Việt Nam News

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.

Deputy Prime Minister Vương Đình Huệ has asked the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development to create a set of criteria for building model rural residential areas, gardens and farm households to submit to the Government as soon as possible. 

A ship with an alledged broken engine floating on the Đồng Nai River collided with a bridge on Sunday afternoon, causing panic to people nearby.

The Mường Khương District in the northern mountainous province of Lào Cai, was hit by hailstones and whirlwinds early yesterday morning, but damage was minimal.
 

 HCM City has a 115 emergency aid centre and 24 satellite stations throughout the city, but a shortage of personnel and ambulances has seriously affected the quality of service. 

The number of people living in poor districts who have taken up offers to work abroad remains very low.