Việt Nam News

Ministry of Finance has proposed tax on houses depending on theirconstruction value as part of its draft law on property tax.

Young workers face higher rates of diseases and accidents than older workers, but fatalities among young workers are less common, according to experts at the forum “For a generation of safe and healthy workers: Improving work safety conditions for young workers” held in Hà Nội on April 16.

As profits rise from shrimp-rice rotation models, Kiên Giang Province’s Vĩnh Thuận District plans to expand the cultivation area to a total of 10,000ha.

Vietnamese National Hospital of Odonto-Stomatology in Hà Nội and Operation Smile Việt Nam started the month with charity surgery for children born with cleft lip and cleft palate on Monday.

A new turtle with an appearance similar to that of the turtle that lived in Hoàn Kiếm Lake in Hà Nội have been found. But according to an expert, it is yet to be confirmed if they are of the same species.

The Ministry of Health (MoH) is discussing polices to restrict the number of hours to sell alcohol.

Việt Nam Red Cross (VNRC) and Việt Nam Women’s Union will work together in social and humanitarian activities from 2018 to 2022 under the framework of a joint agreement.

Nineteen cars collided in a series of accidents on Highway No 6 in northern Hòa Bình Province on Sunday.

High schools in Hà Nội are expected to enrol 85,800 students in the 10th grade this school year, an increase of 19,500 students compared to the previous year.

A number of drivers who used to work with the ride-hailing company Uber say they are uncertain about their futures after the company closed here last week.

Before Bản Vẽ Hydropower Project was built in 2004, the Government established a resettlement area for all who lived in the zone that would be affected—and in some cases totally submerged—by the project. Now, people are leaving the the resettlement area for land near their old village in Hữu Khuông Commune, Tương Dương District, aiming to find better livelihoods and educational opportunities for their children.

Micro Dragon, a satellite made by Vietnamese engineers, is expected to be launched into space in late 2018, according to the Việt Nam National Space Centre (VNSC) under the Việt Nam Academy of Science and Technology.

Border guards in the central province of Quảng Bình said yesterday they had caught three Lao suspects attempting to smuggle 24,000 methamphetamine pills into Việt Nam.

Friend or foe? What was once deemed the enemy of the farmer, seems to have been given a repreive as clever growers have thought up ways to welcome saline water.

The Tây Nguyên (Central Highlands) provinces are taking measures to ensure that 2.56 million hectares of forests are not affected by fire during the peak of the dry season.

The HCM City Innovative Startups in Tourism competition kicked off on Saturday.

The Tân Thành Hi-tech Agricultural Co-operative in Long An Province’s Thủ Thừa District has said it will continue to expand cultivation of custard apple, dragon fruit and Cara Cara orange.

The head of the HCM City Food Safety Management Board has said inspections will be stepped up to ensure food safety.