Việt Nam News

To make a name for oneself in a foreign country is no mean feat, but to do that in Japan, that too in the early seventies and eighties, takes extraordinary resolve and perseverance, qualities that Trần Ngọc Phúc has displayed in ample measure.

As many as 265,106 civil servants will be included in the State payroll this year, a year-on-year decrease of about 4,000, according to a Prime Minister’s decision that takes effect this month.

The project of recruiting 500 youth volunteers who are the nation’s best and brightest to work as civil servants in rural and mountainous communes in the period 2013-20, often called Project 500, has reached significant achievements.

Shortcomings and violations in Hà Nội’s sidewalk paving have been pointed out after two months of investigation.

HCM City has announced several criteria for selecting bidders for waste-to-energy projects this year.

During the week-long Tết holiday from February 14 to 20 traffic accidents claimed 168 lives across the country while 37,200 other people were injured, according to a report issued on Tuesday afternoon by the Ministry of Health.

North of Việt Nam is preparing to welcome the cold spell, the temperature will be predicted to decrease from 5-7 degrees Celsius, according to the Central Hydrometeorological Forecast Centre.

One of the two bridges connecting the mainland and Đá Bạc Island in the southernmost Cà Mau Province has been seriously damaged.

The Hà Nội’s Construction Department has set up an inspection team to review apartment buildings and impose fines for violations in their use and management.

Việt Nam welcomed 19,062 babies during the Tết (Vietnamese Lunar New Year) holidays, reported the Vietnam News Agency. 

Farmers in central Thừa Thiên-Huế Province have started breeding eels to prevent the fish species from becoming extinct.

Fishermen in the central region have seen bumper catches and big profits during Tết (the Lunar New Year).

The Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta city of Cần Thơ received 700,000 tourists during Tết (Lunar New Year), 10 per cent higher than last year, according to its Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism.

HCM City authorities hope to have at least 15-20 per cent of school children travelling by bus by 2020.

With large numbers of people returning home to HCM City after Tết (the Lunar New Year), highways in the Cửu Long (Mekong) delta are clogged with vehicles.

Some VNĐ1 billion (US$44,000) was awarded by a local talent fund in the southern province of An Giang yesterday to 173 teachers and students who displayed outstanding academic performances.

A father and son were killed when a four-seat car caught fire near a tourism site in the Central Highlands province of Gia Lai on Tuesday.

On every 4th day of the Lunar New Year, Đồng Kỵ villagers hold a firecracker procession to celebrate General Thiên Cương, who is the tutelary god of the village and the one who led locals to fight foreign invaders.