Quảng Nam residents desperate for non-contaminated water

Thousands of households in central Quảng Nam Province have been thirsting for clean water for years as most of the wells are seriously contaminated with aluminum and few water supply works have been built to solve the problem.

City to pilot ’smart urban area’

All districts will be expected to develop a “smart urban area” plan by 2020, Trần Vĩnh Tuyến, HCM City People’s Committee vice chairman and head of the smart city management board, said on Friday.

Mỹ Lai memorial sends message of peace

A ceremony was held yesterday in memory of the Vietnamese civilians cruelly killed in the tragic Mỹ Lai massacre during the American war, and was attended by Vietnamese leaders, local residents and US veterans.

9 bodies recovered from Red River

The body of the last of nine roustabouts who drowned in the northern province of Lào Cai was recovered on Friday, the province’s border guard police said.

5 arrested for stealing batteries

Five men were arrested in the southern province of Kiên Giang for stealing batteries from local network service providers, local police said on Thursday.

Vegetable prices plunge in northern and central regions

After waking up at 5am, Nguyễn Thị Oanh, a farmer in Hà Nội’s Ba Vì District, headed to the field to cut cabbages and carried them to the local market for sale. Some 40 cabbages freshly cut on the farm filled her two baskets. But Oanh’s mood was gloomy.

Bibliophile brings books to children

On Lunar New Year’s Eve in 2018, a group of six walked from Đông Hà City’s Cultural Centre to Lê Duẩn Park, presenting books to every child they met on the road. The 300 books distributed in just one night, the walkers hoped, would motivate children to cultivate a life-long habit of reading.

PM wants building permits granted faster

As part of efforts to improve the investment and business environment, Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc has ordered ministries, sector and localities to grant construction permits and perform related procedures faster.

Việt Nam among top 10 education systems, WB reports

The East Asia and Pacific region has seven of the top 10 performing education systems in the world, with schools in Việt Nam and China showing significant progress, according to a new World Bank report released on Thursday.

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