Việt Nam News

Two drivers of Hào Hưng Company were suffocated in the hold of a ship belonging to the Panama-based Uni Fortune firm just around midnight Sunday at Quy Nhơn Port in Quy Nhơn City, Bình Định Province.

The central province of Quảng Trị on Saturday inaugurated the Fidel Park to mark 45 years since Cuban leader Fidel Castro’s visit to the liberated region in southern Việt Nam in 1973.

Thirteen people were killed and three others severely injured after a concrete mixer truck crashed into a passenger car in the northern mountainous province of Lai Châu on September 15.

 The Vietnamese Government Office and the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) yesterday signed a Record of Discussion for a Project to Build Professional and Efficient State Operations for the Improvement of the Business Environment.

An international animal welfare charity has welcomed the news Hà Nội  is considering banning the consumption of dog meat in certain areas.

Life may be hard because of flooding, but hope arrives for the children of Chương Mỹ in the form of a boat, delivering books to youngsters to help cope with their sadness.

Hà Nội is eyeing fees on personal vehicles entering the city centre in an attempt to curb worsening traffic and pollution.

To encourage more students to travel by public transport, the HCM City Department of Education and Training (DET) has proposed the city offer free bus passes to all students.

A huge gap exists between curricula taught at universities and job requirements of enterprises, a university lecturer said at a workshop on cooperation between companies and universities, held in HCM City on Sept 14.

Eleven people were injured when a truck hit eight motorbikes on a stretch of National Route 91 in the southern province of An Giang.

Chợ Rẫy Hospital in HCM City will continue to deploy physicians and  specialists for medical assistance at Chợ Rẫy Phnom Penh Hospital in Cambodia, according to Nguyễn Trường Sơn, director of Chợ Rẫy Hospital.

Thousands of public investment projects had proceeded at a slow pace, causing financial waste and violating quality management, according to a report reviewing projects in 2017 by the Ministry of Planning and Investment.

Deputy Prime Minister Trương Hòa Bình has asked the Government Inspectorate (GI) to carry out a comprehensive inspection on land projects in the northern province of Bắc Giang, reported Vietnam News Agency.

Việt Nam has totally eliminated the use of chloroflourocarbons (CFC) and fulfilled its international obligations under the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer over the past 24 years.

A rapidly aging population and increasing rate of modern diseases are considered the biggest challenges to the healthcare sector of Southeast Asian nations, but technological innovations might offer a solution.

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc has ordered the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD), relevant agencies and localities to take prompt measures to prevent African swine fever reaching Việt Nam.

Colonel Nguyễn Văn Tảo, deputy director of Tiền Giang’s Police Department confirmed to online newspaper vietnamplus.vn that a bank robbery occurred on Thursday afternoon in Châu Thành District.

The North-South Highway will be around 2,100km long, run through 32 provinces and be built in three stages.