Việt Nam News

2016 has seen many religious events held across the country, attracting large numbers of followers and visitors, and religious organisations have actively joined in charity and humanitarian work to help natural disaster victims, it was reported at a conference on State management of religious affairs in Hà Nội yesterday.

Young people from around the world can apply to attend the third Global Youth Agriculture Summit from October 9 to 13, 2017, in Brussels, Belgium.

Hà Nội’s Health Department has asked pharmaceutical companies and drug stores of central hospitals to arrange 70 temporary places to sell medicine on New Year's and during the Tết holiday.

Around 1,500 tonnes of frozen seafood and 450 litres of fish sauce produced locally remain unsold in the stores of Quảng Trị Province because of Formosa toxic spill.

The health ministry has recommended that people avoid buying and eating poultry meat that does not have clear origins, to prevent an outbreak of avian influenza A(H5N1) and A(H5N6).

Tropical storm Nock-ten weakened into a tropical low-pressure system this morning when it passed through the northern part of the Trường Sa (Spratly) Archipelagos.

HCM City has recently been suffering from constant traffic jams even during non-peak hours.

The Southern economic hub is rushing to realise its traffic infrastructure plan in which nearly 700km of expressway is expected to be built over the next five years.

Climate change and abnormal weather conditions has strongly impacted to people’s health and is causing outbreak and recurrence of new epidemics in Việt Nam, according to report of Ministry of Health (MoH).

Local mass organisations should work closely with each other and advise the Government on policies to ensure the rights of Overseas Vietnamese and encourage them to contribute more to Việt Nam’s development, Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Phạm Bình Minh said yesterday.

The southernmost province of Cà Mau has built a 14km sea dyke on its western coast at a cost of VNĐ158 billion (US$6.94 million).

A 21-year-old Colombian woman was caught at HCM City’s Tân Sơn Nhất International Airport with 1.6 kilogrammes of cocaine last Sunday night.

A fire broke out around noon yesterday at house No. 83 on Phùng Hưng Street, Hoàn Kiếm District, Hà Nội and spread to the adjacent houses.

The Đèo Cả Investment joint-stock company has started construction on a project expanding the single-lane Hải Vân rescue tunnel into a two-lane traffic route, and upgrading the current Hải Vân two-lane tunnel yesterday.

A check-up and health consultancy health clinic was put into operation on Hà Nội’s Hoàng Mai Street yesterday, giving free services to those in need.

Tây Giang Medical Centre in central Quang Nam Province has implemented new medical technique services to meet the demand of local people and those who live in villages bordering Laos.

The new joint United Kingdom and Australia Visa Application Centre has been inaugurated in the central city to help those in central Việt Nam apply for UK and Australian visas.

Following the parking practices in the Philippines, Hà Nội’s Department of Transportation is asking the municipal People’s Committee for permission to converting roadways into long-term parking zones.