Việt Nam’s first contingent to participate in a UN peacekeeping mission left HCM City for South Sudan on October 2 on Australia’s largest military transport aircraft.

The Ministry of Transport has asked agencies to mobilise VNĐ25 trillion (US$1.07 billion) in funding to expand Tân Sơn Nhất International Airport in HCM City’s Tân Bình District. 

Young people aged 18 to 28 experienced green tourism with experts from the Gaia Nature Conservation Centre and Bidoup Núi Bà National Park at a five-day eco camp at the park in the Central Highlands province of Lâm Đồng.

The Advanced International JSC (AIC Group) of Việt Nam has won the “World’s Best Smart National Concept and Model” award at the Global Smart Cities Contest 2018.

Illegal sand exploitation along the Hồng (Red) River during the rainy season has caused land erosion, affecting the lives of residents living on the riverbank, reported online newspaper vov.vn.

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 Karaoke clubs and discotheques will be allowed to stay open two hours later under a new proposal introduced by the Ministry of Culture Sports and Tourism, which would extend closing time from midnight until 2 am.

The Ministry of Information and Communications (MoIC) has suggested lifting a controversial requirement for mobile phone users to register their photos in a stunning policy turnaround just six months after the regulation was put into force.

A bridge over the Hồng (Red) River connecting Việt Trì in the northern province of Phú Thọ with Hà Nội’s Bà Vì District will be opened on Sunday, after three years of construction.

The Ministry of Health on Monday afternoon asked local authorities and hospitals nationwide to strengthen preventive measures to control the spread of hand-foot-mouth disease.

Responding to population aging should be a priority issue and require timely measures to prepare for more older people in the coming years.

HCM City’s economy needs to pick up pace to achieve this year’s growth targets, a meeting held yesterday to review socio-economic development in the first nine months heard.

Bình Phước Province’s agricultural officials are helping cashew farmers learn new cultivation techniques because of losses incurred in recent years due to pests and inclement weather.

 Traffic Police Department under Ministry of Public Security has considered proposing a demerit point system to tighten disciplines over driving offences.

Some seniors in Việt Nam are proving age is just a number and continue to work well into their twilight years.

The Mekong delta province of Trà Vinh will make every effort to achieve its economic growth target of 12 per cent this year, the Secretary of its Party committee, Trần Trí Dũng, has said.

Hà Nội police on Monday announced that it has launched an official investigation into an alleged parking racket that might involve tens of billions đồng at the city’s biggest wholesale market of Long Biên.

The headquarter buildings of Hà Nội Party committees, people’s councils and people’s committees at commune/ward and district levels must follow design standards in terms of area and height, said the municipal People’s Committee Chairman Nguyễn Đức Chung.