Việt Nam News

World Bank (WB) preferential loans during the 2017 fiscal year will be used for sustainable development, infrastructure, improvement of tertiary education, and disaster recovery in the central region, said Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Phạm Bình Minh.

The Jarai people in Gron village of the Central Highland Province of Kon Tum believe that the nerby forest is sacred, its trees immortal. They have adopted strict rules to protect the forest, for example punishing those who cut even a small branch for firewood by making them plant 100 new trees.

Farmers in the Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta have begun this year’s first harvest season of brackish water shrimp, earning strong profits due to high prices and favourable breeding conditions.

The Sài Gòn Transportation Mechanical Corporation (SAMCO) has broken ground for construction of the new Eastern Bus Terminal (Bến Xe Miền Đông) in HCM City’s District 9.

After ten years to carry out the plan of renovating old apartment buildings in Hà Nội, the city now finishes renovating 14 among total 1,516 buildings (equally 1 per cent), a recent seminar has reported, although a number of ideas and specific mechanisms have been proposed and piloted.

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc has approved a target programme to develop a social support system for the period 2016-2020.

Prolonged dry weather has significantly increased the risk of forest fires in the southernmost province of Cà Mau, the provincial Forest Protection Department reported.

Deputy Prime Minister Trương Hòa Bình has asked for stronger coordination among police, border guard, coast guard and customs forces to effectively fight drug crime in the coming time. 

When Bạc Liêu Province withdrew last year a thermal power plant proposal submitted to the Prime Minister, the move was seen as a positive sign, showing greater awareness and willingness to promote green growth.

A new road crack by the Ông Chưởng River was found in An Giang Province on Wednesday, prompting the local authorities to urgently evacuate four households in fear of mass landslide.

Facebook has committed to work with the Government of Việt Nam in keeping the Vietnamese community and advertisers safe and help small businesses grow in the country.

An Giang Province wants the Ministry of Natural Resources to help frame housing policies that will enable the relocation of 20,000 families living in landslide-prone areas in the next five years.

Vietnamese employees enable to have a maximum overtime up to 400 hours per year, two times higher than now, following the newest proposal of the Ministry of Labour, Invalid and Social Affairs.

Eighteen locations in Hà Nội are at risk of flooding during the rainy season of this year since the city’s drainage system has been overloaded.

Saigon Transportation Mechanical Corporation (SAMCO), in co-operation with HCM City’s People’s Committee yesterday officially inaugurated the construction of new Miền Đông Bus Station.

An outbreak of H5N1 avian influenza has been recorded in the northern Cao Bằng Province, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development’s Veterinary Department announced.

An unexploded bomb weighing around 250kg was removed from Cồn Nhất Ferry in the northern Thái Bình Province, the provincial Military Command has said.