Việt Nam News

About 4,000 owners of vehicles in the provinces of Hưng Yên and Hải Phòng will receive a fee exemption or reduction when they travel through two Build-Operate-Transfer (BOT) toll stations installed along the National Highway No 5 starting August 1, the Việt Nam Infrastructure Development and Finance Investment Joint Stock Company announced on Thursday.

A group of student nurses from Birmingham are currently in Hà Nội to check out how the Vietnamese health services operates. Hear their thoughts on nursing in the UK 🇬🇧compared to Việt Nam.

HCM City has called for investment in environmental protection projects from now through 2025 and announced incentives for such investment as it seeks to resolve certain problems soon.

Hà Nội is the leading country in terms of rural development and is setting an example for the nation with 294 out of 386 districts and communes meeting or exceeding the Government’s new rural development standards.

The Automobile Association Vietnam is carrying out a campaign in Hà Nội called #3500LIVES featuring training and public awareness initiatives focused on key “golden rules” for road safety to reduce deaths of people aged 15 to 29 in traffic accidents.

NGO Newborns Vietnam and VNG IT Company on July 26 launched an annual charity run to raise funds to combat neonatal mortality, promoting the health of newborns and their mothers in Southeast Asia with a focus on Việt Nam.

The Swiss-Vietnamese Medical Association on July 26 presented awards to four winners of the Alexandre Yersin Prize for Outstanding Publication.

Hà Nội plans to introduce buses that run on compressed natural gas (CNG) on a trial basis along three routes from August 1 as the city marks 10 years of the expansion of its administrative boundary, the city’s Department of Transport has said.

A group of five foreign tourists has received help from a cruise ship company on Hạ Long Bay in Quảng Ninh Province after being abandoned by a travel agent at Tuần Châu International Port on Thursday.

In the context of the relentless global integration, trade unions need to modernise their organisation and functions to better represent workers through collective bargaining, labour officials have said.

Rescue forces on Thursday night recovered the bodies of two pilots whose military aircraft crashed in the central province of Nghệ An’s Dừa Village, according to the High Command of Military Region 4.

The Investigation Police Agency of the Police Department of the northern mountainous province of Sơn La on Thursday started criminal proceedings on July 26 on the violation case related to school exam fraud in the locality. 

Việt Nam has gradually improved its legal framework to control persistent organic pollutants but there remain challenges in tackling environmental problems, according to experts.

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc on Thursday granted certificates honouring the fallen soldiers’ service to the country to 442 families on the occasion of the Vietnamese War Invalids and Martyrs’ Day (July 27).

Việt Nam’s nature reserves and national parks are aiming to boost eco-tourism to facilitate both conservation and economic growth, but their efforts have been hampered by a lack of planning, human resources and funds," said Lê Văn Lanh of the National Association for Nature Reserves in Việt Nam

Education and investment in human resources is the most important factor in HCM City’s future development, the city’s Party Committee Secretary Nguyễn Thiện Nhân said at a seminar held yesterday (July 26).

National Assembly Chairwoman Nguyễn Thị Kim Ngân yesterday hosted a reception for 70 workers who have been honoured with the third Nguyễn Đức Cảnh Award given by the Việt Nam General Confederation of Labour (VGCL) to outstanding labourers with excellent ideas, technological solutions, and inventions.

Cà Mau Province’s People’s Committee has approved 73 applications to build new offshore-fishing ships and six others to upgrade existing fishing ships to serve offshore fishing activities under Decree 67.