Việt Nam News

The Huế City Forest Management Unit in the central province of Thừa Thiên-Huế on Sunday received a rare pig-tailed macaque from the Huế Pet Relief Society.

The city of Hà Nội has just submitted to the Government a plan to manage electric bicycles, reported online newspaper baotintuc.vn.

Illegal coach and bus services are a big concern for the country, despite the authority’s best efforts to put the brakes on those flouting the law.

Eleven men onboard a fishing vessel were rescued on Sunday morning in the coastal central province of Quảng Nam’s Tam Giang Commune.

Over the past ten years, rural areas in Việt Nam have been thriving as households’ income and per capita income all witnessed a marked increase, helping to reduce poverty and improve quality of life in the countryside.

The quality of grassroots-level healthcare facilities nationwide has yet to meet expectation and patients’ demand, said health minister Nguyễn Thị Kim Tiến.

New weight loss products have flooded the market, with companies aiming to take advantage of peoples’ desire to have a slim body without the need for strict diets or strenuous exercise.

Up to 1.3 million people in Việt Nam suffer from dementia and it is forecast that number will rise in the future.

The 10th anniversary celebration of the Vietnamese - German University (VGU) was held on Saturday (Sept 8) at the Convention and Exhibition Center in Bình Dương Province.

The Department of Transport in HCM City has proposed a plan to invest over VNĐ85 trillion (US$3.65 billion) until 2020 to reduce traffic congestion and accidents.

The Việt Nam Fatherland Front Committee in HCM City and five political-social organisations and associations have signed a cooperation agreement on a sustainable poverty reduction programme.

Hà Nội authorities deemed 'smart city' a natural progression for a city set to become a metropolis by 2030. Trọng Kiên reports

The Government Inspectorate has blamed the HCM City People’s Committee, the Ministry of Construction and the Government Office for  shortcomings in submitting, evaluating and advising on resettlement areas in the Thủ Thiêm new urban area.

The Mekong Delta city of Cần Thơ will relocate 9,400 households with more than 37,000 members living along rivers and canals by 2030 to ensure their and waterway safety and sanitation, according to its Department of Agriculture and Rural Development.

Hà Nội wants to develop a new urban administration model for a more efficient and effective governance, Secretary of the Hà Nội Party Committee Hoàng Trung Hải said.

Human resource training needs to focus on creativity and soft skills and foster gender equality to meet the high demands imposed by the fourth industrial revolution, the rector of the HCM City University of Social Sciences and Humanities has said.

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc has approved the Vietnam Health Programme to improve the well-being, stature, lifespan and life quality of Vietnamese people.

Farmers in the Mekong Delta are earning more income from breeding more fish and other aquatic species in rice fields during the annual flood season.