Việt Nam News

Digitalization is the engine that would drive the future of agriculture, “Agriculture in Việt Nam: Can innovation push Việt Nam to the top of the global market?”, a meeting organised by Eurocham in HCM City this week, heard.

Holding bidding for trash collection contracts is a positive step in theory for HCM City, but the city’s administration has struggled to turn the idea into reality.

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) plans to give a US$350 million loan (VND8 trillion) to the city for flood-prevention projects, according to the Steering Centre for Urban Flood Control (SCFC).

A charity programme called Giving Mother’s Love has been launched in HCM City to help orphans express their dreams and turn them into reality.

Some people have a job, others have a calling. Nguyễn Văn Chúc has a calling.

Đà Nẵng put into operation a 3.2km road connecting coastal Nguyễn Tất Thành Street with the Hải Vân tunnel-Túy Loan ring-road and La Sơn-Túy Loan expressway in the northwest in a ceremony yesterday.

A transnational and provincial drug trafficking ring was busted by the police of southern Tây Ninh Province, online newspaper Vietnamplus.vn reported.

 A water drainage and pollution reduction project related to HCM City’s Tham Lương–Bến Cát–Rạch Nước Lên canal has committed many violations, according to the Office of the People’s Committee.

FrieslandCampina Việt Nam yesterday signed with Bình Dương Province’s Department of Natural Resources and Environment and the Hồ Chí Minh Communist Youth Union an agreement for carrying out communication and other activities to improve awareness of environmental protection among young people including students this year.

 Two wells of fresh, natural groundwater have been found in Bạch Long Vỹ Island of Hải Phòng City, reported online newsaper Vietnamplus.vn. The freshwater wells, which were discovered by the Northern Water Resources Planning and Investigation League, have a total capacity of 75cu.m of water per day.

 The Ministry of Health plans to replace the five-in-one Quinvaxem combination vaccine with other types of vaccines for infants beginning this June.

Bà Rịa – Vũng Tàu Province is soliciting investment in high-tech treatment facilities to treat solid waste, its leader has said.

Industry 4.0 poses a challenge to the Vietnamese labour force so significant that the only way to meet it is to impose reforms across the board, starting with education and training programmes, experts agreed at a seminar yesterday in Hà Nội.

Experts agreed on the definition of gender equality at a workshop, "Communication on gender equality of state agencies," held here on Wednesday.

Vietnamese people need to change their eating habits, experts warn after it was revealed locals consume almost double the daily dose of salt they should.

The Ministry of Transport (MoT) will remove hundreds of below-standards level crossings countrywide to improve rail travel and reduce accidents.

Three new highways will be built in the Cửu Long delta by 2030, Deputy Minister of Construction Phan Thị Mỹ Linh has said.

The results of a pilot survey have shown the average patient satisfaction index (PSI) in the country reached 3.98/5, that is some 79.6 per cent of their expectation.