Lý Văn Bon is making a fortune breeding river fish in cages in a tributary of the Mekong River. He ís farming the fish, known as Cá thát lát knifefish (notopterus), in the Hau River and believes he ís the first to do so.
A plan of supervising the amount of aflatoxin, a type of mold that is considered a human carcinogen, should be implemented in all steps from harvesting, processing to storing food, plants and grains to reduce toxic exposure to consumers, health experts have said.
The proposal for high-rise buildings around the Hà Nội Railway Station will have major impacts on the city’s inner areas, the Ministry of Construction (MOC) said.
Degeneration of the macula, which is the small central area of the eye’s retina that controls visual acuity, is the leading cause of vision loss among people over 50 years old. As Việt Nam sees the rapid ageing of the population, the number of people affected by age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is expected to increase.
Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc yesterday talked on the phone with his Japanese counterpart Shinzo Abe.
Việt Nam wants to basically make tourism “a key economic sector by 2020” that creates driving engine to the development of other sectors.
The HCM City Department of Transport will set up 74 parking spots for rental of electric motorbikes in an effort to improve transportation convenience for local residents.
A worker died after an antenna tower in the Mekong Delta province of Vĩnh Long collapsed on Thursday.
The Transport Corporation Hà Nội (Transerco) on Thursday introduced two new bus routes to strengthen links with suburban areas.
Pepper growers in Gia Lai Province are developing pepper plants from Sri Lanka, instead of local varieties, however some agricultural experts are wary of its development potential.
The Ministry of Education and Training has published a new draft circular on secondary and high school recruitment. One significant change is to allow secondary schools with applications exceeding enrolment quotas to either review them and add an entrance exam. The draft will be open for discussion until February 18.
The production of external information has helped promote the country’s image and culture to the world, boosting the country’s sovereignty over sea and islands as well as human rights.
Implementing social welfare needs the involvement of the community and businesses so as to contribute to social stability, socio-economic development and national security, Deputy Prime Minister Vũ Đức Đam said on December 21.
Several enterprises, mostly in HCM City, Đồng Nai Province and Bình Dương Province, are now accelerating worker recruitment, preparing for the production expansion after Tết (Vietnamese New Year) Holiday.
The People’s Court of southern An Giang province yesterday sent five local people to jail for conducting “anti-State propaganda” under Article 88 of the Penal Code.
Investigative police of the southern province of Bến Tre on Wednesday initiated legal proceedings against the former director of the provincial agricultural department.
The Hà Nội Customs Department on Wednesday decided to temporarily suspend two employees of the customs sub-department at the Hà Nội-based Nội Bài International Airport for having inadequate communication with passengers.
Authorities in central Hà Tĩnh Province on Wednesday stopped the illegal burning of frozen contaminated fish by a local company.