Việt Nam News

The Mekong Delta province of Hậu Giang on Tuesday approved a development master plan for its medium- and low-voltage electricity grid from now to 2035.

The Indian-made ComBE Five vaccine will be used in a national expanded immunisation programme, replacing the Quinvaxem vaccine as of next month instead of this month as previously planned.

Many universities have lowered their admission scores for the upcoming academic year, citing lower scores on the national high school graduation examinations this year compared to last year,

HCM City is piloting five areas for taxis to pick up passengers in District 1 beginning on Wednesday (Aug 8), according to Trần Vĩnh Tuyến, deputy chairman of city’s People’s Committee.

Students face several diseases at the beginning of the new school year, such as dengue fever, foot-hand-mouth disease, measles and flu, so epidemic prevention efforts should be strengthened, health experts warned.

The grassroots-level health care network has been expanded nationwide, meeting public demand for health care, said Health Minister Nguyễn Thị Kim Tiến.

Chairman of Hòa Bình Province’s People’s Committee Nguyễn Văn Quang has ordered authorities of Kỳ Sơn District to arrange a resettlement area for residents whose houses have been vulnerable to landslides on Road 445.

The central city, in co-operation with the Việt Nam Posts and Telecommunications (VNPT) Group officially signed an agreement for the ‘smart city’ project over the next two years.

Police in southern Bình Thuận Province have set up a special police unit to crack down on illegal loan sharks, which have reportedly been increasing their activities with many sophisticated tricks that ensnare locals in never-ending debt traps.

The construction of the tunnel through the Cù Mông Mountain Pass connecting Bình Định and Phú Yên provinces is expected to be completed by the end of this year, three months ahead of schedule.

 The National Assembly Standing Committee has approved the allocation of VNĐ15 trillion (US$652 million) for the implementation of 14 urgent transport projects.

 More than 350 of nearly 3,000 irrigation structures in the northern province of Tuyên Quang are seriously degraded and at risk of breaking down at any point during the ongoing rainy season.

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc agreed to the construction of a US$45 million bridge connecting the central provinces of Hà Tĩnh and Nghệ An under a public-private partnership (PPP) project, according to the Government.

Protecting and caring for children, creating a healthy living environment for them is a strategic task, the focus for sustainable and long-term development of the country.

HCM City Party Committee Secretary Nguyễn Thiện Nhân has called on city authorities to make agriculture one of the city’s seven key economic pillars.

Việt Nam needs an enormous amount of energy to feed its development, but relying on coal and hydropower is not the answer, and with new measures still at an early stage. experts are concerned about the future.

The authorities of HCM City and Đồng Nai Province on August 3 agreed to select Đồng Nai Province as the leader in the Cát Lái Bridge project.

The Transport Minister has agreed with the Ministry of Defense to expand Tân Sơn Nhất International Airport in HCM City to both the south and north where a 157-ha golf course is located.