Việt Nam News

HCM City needs to speed up December growth to achieve its economic growth target of 8.25 per cent, a review meeting heard on Thursday.

The National External Information Service Awards 2017 was launched on Thursday in Hà Nội, aiming to recognise and honour outstanding authors, media publications and books in the external information service.

Many road users are seen to ignore ambulance’ horn although according to curent regulations they have to give a priority to ambulance vehicles.

Tourism authorities should work out a “very detailed” plan on restructuring the tourism industry to completely resolve prominent problems of the sector, Deputy Prime Minister Vũ Đức Đam said on Thursday.

Việt Nam needs US$140billion to $179 billion in the next 20 years for climate change reduction and adaptation, as well as technology. 

Parking fees at HCM City’s Tân Sơn Nhất International Airport will increase beginning today, December 1, the city’s People’s Committee has announced.

A 165kg bomb and some 100kg of explosive equipment were disposed of on Wednesday in Tĩnh Gia District, central Thanh Hóa Province.

Local fishery authorities in central Thừa Thiên- Huế Province believe that fresh water from the recent floods was the main cause of en mass fish deaths.

A crew member of a squid-catching ship that sank was rescued after more than 20 hours, according to the Bình Định Province Steering Committee for Natural Disaster Prevention and Control on Wednesday night.

The body of Vietnamese pilot Nguyễn Thành Trung, who was killed in a mid-air collision in the United Kingdom, will be returned Viet Nam on December 5-6 for the funeral.

The National Centre for Hydro-Meteorology Forecasting reported that cold air would start affecting the northern provinces from Thursday afternoon.

Population policy should be linked with other factors such as society, economy, national defence and security to ensure rapid and sustainable development, said experts at a policy dialogue held yesterday in Hà Nội.

More than 1,000 people are expected to join running with visually-impaired people around Hoàn Kiếm Lake on Sunday, December 3.

Local farmers in the Mekong Delta Trà Vinh Province have turned challenges, triggered by climate change, into opportunities to earn money.

Hanwha Life Vietnam in partnership with Child Fund (Korea) and Child Fund Vietnam on November 28 gifted a new medical centre costing US$100,000 to Lãng Ngâm Commune in Bắc Kạn Province’s Ngân Sơn District.

Roads in HCM City’s east are now congested since there has been a surge in the number of vehicles there while work on new roads and bridges is tardy or stalled due to lack of funds.

Damrey, the twelfth typhoon that hit Việt Nam this year, struck Hà Thuận Village more than a month ago, but the roads to it in Duy Vinh Commune are still deep in mud.

A number of agencies and district-level authorities in Hà Nội have proposed a reconsideration of the increase in street and pavement usage fees. They say it is too high in comparison with the current rate.