Việt Nam News

Việt Nam’s economy continues to perform well, propelled by the sustained global recovery and continued domestic reforms, according to a new World Bank report.

The Ministry of Public Security has called on local police forces to strengthen the fight against robberies at banks, banking transaction centres and gold shops.

Construction will begin next year on a 200km section of the Dầu Giây- Liên Khương Expressway project, with total investment of VNĐ65 trillion (US$2.78 million).

Hundreds of tonnes of garlic in Khánh Hòa Province is in danger of rotting, as a lack of demand has forced farmers to put their crops in storage.

A proposal to build a sewer system into Kim Ngưu River, one of the most polluted in the city, has been objected by some senior architects.

Nguyễn Văn Lý, deputy director general of the Việt Nam Bank for Social Policy, speaks to the newspaper Nông thôn Ngày nay (Countryside Today) about the challenges the bank has faced over the last five months implementing the Government Decree 100/2015 on the National Social Housing Program

More than 100 vocational training establishments in HCM City got the chance to learn from British experts at a seminar held on October 4 in the city.

The country generates large quantities of shrimp by-products from which high-value products can be made, but their potential has not been exploited since neither State-owned agencies nor private players have bothered to invest enough in research or processing, experts have said.

Provincial highway No. 35, connecting  Hà Nội’ Sóc Sơn and Mê Linh districts, has been seriously damaged due to the burden of hundreds of heavy trucks travelling day and night, reported online newspaper baotintuc.vn.

More efforts and investment are needed to eliminate the risk of rabies in the country, said Dr Phạm Văn Đông, Director General of the Department of Animal Health today at a meeting marking World Rabies Day with the theme Rabies: Share the message, Save a Life.  

Thirty-four people were arrested after police busted an interprovincial gambling ring hidden in a chicken farm in Ninh Bình Province, local police said on Thursday.

As much as 257 ha of protected forest in Ninh Tây Commune, in the central province of Khánh Hòa, was illegally handed over to an individual to develop a goat farm and build a house in March.

High tides and waves have caused serious disruption to dozens of households in the south-central province of Phú Yên over the last two days.

The restructuring of agricultural production in the Mekong Delta province of Sóc Trăng has helped farmers adapt to climate change, produce hi-tech products, and earn higher incomes.

HCM City's Department of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs plans to submit a report to the city’s People’s Committee on the best ways to protect children and help them live in a safe, healthy and inclusive environment.

 Việt Nam should be an ambitious and demanding participant in international climate negotiations, recommended experts at Wednesday’s pre-COP24 Workshop hosted by the NGO Climate Change Working Group (CCWG) in collaboration with Friedrich-Ebert Stiftung Vietnam and the World Wildlife Fund.

The reoccurance of virus Enterovirus 71 (EV71), a common cause of life-threatening illnesses for hand-foot-mouth (HFMD)-infected patients, has made the disease dangerous and could easily spread into an outbreak, health experts have said.

Many senior people want to relax and spend more time with their family as they get older but some elderly in Thanh Hóa Province’s  mountainous district of Quan Sơn are proving that they play bigger role in the society.