Việt Nam News

Việt Nam has called on countries around the world to raise the spirit of co-operation and harmonise their own interests with international concerns in coping with climate change.

The Mekong Delta should strengthen links between the transport infrastructure in its 12 provinces and Cần Thơ city to further foster development, Minister of Transport Nguyễn Văn Thể has said.

A new field hospital was established in Hà Nội on Thursday, aiming to train Vietnamese military medical officers to prepare for a UN peacekeeping mission in South Sudan.

A 29-year-old man in Hà Nội was recently arrested on suspicion of running a kidney trading ring, local police said yesterday.

Illegal ivory is widely available at physical and online retail outlets throughout Việt Nam, according to a new TRAFFIC report published with support from USAID.

Authorities in the Mekong Delta province of Bến Tre have taught poor households effective farming models to help them escape poverty.

Minister of Health Nguyễn Thị Kim Tiến and Director of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Robert Redfield on Wednesday signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on co-operation in infection prevention, antibiotic resistance and infection surveillance.

Some 198km of roads in the mountainous northwest region will be upgraded under a project costing US$188 million, borrowed from the Asian Development Bank (ADB).

119 Lao people living in A Dơi Commune, the mountainous district of Hướng Hoá in Quảng Trị Province, were granted Vietnamese citizenship on Wednesday, the Vietnam News Agency reported.

Dương Quang Trung, 39, of Hội An, the central province of Quảng Nam, was given the 2018 “Research Innovation” award on Tuesday by Queen’s University Belfast in the United Kingdom

Deputy Prime Minister Trinh Dinh Dung asked for sufficient electricity for development and daily life by any means necessary while chairing a conference on coal supply for power production in Hà Nội on Wednesday.

HCM City authorities are planning to revoke long-delayed projects that have affected thousands of owners of houses near the proposed areas.   

Sixteen Vietnamese nationals who made billions of đồng growing illegal drugs in the United Kingdom have been jailed for more than 35 years.

The reported number of domestic violence cases in Việt Nam has not reflected the real situation. There are huge differences in the numbers of cases reported by relevant sectors, a conference heard in Hà Nội yesterday.

Survivors of human trafficking need a lot of support to help them reintegrate into the community, heard a conference held in Hà Nội yesterday to share experience in assisting the victims.

A series of traffic accidents have reportedly been occurring on the roads due to potholes and electricity leakage recently, raising public concerns over the safety of traffic users and the responsibility of authorized agencies.

A shortage of licensed public kindergartens for the children of migrant workers in industrial zones (IZs) and export processing zones (EPZs) is putting pressure on local authorities to solve the problem, according to the Ministry of Education and Training.

Gender responsive human resources policies are a key factor in a company’s development by helping improve labour productivity and loyalty towards the employer, experts told the 2nd Việt Nam Corporate Forum held in HCM City on Wednesday.