Việt Nam News

The National Committee of Search and Rescue on Sunday urged authorities to rescue a foreign vessel stranded near Phú Quý Island off the south-central coastal province of Bình Thuận.

Dr Vũ Anh Tài has just been honoured as one of the 400 role models for his outstanding discoveries for Việt Nam and the world’s biology science. But little did people know that the scientist began his biologist career with the monthly wage as little as VNĐ300,000 (US$13). That was to pay for his basic life needs, and scientific research also.

Households near the steel companies in Đà Nẵng coastal city’s Hòa Vang District will be relocated on account of the environmental pollution there, the Tuổi Trẻ (Youth) newspaper reported.

The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development has ordered 27 coastal provinces across the country to examine the building of new steel fishing boats under a Government decree, following an order from PM Nguyễn Xuân Phúc.

National housing development strategy states that by 2020, there must be 12.5 million sq.m of social housing apartments and affordable housing. However, the current space for these two types of housing stays at a meagre 3.5 million sq.m, meaning that each year, about three million sq.m has to be made available, a goal many say fairly unfeasible.

The country inevitably must launch a fund to support sustainable Vietnamese tourism growth, Vũ Thế Bình, vice president of Việt Nam Tourism Association said.

Social network users could face fines of up to VNĐ50million (US$2,200) if they violate regulations in a draft decree proposed by the Ministry of Information and Communications.

HCM City is struggling to persuade rural residents to undergo vocational training but also to provide jobs to those that do train.

The railway sector in Việt Nam has lost the dominant position it enjoyed two decades ago, and is trailing far behind other modes of transport.

Thanh Hóa Province’s authorised agency officers handle 4.5 tonnes of rotten animal guts yesterday.

HCM City will install odour-control manholes to eliminate the foul smell emanating from sewers and reduce flood risks, according to its People's Committee.

Certain types of vehicles will be exempt from paying toll at Quán Hàu Toll Station and toll stations belong to traffic infrastructure investor TASCO in central Quảng Bình Province, said Nguyễn Văn Huyện, director of the Directorate for Roads of Việt Nam.

The number of overloaded vehicles plying on roads is high because of the mismanagement by provinces and cities, Nguyễn Văn Huyện, director of the Directorate for Roads of Việt Nam (DRVN), said.

The Transport Corporation Hà Nội (Transerco) on Thursday introduced two bus routes to suburban areas – Nam Thăng Long-Xuân Hòa and Nghĩa Đô Park-Đông Anh – not covered by the service before.

Residents living around the Hoàng Cầu Lake in Đống Đa District were greeted to the ghastly sight of a large number of dead fish in the lake on Thursday afternoon.

Several major hospital construction projects that would have provided residents of the capital and its surroundings with thousands of beds have been abandoned over the past decade.

The Hải Phòng City’s People’s Committee has decided to limit groundwater extraction as signs of groundwater pollution have appeared in some inner city areas.

The first death caused by rabies in HCM City since 2010 has occurred in Gò Vấp District, according to the Department of Health.