Việt Nam News

Police in Hà Nội on Tuesday launched an official investigation into drug use following the tragic deaths of seven young people at a music festival that shocked the country.

Construction work on eastern section of the North-South Expressway will start next year, and is scheduled to finish by 2021, the Ministry of Transport (MoT) announced yesterday.

Saigon Children’s Charity CIO raised US$216,224 for disadvantaged children through the Saigon Summer Ball it held last Saturday (September 15) in HCM City.

The American Chamber of Commerce in Việt Nam will award 60 scholarships valued at VNĐ12 million (US$515) each to students from 18 leading universities in HCM City and Bình Dương Province.

HCM City Open University and Australia’s Flinders University are jointly providing an International Credit Transfer Programme that allows students to study 1.5 years at HCM City Open University and two years in Australia for a bachelor’s degree at Flinders.

The HCM City Department of Natural Resources and Environment has submitted a proposal to the city’s People’s Committee seek domestic and foreign investors for a waste-burning power project.

The central province of Thừa Thiên-Huế is having a headache removing illegal residents from the citadel’s walls located in its municipal city of Huế.

Ministry of Transport and Hải Phòng City People’s Committee on Monday launched a pilot programme on passenger transportation on route Hải Phòng – Hà Nội – Kunming, aiming to promote the cross-border route between Việt Nam and China.

HCM City People’s Committee is calling for investment in administrative and simulation centres that would forecast socio-economic strategies as part of a smart urban area project being carried out from 2017 to 2025.

Farmers in the Mekong Delta province of An Giang have bred giant river prawns on 74ha so far this year, up 40.6 per cent against the same period last year, according to the province’s Department of Agriculture and Rural Development.

With a pick on his shoulder, Đinh Văn Vật, 71, strolled towards the Bua River to visit his family’s rice field.

The theme of environmental auditing that Việt Nam has chosen for the Asian Organisation of Supreme Auditing Institutions (ASOSAI) as it hosts the event has received unanimous approval from the member states and showcased the Vietnamese Government’s commitment to sustainable development.

Torrential rain is still forecast for northern regions of Việt Nam today, although super typhoon Mangkhut weakened into a tropical low-pressure system and made landfall in China’s Quangxi Province yesterday morning.

A number of businesses have been fined for violations related to the production of medicines, according to the Ministry of Health’s Drug Administration of Việt Nam.

Police from the northern province of Lai Châu on Monday decided to start legal proceeding after an accident between a concrete mixer and a coach on National High No 4D through Tam Đường District which left 13 dead on Saturday.

Seven young adults have reportedly died of a drug overdose at a music festival in Hà Nội, an official announced on Monday morning.

Many workers in HCM City’s industrial parks and economic zones spend most of their “leisure” time taking in more work, seeking to earn extra cash to improve their difficult living and working conditions.

Experts argue that coding should be taught at high schools and become a larger part of the curriculum.