Việt Nam News

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labourers may face unemployment in the next 10 years when industrial revolution 4.0 kicks in as their weak and outdated skills cannot meet the demand of enterprises.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.

Đồng Nai faces a severe shortage of workers’ housing since 60 per cent of the southern province’s one million workers hail from other provinces and cities.

Several colleges of teacher training in the Mekong Delta provinces have closed in the last several years because of a shortage of students.

Local farmers in the central province of Hà Tĩnh are facing a disastrous rice crop season with nearly 5,300 ha of crop attacked over the past two weeks by Pyricularia oryzae Cav – a bacteria that causes rice blast disease.

The National Assembly Economic Committee held a plenary session on Thursday to review the implementation of the national socio-economic development plan in 2016 and early 2017.

International legislators confirmed their commitment to respond to climate change to achieve sustainable development goals (SDGs) during a meeting at the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) conference that opened on Thursday in HCM City.

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The Government has approved a HCM City plan to build two bridges and a parallel road to National Highway No 50 in HCM City.

With the vision by 2030, APEC will have a strong and cohesive education community characterised by inclusive and quality education that supports sustainable economic growth, social wellbeing and employability of people in APEC economies.

HCM City authorities on Tuesday destroyed nearly 22 tonnes of fake or substandard fertiliser without labels of origin worth VNĐ300 million (US$13,000).