Nation braces for Typhoon Tembin

More than 1.1 million people in 15 provinces and cities in the south have been relocated to safe places before Typhoon Tembin, which is forecast to land in the coastal area from Bà Rịa – Vũng Tàu to Cà Mau provinces early morning today.

Illegal trucks increasing accidents in HCM City

HCM City residents are increasingly concerned about the number of heavy trucks, construction vehicles and container trucks entering the downtown area during peak hours, affecting the quality of living and worsening traffic jams.

Law to help school autonomy

An amended higher education law should create a clear legal environment for public universities to become autonomous, representatives of universities have urged.

Clever life jacket wins HCM City contest

Seeing plastic bottles floating at sea, Nguyễn Thị Quỳnh Trâm and her two friends at Bình Mỹ Primary School in HCM City’s coastal district of Cần Giờ got the idea of using them to make a life jacket, and it won them the first prize in a contest called Sáng Kiến Cộng Đồng 2017 (Social Ideas).

VN needs more green urban development

Only 59 architectural works across the country have been recognised as achieving green standards of domestic and international organisations, including 45 works in the south, 11 in the north and three in the central region.

 

Typhoon Tembin weakens to tropical low pressure

The National Hydrometeorological Forecast Centre this morning reported that Typhoon Tembin, the 16th tropical storm over the East Sea this year, has weakened into a tropical depression in the south of Việt Nam.

Confectionery fire kills at least one

A fire that raged yesterday at Tràng An Việt Nam Confectionery Joint-stock Company in Bắc Sơn Industrial Zone, Thanh Hóa Province, left at least one person dead.

VN bans dirty diesel cars starting January 1

The Việt Nam Register (VR) will stop granting safety certificates to diesel cars that fail to meet European emission standard 4 or higher beginning on January 1, the department announced.

Nat’l-standard schools fail to live up to honor

A number of schools in HCM City which were named national-standard schools—an honor given to schools that meet criteria ranging from student performance to infrastructure—no longer meet that criteria because their classrooms are too crowded.

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