Việt Nam News

Nearly 1,400 educational managers and lecturers received training from experts from six different schools of the United Kingdom (UK) during the past three years.

All households living in the reservoir of Nậm Núa Hydro-power Plant in northern mountain Điện Biên Province will be forced to evacuate from the area to ensure their safety and the operation of the plant, local authorities have said.

Joint Việt Nam-US teams working to remediate dioxin at the Đà Nẵng International Airport have successfully completed their work, according to the US Embassy in Việt Nam.

The Central Steering Committee for Natural Disaster Prevention and Control on Friday morning asked coastal localities to prepare for a new typhoon.

The central province, in co-operation with the HCM City-based SolarBK company, has launched a solar power project for the centre of the disabled children in Nghĩa Hành district in the province.

The central province of Thanh Hóa will build 10,000 hygienic toilets by 2020 under a decision approved by the provincial people’s committee.

Around 1.5 million students nationwide, or 7.5 per cent of all students, have not joined the national health insurance scheme, according to the Ministry of Education and Training.

HCM City is renovating old apartment buildings and removing makeshift houses on or along canals as part of its urban renovation and development plan for the 2016-2020 period.

Hà Nội’s Department of Transport has submitted to the city’s People’s Committee the route for a double-decker bus tour, the first of its kind for tourists in the capital city.

Inundation in lowland areas in central Thừa Thiên-Huế Province continued on Thursday as floodwater from two floods that occurred earlier this week was receding very slowly and water level of the local rivers remained high.

A new typhoon named Haikui is building in the East Sea (South China Sea) on Friday morning, as Việt Nam struggles to rebuild the country after the damages caused by devastating Typhoon Damrey.

The European Union (EU) on Wednesday issued a joint statement sending condolences to Việt Nam over losses caused by recent Typhoon Damrey.

As cybersecurity has become more important than ever in today’s connected world, local authorities are taking steps to protect national and personal security.

New technologies that work at the nanolevel can now produce nano materials for mass market products, Jean-Charles Guibert, chairman of MINATEC, one of the largest world-wide innovation campuses in micro-nano-bio technologies, said.

Reducing the gender gap in the areas of politics and labor force participation was among the top issues at the on-going session of the 14th National Assembly (NA) deputies yesterday, during the broader discussion of the national target on gender equality.

The Hà Nội Transport and Services Corporation, Transerco, has recently added 15 more European-standard buses to its trial operation on route No. 03 (Giáp Bát Bus Station-Gia Lâm Bus Station), a company leader said on Tuesday.

 Australia will invest AU$33.7 million (US$25.6 million) through the new Aus4Equality programme, focusing on Sơn La and Lào Cai provinces in the north-west of Việt Nam.

The National Assembly (NA) group discussion continued yesterday afternoon focusing on construction of some sections of the North-South expressway in the east during the 2017-2020 period.