Việt Nam News

The Việt Nam Golden Book of Innovation 2018, which gathers outstanding innovative projects and solutions in science-technology, made its debut in Hà Nội on Thursday.

Investing in irrigation works was an effective task  in the combat fighting the circumstance of rapid land desertification in the southern province of Bình Thuận.

Heavy downpours and floods in northern mountainous and Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta regions over the past days have wreaked havoc. As rain is forecasted to continue in the coming days, flash floods and landslides are predicted, according to the National Centre for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting.

The People’s Committee of Đà Nẵng City has announced that at least 24 old apartment buildings will be removed in the period of 2018-19.

Police on Wednesday launched legal proceeding against directors and personnel at three companies in Ninh Bình province and HCM City for alleged involvement in the illegal importation of scrap.

The Agriculture and Rural Department in the central province of Quảng Bình on Wednesday confirmed violations relating to job promotions for two officials at its irrigation division.

Hundreds of 20-50 year old pine trees have been illegally cut down or poisoned with chemicals in the Central Highland province of Lâm Đồng.

The Mekong Delta province of Bến Tre’s socio-economic development in the first half of the party committee’s five-year term (from 2016-21) showed that it had reached 50 per cent of 10 of its 13 targets.

The People’s Procuracy of central province of Bình Thuận Province on Wednesday approved the launch of criminal proceedings against 17 people involved in disturbances of social order at the provincial People’s Committee headquarter in June this year.

Police in the northern province of Sơn La on Wednesday arrested two siblings residing in Lóng Sập Commune, Mộc Châu District trafficking 18 bricks of heroin.

 A Canadian province announced on Wednesday it will sue more than 40 opioid drug manufacturers, wholesalers and distributors to recoup health care costs incurred in the overdose deaths of thousands of people

Train travel is falling behind other forms of transport, as passengers are choosing air and roads ahead of the tracks.

Provinces in low-lying areas in the Mekong Delta are at risk of heavy flooding due to water from upstream coupled with quickly rising tides, especially in Kiên Giang, An Giang, Đồng Tháp and Long An provinces.

In an effort to prevent taxis from driving around to pick up passengers and causing traffic congestion, at the beginning of this month the HCM City authorities launched a pilot programme placing five taxi stands at five locations in the downtown area of District 1.

The southern provinces of Tây Ninh and Bình Dương yesterday started building the new road ĐT 784 and upgrading the 782 – 784 existing road to better link the two provinces at total cost of VNĐ2 trillion (US$87.5 million).

The Mekong Delta provinces need to apply advanced technology in agriculture, human resources training, e-government and climate-change adaptation, experts said yesterday at a conference held in Vĩnh Long Province.

Việt Nam’s first-ever high speed train running from Hà Nội to HCM City is projected to cost more than US$58 billion, project consultants unveiled on Tuesday.

With the new school year approaching, 43 cities and provinces across the country are facing a shortage of teachers.