HCM City plans to focus on the four key areas of exports, logistics, exhibitions and fairs, and wholesale and retail activities, according to Nguyễn Huỳnh Trang, deputy director of the Department of Industry and Trade..
Đà Nẵng has been given the title of National Green City 2017-18 by the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF)’s One Planet City Challenge programme, making it onto a list of 21 cities from around the world.
The Mekong Delta province of Tiền Giang will start construction of affordable apartments for workers and an office block for trade unions at industrial parks next month, according to Tiền Giang Province’s Confederation of Labour.
The 25th Mùa hè xanh (Green Summer) campaign, led by HCM City Việt Nam Youth Association and Việt Nam Student Association, officially began on Sunday, offering around 60,000 university and college students an opportunity to do charity work for the community and apply what they have learned at university.
On Saturday, Young Vietnamese visited Cửa Lò Beach in the central province of Nghệ An – the homeland of late President Hồ Chí Minh who founded and led the Vietnamese revolution to victory – as part of activities at Việt Nam Summer Camp 2018.— VNA/VNS Photo Nguyễn Oanh
Bà Rịa-Vũng Tàu Province plans to pour more investment in high-quality tourism projects in an effort to increase the length of tourists’ stays, according to Nguyễn Hữu Thọ, chairman of Việt Nam Tourism Association.
Hải Hòa Beach in Tĩnh Gia District in the central province of Thanh Hóa lacks facilities to ensure safety for swimmers and beach goers.
Vietnam has 64 million Facebook accounts. More than one-third of them belong to youth aged between 15 and 24. The numbers were announced at the conference “Building national network for child online safety” held in Hà Nội on Thursday.
The Government Inspectorate has instructed authorities in Hà Nội to investigate the city’s Urban Railway Management Board and French consultancy firm SYSTRA over delays to the Nhổn-Hà Nội Railway Station urban elevated rail project.
A significant increase in the number of students for the 2018-2019 academic year in HCM City is putting pressure on schools that lack a sufficient number of teachers and facilities, according to the city’s Department of Education and Training.
Technical vocational education and training (TVET) institutes in HCM City plan to train students in green-growth fields that promote economic sustainability.
HCM City needs 148,000 skilled employees in key sectors this year, according to authorities.
Ninh Thuận Province, the country’s largest grape producer, plans to expand cultivation of NH 01-152, its new grape variety, because of its excellent quality and other outstanding characters.
A transnational drug trafficking ring was busted in HCM City on Thursday with the biggest ever haul of heroine seized by city police, the Public Security Ministry’s drug crime investigation unit reported yesterday.
As of this month, Yok Đôn National Park will no longer offer elephant riding for tourists visiting the Central Highland province of Đắk Lắk.
A Vietnamese woman who duped the authorities in the United Kingdom claiming she was a 16-year-old child has been jailed, after police discovered she was in fact a grown woman.
The People’s Committee of central Thừa Thiên Huế Province has asked Phú Lộc District authorities to hand over the ground for a project expanding the Hải Vân 2 Tunnel before July 15. However, the work may lag behind schedule, the provincial committee has said.
Hải Phòng is projected to become a green city and a major maritime service hub by 2025.