Việt Nam News

The Earth Hour 2018 campaign themed “Connect to Earth” was officially kicked off in HCM City on March 10, with the participation of over 2,000 volunteers students, leaders of relevant departments and business executives.

Thousands of workers found jobs in a job fair held in the northern province of Thái Nguyên yesterday.

 At the side of a local hydroelectric reservoir, a group of Thái youngsters are unleashing the economic potential of the northwest mountainous province of Sơn La.

Long Hậu Commune in Lai Vung District in the southern province of Đồng Tháp is famous for building boats. Local boat makers, however, are struggling to preserve the traditional livelihood.

A project to remedy the consequences of post-war bombs and mines in 6.13 million ha of land in Việt Nam was launched in the central province of Quảng Bình yesterday.

Moved by the pain of parents whose children are born with birth defects and health problems, doctor Trần Vân Khánh has spent the last twenty-odd years doing research in the field of gene therapy and genetic diseases.

Nearly a year after starting a programme to train rural women in nutrition, taking care of themselves and their families, and gradually improving their income, Nestlé Việt Nam plans to expand it to more localities.

Deputy Prime Minister Trương Hòa Bình has asked the Ministry of Finance to direct the General Department of Customs (GDC) to clarify the responsibilities of customs officers, particularly the unit’s leaders, involving a case dating back three years.

Workers’ negligence might have caused the fire at the Duyên Hải 3 coal-fired power plant in Trà Vinh Province, authorities said on Thursday.

Two students were killed, and another was seriously injured after a speeding bus crashed into their motorbike on National Highway 14 in southern Bình Phước province earlier this morning.

Police on Thursday arrested two officials for their involvement in illegal land deals in Nam Định province, raising the number of arrested officials to six.

The health ministry of Việt Nam has won a Bloomberg Philanthropies award for its efforts to monitor tobacco use and prevention policies.

 The satellite data sharing system, Việt Nam Data Cube, has been introduced in the country, promising a satellite image database for Vietnamese earth observation satellite data users.

Việt Nam has achieved remarkable economic growth thanks in part to the significant contribution of the agriculture sector over the past 30 years. Despite the drastic changes, however, rural women still face numerous difficulties and challenges.

The Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta, the country’s rice granary, expects to harvest around 11 million tonnes of paddy this winter – spring rice crop, one million tonnes more than last year, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development.

Doctors in hospitals of HCM City have warned of an increase in diseases caused by streptococus pneumoniae bacteria, reported Tin Tức (News) online newspapers.

The number of chickenpox cases in the south has been on the rise, with many newborn babies getting infected, doctors said.