Việt Nam News

The Mekong Delta province of Bến Tre plans to develop its aquaculture areas to 47,000ha with an annual output of 300,000 tonnes of aquatic species in the 2018-20 period.

Health centres in HCM City are working to verify how many children aged one to five have not been immunised against measles for a national campaign to provide free two-in-one vaccines against measles and rubella starting this month.

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc has approved a project of replacing unqualified classrooms and upgrading educational equipment to create the best conditions for students.

More universities in the country are taking advantage of IT to improve access to higher education and the quality of training.

The northern province of Phú Thọ’s Procuracy announced an indictment involving 92 defendants in a major online gambling circle yesterday. 

The fish catch off the coast of Trà Vinh Province has shrunk this year, but fishermen continue to have steady incomes thanks to the high prices of seafood.

Up to 1,000 residents in Hà Nội at high risk of contracting diabetes participated in a screening, held on Sunday by the Ministry of Health.

The Border Guard Command in the central province of Quảng Trị announced on Monday that it has arrested two suspects for illegally transporting 264kg of fireworks.

The Ministry of Transport has announced plan to repair the National Highway No 5, connecting Hà Nội to the northern city of Hải Phòng, with the total cost estimated at over VNĐ2 billion (US$86 million).

Dengue fever is spreading in different districts in the central province of Quảng Nam and, so far this year, more than 2,480 cases have been reported, according to the provincial Preventive Medicine Centre.

The five-member Vietnamese team bagged four medals at the 12th International Olympiad on Astronomy and Astrophysics (IOAA) in Beijing, China, held from November 3 to 11.

The People’s Court of northern Phú Thọ Province on Monday brought to trial two former senior officers of the Ministry of Public Security (MoPS) and 90 accomplices for their alleged involvement in a major online gambling ring.

Farmers in the Mekong Delta province of Đồng Tháp have begun to use more than 3,000ha of low-yield rice fields for growing fruits and other crops this year.

The Ministry of Transport has asked Hà Nội to reconsider its plan to build new interstate coach terminals for short term use, including the controversial Yên Sở station, to avoid wastefulness.

The number of cases of dengue fever in HCM City shot up by 125 per cent in October compared to a year earlier and could rise further this month, the peak season, the Preventive Health Centre has warned.

Rescuers on Saturday discovered the body of one victim of a gold mine collapse in Lộng Village, Thanh Nông Commune, Lạc Thủy District, the northern province of Hòa Bình.

Việt Nam’s agriculture strives towards annual growth of minimum 3 per cent, with labour productivity improving 3.5 per cent a year by 2020, said agriculture deputy minister Hà Công Tuấn.

The HCM City People’s Committee has sought an explanation from all related authorities for why the owners of 17,300 apartments and houses have not received title deeds.