The Đồng Tháp Province’s People’s Committee has asked the Government to provide VNĐ82 billion (US$3.6 million) in funds to move local residents’ property from landslide and flood-prone areas to new residential areas.
Over 200 older parents accompanied by their adult children received free and comprehensive health checks at Chợ Rẫy Hospital last Saturday, part of the Parent’s Companion event held by Abbott in collaboration with the Việt Nam Medical Association on the occasion of Mother’s-Father’s Day.
Parliaments should take stronger action to respond to climate change by maximising their roles as legislators and supervisors as well as enhancing international co-operation to ensure “no one is left behind”, said a Vietnamese National Assembly (NA) official.
A contest on creating recycled rubbish into useable tools was launched yesterday in the ancient city with an aim of cleaning the beach for future among children nationwide.
Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc inaugurated the construction of a new coastal road, connecting port city Hải Phòng and coastal Thái Bình Province, on Saturday, the Tiền Phong (Vanguard) newspaper reported.
Some VNĐ62 trillion (US$2.7 billion) of official development aid (ODA) is the amount proposed by the Hà Nội People’s Committee to build two new railway routes in the city.
The HCM City People’s Committee has proposed the Ministry of Trade and Industry approve the city’s power transmission development plan with a total investment of about VNĐ42.9 trillion (nearly US$1.9 billion).
Tân Vũ - Lạch Huyện bridge, the to-be longest cross-sea bridge in Southeast Asia, will undergo a test run to check loading capacity on Sunday.
The HCM City Department of Transport is considering building four smart parking lots, worth VNĐ170 billion (US$), in the city’s downtown area, including Lam Sơn Square, 23/9 Park, Tao Đàn Park and Lê Văn Tám Park.
The central province of Nghệ An’s authorities on Thursday held a solemn ceremony for receiving 104 remains of Vietnamese war martyrs who sacrificed in Laos.
Police and customs in northern Hải Phòng City on Friday detected a 40-feet container with 3.6 tonnes of khát leaves in it.
Hanoian parents have faced an annual headache of how to successfully register for their children to study at a public school for the school year of 2017-18 because the number of public schools is limited, but the numbers of children at school age are rocketing in the city recent years.
Trade unions in Việt Nam have been urged to carry out programmes that would raise awareness about the importance of workers learning new skills for the digital manufacturing age.
Việt Nam Expressway Corporation (VEC) has proposed a plan to the Transport Ministry to transfer the right for exploitation Cầu Giẽ-Ninh Bình Expressway project, at a cost of VNĐ9.1 trillion (US$402.12 million) during a period of 30 years.
Deputy Prime Minister Vương Đình Huệ has ordered inspections on some 60 real estate projects this year over suspicions of land misuse by equitised enterprises.
The Hà Nội People's Court on Thursday sentenced three drug traffickers to life imprisonment.
A majority of Vietnamese labourers may face unemployment in the next 10 years when industrial revolution 4.0 kicks in as their weak and outdated skills cannot meet the demand of enterprises.
A 50-metre wide road belonging to Ring Road No 1 and parallel to Đê La Thành Street in Hà Nội will be constructed, according to a newly approved plan of the city’s People’s Committee.
Prime Minister, Ministry of Health and Ministry of Agriculture asked for intensive measures to curb the trafficking, trading and consuming unknown poultry, especially the poultry smuggled from China where avian influenza A (H7N9) is spreading complicatedly.
Việt Nam’s efforts and achievements in promoting the role and status of women in economic development was highlighted by Vietnamese Vice President Đặng Thị Ngọc Thịnh at the opening session of the Global Summit of Women 2017 in Tokyo, Japan on Thursday.
