There were no casualties in the Greenlines DP C3 ferry boat capsizing at Tắc Suất Habour in Cần Giờ District.

The third Taste of Australia, an annual event that promotes Australian food and beverages, has begun and this year also marks the 45th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries. Việt Nam News speaks with Australia’s Assistant Minister for Trade, Tourism and Investment Mark Coulton.

Three queen’s crape myrtle trees in An Giang Province have been recognised as Heritage Trees by the Việt Nam Association for Conservation of Nature and Environment (VACNE).

Officials from Hà Giang Province met with their counterparts in Cần Thơ City in the Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta last Friday to promote the tourism potential of the northeastern province.

The HCM City Department of Health has instructed health officials in all districts to visit households with patients who are at a high risk of contracting TB and offer testing and treatment, Nguyễn Hữu Hưng, deputy head of the department, said at a conference held on April 6 in the city.

One worker was killed and another was injured in an accident at a coal mine in the coastal province of Quảng Ninh on Saturday, Tiền Phong (Vanguard) newspaper reported.

The World Bank (WB)’s experts have suggested Việt Nam promptly reform its social insurance sector to ensure the stable balance between collection and spending in the mid-to long-term future.

Phan Văn Vĩnh, former Lieutenant General and former Director General of the Police General Department under the Ministry of Public Security (MoPS), has been taken into custody on charges of “abusing position and power while performing duties” in activities relating to a major online gambling ring.

As hot weather peaks this month in southern Việt Nam, authorities in the Cửu Long (Mekong Delta) region are stepping up efforts to cope with forest fires and salinisation as a response to climate change. 

Việt Nam is considering building a new higher speed rail route connecting Hà Nội to the northern border with China to boost two-way trade.

 Residents are putting their safety at risk every day crossing a river using a cable and pulley, even though there are two bridges nearby.

 Only 87 per cent of the 15,507 households that use electricity supplied by the HCM City Power Corporation (EVNHCMC) the safely use power, according to a recent survey by the company.

Guzman Rober, a 40-year-old American tourist on a recent visit to HCM City, began having an unremitting epileptic seizure at a hotel on Đề Thám Street in HCM City’s District 1 when a housekeeper luckily found him in time and called the reception desk for help.

The fisheries sector needs to be restructured to develop sustainably and adapt to climate change and the country’s global integration, Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Nguyễn Xuân Cường has said.

It took more than a year and US$10,000 per person for a foreign-invested electric engineering company in central Quảng Nam Province to send two workers abroad for training after they were hired.

To improve their quality, the People’s Committee of Hạ Long City in the northern province of Quảng Ninh is cracking down on violations in tourism services.

Pension and monthly allowance will be increased by 6.92 per cent from July, and more than three million people will receive the revised pension and allowance.