Việt Nam News

The peak of Mẫu Sơn Mountain in the northern province of Lạng Sơn has been covered in frost since Monday after a cold spell hit the northern region on Sunday.

The year 2017 led to an increasing number of maritime mishaps involving fishing and cargo ships in the seas around Việt Nam, highlighting the perils seafarers face.

Parking lots are places with a high risk of fire. When a fire breaks out, there are often very serious consequences as vehicles are parked close together and oil and gasoline can sometimes be present on the ground.

As Tết (Lunar New Year) holiday approaches, spaces for lease to sell ornamental flowers, fruit trees and other goods in supermarkets, markets and along roads is “hot” across the country.

There will be 40,264 redundant teachers when the new national curriculum for general education is implemented from 2019, according to the Ministry of Education and Training.

Ensuring adequate and timely supply of medicines, especially for the prevention and treatment of rare diseases and to specialised departments at hospitals, will be the central aspect of HCM City’s Strategy on National Pharmaceutical Development.

The International Union for the Conservation of Nature last week launched a pilot project for flood-based livelihoods that will enhance the water retention capacity of the Mekong (Cửu Long) Delta.

The Ministry of Health urged city and provincial people’s committees, health departments and citizens across the country to take preventions against a possible bird flu over the next 16 days ahead of the Lunar New Year and during first months of the new year.

Authorities have called for more measures to reduce traffic congestion at HCM City’s Cát Lái Port, District 2 and 9.

The northern province of Hòa Bình has shown responsibility and solidarity in recovering from the effects of typhoons last year.

Police of the northern province of Bắc Giang announced on Monday they have arrested Nguyễn Đức Minh, 35, for allegedly robbing more than VNĐ1.1 billion (US$48,400) from the Dĩnh Kế branch of Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development last Friday.

The Mỹ Tho-Vũng Tàu hydrofoil route was opened for use on Sunday in the southern province of Bến Tre.

A solid waste treatment plant was opened for public use on Sunday in Đức Phổ District in the central province of Quảng Ngãi.

The HCM City Public Transport Management and Operation Centre wants to offer free tickets on buses running to Tân Sơn Nhất international airport to help ease congestion as Tết (Lunar New Year) draws close.

Historically, the mostly publicly financed health care system in Việt Nam has only been able to afford to pour resources into a handful of central level hospitals in big cities, forcing patients living in remote areas with serious diseases to go to Hà Nội or HCM City for treatment.

Đặng Quang Hữu, 44, of Đakrông District in the central province of Quảng Trị, is known as a bank owner who has risen from owning nothing to offering loans to 600 poor local households. Unlike other financiers, he requires no interest payments, supporting them as they grow forests to escape from poverty.

Transport departments from HCM City and southern provinces have started a campaign to better control unauthorised buses, coaches and bus terminals. They will also punish the owners of buses that stop in unauthorised places.

Post-harvest losses not only refer to the quantity of lost crops, but also any reductions in their quality and access to international markets, experts have said.