The capital city’s People’s Committee has recently proposed to Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc to change the construction model of a new bridge from public investment to public-private partnership (PPP).
HCM City People’s Court on Monday opened a court trial related to the smuggling of cancer medicines and falsification of documents at HCM City-based VN Pharma Joint Stocks Company in 2013 and 2014.
Dr Hong-Sang Jung, executive director of the APEC Climate Center, speaks to Việt Nam News on the sidelines of the APEC Food Security Week in Cần Thơ about the significance of utilising climate information to develop sustainable agriculture in APEC economies.
Việt Nam has been striving to reduce the number of HIV infections and prevent outbreaks in high-risk communities despite a decline in funding from the international community, health officials said.
Agricultural bio-technology policies, promotion of public-private partnerships in agricultural bio-technology research and applications and the use of agricultural bio-technology in response to climate change were on the agenda of the annual APEC High-Level Policy Dialogue on Agricultural Biotechnology Meeting in Cần Thơ on Sunday.
When international market pressures challenged Vietnamese farmers to adopt good agricultural practices and produce organic pepper, many responded positively.
A Vietnamese scientist has invented and successfully tested a firefighting liquid that can douse fire in one-tenth of a second, which will be a great help in controlling widespread blazes.
The capital city needs to intensify food safety inspections and investigations, as well as promote the safe cultivation of raw materials and agricultural products, Deputy Prime Minister Vũ Đức Đam said yesterday.
The APEC Agricultural Technical Cooperation Working Group held its annual meeting on the third day of the 2017 APEC Food Security Week underway in Cần Thơ, seeking ways to strengthen technical co-operation in agriculture between member economies.
ILO Việt Nam Country Director, Chang-Hee Lee, explains the impact minimum wage can have on the country's economy.
Officials and experts from APEC member economies on Sunday continued with their busy schedules as nine meetings were held within the framework of the third Senior Officials Meeting (SOM 3) and related meetings.
Issues related to competition policy and its meaning in free trade agreements (FTAs) as well as economic partnerships agreements (EPAs) were the main topics discussed at the first working day of the APEC’s Committee on Trade and Investment (CTI).
Agricultural biotechnology is one of the key tools that can improve the yield and quality of agricultural products in a time of climate change, participants at an APEC High-Level Policy Dialogue on Agricultural Biotechnology (HLPDAB) workshop said.
Widespread usage of electric vehicles would help reduce dependence on fossil fuels and build low-carbon societies in the Asia-Pacific region, APEC officials said.
Food loss and waste are key challenges to global food security, especially in the Asia-Pacific region, experts said at a capacity-building workshop on a sustainable APEC food system held in Cần Thơ on Aug 19.
The location of Cai Lậy Build-Operate-Transfer toll station on the National Highway No 1 was appropriate.
Two seriously sick fishermen were rescued yesterday from the seas off Hoàng Sa (Paracels) Island, 300 nautical miles off the coast of Đà Nẵng.
Dengue fever has started to show signs of reduction in the capital city of Hà Nội, which recorded a huge number of patients over the past few months, according to the Hà Nội Department of Health.
Alongside the Government’s million-dollar support to public laboratories at institutions and universities over the last decade, private and foreign enterprises have also been working to develop their own research establishments.
Police in HCM City has busted a large-scale prostitution ring which involves local models and actresses.
