Việt Nam News

Authorities of Đắk Mil District in the Central Highlands Province of Đắk Nông on Thursday successfully removed and destroyed a MK82 bomb.

During the 300 continuous days that Nguyễn Tri Ân spent on Hồ Chí Minh trail in Hà Tĩnh Province in the war in 1968, he suffered 293 bombings and was almost buried alive 15 times.

Việt Nam plans to build five new airports in the next 12 years.

The exam cheating scandal in the northern mountainous province of Hà Giang has officially become a criminal case as the province’s police yesterday started legal proceedings to investigate the wrongdoings.

Thousands of students across the country have been taking part in volunteer campaigns aimed at promoting the important role of youth in contributing to the country’s cultural, social and economic development.
 

GameChangers, a team of five young programmers, has won the first KMS Hackathon championship with its intelligent virtual chat and job consultancy solution.

Many provinces and cities plan to visit and present gifts to families who are beneficiaries of state policies on the occasion of War Invalids’ and Martyrs’ Day on July 27.

The HCM Communist Youth Union’s Vừ A Dính Scholarship Fund, in cooperation with Vinacapital Group, has launched the second phase of Mở đường đến tương lai (Opening Paths to The Future) by providing scholarships to 50 ethnic minority girls from 36 provinces nationwide.

About 1,000 marijuana trees were recently destroyed in the Central Highlands province of Đắk Nông, reported online newspaper vietnamplus.vn.

Two died, 15 houses were damaged and hundreds of hectares of rice flooded yesterday due to typhoon Son Tinh in the central provinces of Hà Tĩnh, Nghệ An and Thanh Hóa.

 Fishes raised by farmers along the Đà River in the northern province of Hòa Bình died en masse during the past week, causing great losses.

Deputy Prime Minister Vũ Đức Đam has critised ministries for failing to build a mechanism for ordering training and scientific research for autonomous universities in the last three years.

Many young people in the northern mountainous provinces of Lai Châu, Phú Thọ and Lào Cai have rushed illegally across the border to China, leaving their parents and children behind in the hopes of finding a well-paid job to improve their lives.

Costs have been cut for 70 healthcare services at hospitals and clinics nationwide following a circular that took effect on Sunday. Patients will now pay anything from 5 to 50 percent less for dozens of services.

Tax payers are claiming they should not have to pay an entry fee for airports and terminals given the fact that airport investors do not have to pay land taxes.

Construction of two underground parking lots in Trống Đồng Centre and Lê Văn Tám Park will start in the fourth quarter of this year, according to the HCM City’s Department of Transport.

Major economic hubs of big cities and provinces nationwide have announced ambitious multi-billion dollar projects to become smart cities, well-equipped to take advantage of opportunities presented by the digital age.

Typhoon Sơn Tinh – the third typhoon to hit the East Sea this year – was forecast to make landfall in provinces from Thái Bình to Quảng Bình last night with wind speeds near its eye reaching 74km per hour.