Việt Nam News

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.

HCM City lags far behind modern urban areas in its underground space master plan, experts said.

The outlying district of Hóc Môn in HCM City plans to focus on urban farming as part of the national “new-style rural area” programme in which it takes part.

Trần Văn Phúc, a young man from central Quảng Trị Province, has learned how to grow oyster mushrooms at his university thanks to an agricultural course created through an Israel-Việt Nam partnership.

More than 100 patients from southern provinces diagnosed with tetanus have been treated at the HCM City Hospital for Tropical Diseases since the beginning of the year, an increase of 50 per cent compared to the same period last year.

Regulations on the sale of alcohol and home-made liquor management have received substantial attention during discussions of the draft law on alcohol harm prevention, officials said.

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc has urged youth unions at all levels to support young people, especially students and young employees in companies and factories, to conduct scientific studies and enhance start-up activities.

Many investors of apartment buildings in Hà Nội have failed to hand over maintenance fees or communal areas to apartment management boards.

Activities for a project that will reduce the amount of emissions nationwide kicked off in HCM City on April 13 at an inception workshop.