Việt Nam News

The number of dengue patients in the capital city continues to decline, but preventive efforts must continue, said Chairman Nguyễn Đức Chung of the Hà Nội People’s Committee.

Schools throughout the country held ceremonies yesterday to mark the new school year for 22 million Vietnamese attending a range of facilities from kindergartens to universities.

Hundreds living near the Trị An hydropower plant in southern Đồng Nai Province went to the dam to catch fish right after the plant closed its spillway on Tuesday morning.

Đồng Tháp Province authorities released over a million fish into the Tiền River in Sa Đéc city on Monday as part of efforts to regenerate aquatic resources.

The northern mountainous province of Tuyên Quang has dropped 1.2 tonnes of baby fish into Lô River, aimed at getting productivity of bred fish back on track.

Construction workers in the northern province of Thanh Hóa discovered a 1m-long, 30cm-diameter bomb buried in the ground while building an asphalt road in Hàm Rồng Ward on Monday.

Schools mark new school year.

Three pharmaceutical businesses in HCM City were fined VNĐ180 million (US$7,920) each for being unable to present necessary certificates related to medicine production.

The People’s Committee of the Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta province of Vĩnh Long on Monday declared state of natural disasters level 1 (the lowest level) due to land erosion.

Quảng Bình Province Border Guard collaborated with Laos’ Khăm Muộn Province Public Security Department to investigate five Laos nationals involved in trafficking 12,000 drug pills into Việt Nam on Monday.

Between six and eight storms are forecast to hit the East Sea over the rest of the year, with two or three of them directly affecting Việt Nam, especially the central region, according to the National Centre for Hydrometeorogical Forecasting.

The three-day National Day holiday weekend was a busy one for travelers this year.

Big changes have been recorded in socio-economic development in the Vietnamese countryside. One of the leading factors for change is the rapid modernisation of the country’s primary industry - and the rural areas themselves.

The Biodiversity Conservation Centre of GreenViet, an NGO in Đà Nẵng, will launch a warning application for smart phone users to alert of violations against animals and vegetation in the Sơn Trà Nature Reserve.

A Korean Coast Guard ship with 189 crew members arrived at the central city’s Tiên Sa Port yesterday to begin its three-day friendly visit to the city.

Two people died and seven others were injured during a landslide in the northern province of Yên Bái’s Trạm Tấu District late Sunday.

Hundreds of Vietnamese guest workers across the Republic of Korea (RoK) gathered on Saturday at a festival for foreign workers in Ansan city, Gyeonggi province, about 40km from Seoul.

High-ranking leaders of Việt Nam and Laos have agreed to give top priority to developing and lifting the two countries’ relationship to a new height in a practical and effective manner, President Trần Đại Quang has said.