Hanoians want to remove old public loudspeakers

More than 70 per cent of Hanoians agree that the public loudspeakers used to communicate Government messages should be scrapped, according to the results of a recent survey conducted by the Hà Nội People’s Committee.

Tea pork farm makes a big hit in Ninh Bình

Under ancient tea trees at the foot of Sắng Mountain in Gia Viễn District, the northern province of Ninh Bình, lays a picturesque farm, where hundreds of pigs find home.

Floods damage 2,000ha of rice in Mekong Delta

The annual flooding in the Mekong Delta has damaged more than 2,000ha of rice this year, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development’s Directorate of Water Resources.

Residents long for Khánh Sơn dump’s closure

For the last 28 years, people from Hòa Khánh Nam Ward in the central city of Đà Nẵng have longed for the closure of Khánh Sơn landfill due to the severe pollution caused by the site.

Yutu storm to hit South China Sea (East Sea)

Super typhoon Yutu, with wind speed of up to 200km per hour, was heading for the South China Sea (East Sea) on Saturday morning, the National Centre for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting reported.

Students trained to be safe online

About 1,100 students from Nguyễn Tất Thành high school and Nam Từ Liêm secondary school were trained on digital literacy and online safety in Hà Nội on Saturday.

‘Second mothers’ save thousands of infants

The sister of a two-year-old from Nam Từ Liêm District in Hà Nội phoned Doctor Nguyễn Thị Thu Hoa to tell her the young boy is in good health after receiving intensive care in the National Hospital of Obstetrics and Gynecology in Hà Nội after his premature birth two years ago.

Fatal wells end lives in Đắk Lắk Province

A small well dug in the middle of a coffee plantation has been the lifesaver for the beans in Đắk Lắk Province—well-known for its year-round burning heat and severe droughts that can last for months. But locals say that too many times, the wells have resulted in tragic deaths.

Hội An set to become a bicycle city

The ancient city has developed a master plan to boost the mass use of bicycles among community members and tourists, as part of efforts to make Hội An a capital of eco-friendly tourism in Việt Nam.

Cần Thơ sends more workers to South Korea

An increasing number of Vietnamese workers including from the Mekong Delta city of Cần Thơ are going to South Korea as guest workers through joint programmes between the two countries.

 

Bình Dương named in ICF’s Smart21 list

The southern province of Bình Dương has become the first and only one in Việt Nam to be named a Smart21 community for 2019 by the New York-based Intelligent Community Forum (ICF).

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