Việt Nam News

V.T.A, a 65 year-old woman who lives in Đống Đa District, was unhappy with her weight and the size of her waist. Last week, the Hà Nội Department of Health found that the solution she sought – weight loss injections and other treatments at a salon in Cầu Giấy – was offered illegally and dangerously to V.T.A and many others.

Surrounded by bamboo, Trần Thị Đo, 76, quietly splits each bamboo tube into thin wickers for weaving baskets. Many residents of Thái Mỹ craft village in HCM City weave baskets like Đo does every day, but they are all elderly women and men. Do said youth are giving up this job for better work in industrial zones.

Custom officials at HCM City’s Tân Sơn Nhất International Airport have taken a man into custody for allegedly trying to smuggle in dozens of cheetah and leopard fangs and African lion claws.

The World Bank Group on Thursday released its new Country Partnership Framework (CFP) with Việt Nam, focusing on inclusive growth, investment in people, environmental sustainability and good governance.

More than 600 local and international traffic experts and policymakers are expected to take part in the 12th International Conference of the Eastern Asia Society for Transportation Studies (EASTS) in HCM City and Bình Dương Province next week.

The People’s Committee of Cô Tô Island, a tourist hotspot in northern Quảng Ninh Province, plans to eliminate all wooden huts illegally built on defence land by the end of this month.

A number of New Zealand educational institutions currently offer co-delivered programmes in partnership with Vietnamese counterparts, according to that country’s government agency for international education, Education New Zealand.

A new app aims to help commuters navigate Hà Nội’s sprawling bus system, while a smart bus operation centre will collect data about vehicles’ timeliness and traffic violations as part of a larger plan to improve bus service in the capital city.

The Hà Nội Police on Thursday released special wanted notices for two prisoners who earlier broke out of jail.

Deputy Prime Minister Vũ Đức Đam was appointed as the chairman of the National Committee for Children on Wednesday.

The national weather forecasting centre yesterday night upgraded the expecting Typhoon Doksuri typhoon from level 11 to 12, recording the wind at the eye of the typhoon reaching up to 135km per hour.

All coastal provinces, especially central localities, have scrambled to prepare for  the 10^th tropical storm of the year—the strongest to hit the East Sea in three years.

Health authorities in Nha Trang City – the famous beach tourism destination hit hard by HIV/AIDS – have made progress against the epidemic. But their efforts are threatened by a lack of adequate human resources.

A district in HCM City has stepped up its efforts to respond to residents’ complaints within five seconds via a newly-launched mobile application.

Nearly 500 CEOs, business owners, investors and economic experts participated in the final pitch at the Swiss Innovation Challenge Việt Nam event with 21 teams competing yesterday  in HCM City.

The relocation of 130 trees planted on Kim Mã Street’s pavement in Hà Nội will be completed within 45 days, according to the Management Board of the Hà Nội Urban Railway project.

Bắc Luân II Bridge is the promising motivation for China – Việt Nam economic cooperation.