Việt Nam News

Construction of a bridge linking Ninh Kiều and Cái Răng districts in Cần Thơ city will begin in the first quarter of next year.

The saying that 'you are never to old to learn' has never been so true in Nam Xuân Commune, Đắk Nông District, where many middle-aged women are learning 'abc' lessons the first time in life. 

Although he has been retired for more than a decade, 68-year-old Nguyễn Văn Hởi – a former teacher in the Thanh Hóa Province – is still at Đông Vệ Ward’s office every day.

Vocational education and training must be reformed to meet the requirements of the fourth industrial revolution, experts said on Thursday at a meeting held in HCM City.

Social insurance authority in Việt Nam is developing a compulsory social insurance scheme for foreign workers in the country, citing the need to follow international practices as the country deepens integration.

ExxonMobil Exploration and Production Việt Nam Limited (ExxonMobil) in co-operation with VinaCapital Foundation signed a Memorandum of Understanding for medical capacity improvements in eight districts of the central province in 2017.

Four children in Phú Yên Province’s Sơn Hòa District drowned on Wednesday while bathing in the water flow of a nearby hydropower plant, the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MIT) reported.

Hà Nội police have detained and prosecuted five people involving in a wild animal trafficking ring from central Nghệ An Province to Hà Nội.

 The Southernmost Cà Mau Province’s People’s Committee has asked the Government to provide VNĐ120 billion (US$5.3 million) in funds to move locals from landslide areas to new residential areas.

The People’s Court of the southern province of Tây Ninh has sentenced two people in prison for cheating 41 people of around VNĐ12 billion (US$533,300).

The Vietnamese delegation finished third at the Intel International Science and Technology Fair (Intel ISEF), which took place from May 13 to 19 in Los Angeles, the United States. 

One person has died and as many as 60 people have reportedly been hospitalised in the dysentery outbreak in the northern mountainous Lai Châu Province.

The prices of battery-farmed chickens and their egg are falling rapidly, causing concern for breeders nationwide, especially in Hà Nội and Đồng Nai – the two localities raising the highest numbers of battery chickens.

Many HCM CITY sidewalks have been encroached again after a campaign was launched to remove illegally parked cars, vendors, cafes, canopies and other obstructions.

Tires are reportedly among most problematic sources of waste, but Nguyễn Lương Thông from Nam Định Province’s Ý Yên District is showing that they can also present a recycling opportunity.  

The HCM City People’s Committee has asked district authorities to work with agencies to crack down on illegal encroachment on rivers, canals and the drainage system in an aim to prevent flooding. 

The HCM City Tourism Association has urged the Government to extend the visa waiver for tourists from five Western European countries -- France, Italy, Germany, the UK, and Spain.

The Central Committee of Hồ Chí Minh Communist Youth Union on Tuesday (May 23) posthumously awarded the national Brave Youth Badge to Trần Đức Đông, 10, who drowned after saving four children in the southern province of Bình Phước.