The HCM City Department of Health on Thursday instructed the top public obstetrics and paediatrics hospitals to expand the training they provide doctors at lower-level health facilities including private hospitals.

Việt Nam’s qualification framework has helped establish relations between Vietnamese proficiency levels and other national qualification frameworks through the ASEAN qualification framework.

Siemens Vietnam has equipped with its mordern traffic control technology in Phạm Hùng-Mễ Trì intersection in Hà Nội.

The number of cases of measles and hand-foot-and mouth disease has decreased in Hà Nội, but the capital reported two more dengue fever and whooping cough cases over the past week, according to a report from the Department of Health.

Tolls would start being collected at the recently completed Cù Mông Tunnel from April 1, according to Đèo Cả Investment Stock Company, the project’s investor.

Coffee trees in Việt Nam are ageing and innovative technical solutions are needed to help farmers successfully replant them, a seminar, "Making use of plant protection products through drip irrigation system", heard in Đắc Lắc Province on Wednesday.

An inspection team on Thursday led by Phạm Khánh Phong Lan, the head of HCM City’s Food Safety Management Board, visited a safe-food market pilot model at Phú Lâm Market in District 6.