Việt Nam News

The Ministry of Science and Technology presented the Tạ Quang Bửu Awards 2018 to three scientists yesterday for their outstanding works on physics and agricultural biology.

The Digital Vietnamese knowledge system, an ambitious Government funded open database similar to Wikipedia, now boasts more than 10,000 articles, alongside 3.5 million question and answers following its launch in January.

More than 1,100 children on May 18 attended the “Children Have Fun With Road Safety” festival at Tân Phú Trung Primary School in HCM City’s Củ Chi District.

The Ministry of Information and Communication plans to build a code of conduct for internet users to create a healthy networkingatmosphere in the country.

A project to encourage more people to cycle and help the environment has won an award.

A group of expats and locals have been scouring the streets weekly to offer a helping hand to Hà Nội's homeless

The Ministry of Transport does not regulate distance between toll booths in the draft version of circular No 49 on the standards of Build-Operate-Transfer (BOT) toll stations, said minister Nguyễn Văn Thể.

The bodies of two people who were tossed overboard after a barge capsized on the Đồng Nai River were found after an eight-hour search. One other person is still missing.

The northern coastal city of Hải Phòng is envisioned to be the new leading centre of marine economy, services, high-tech industry and tourism in Việt Nam, the Vietnam News Agency reported.

HCM City’s Supreme Court on Thursday appealed against the 18-month probation of a 78-year-old man for molesting children in southern Bà Rịa-Vũng Tàu Province.

Hà Nội plans to introduce buses that run on compressed natural gas (CNG) on a trial basis on three routes from early July, the city’s Department of Transport has said.

Some three tonnes of plant protection products smuggled from China were disposed of on Wednesday.

Japan Material Engineering Services company and Đà Nẵng-based Đông Á  College have inked an agreement on human training in electronic and engineering, control and automation for Japanese labour market.

The HCM City health department has asked for support from the city to speed up land clearance in several “hotspots” so that it can begin building a number of hospital projects.

National Assembly (NA) Chairwoman Nguyễn Thị Kim Ngân on May 17 congratulated the Việt Nam Academy of Social Sciences for its achievements during the past years and expressed her belief in the development of the social sciences.

Residents living alongside a river in Cần Thơ City have put coconut trunk around an area wrecked by landslides during the past month to protect their houses.

The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) has launched a communication campaign to cut the use of plastic bags on Lý Son Island, as a prelude to its sea turtle conservation programme on the island

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