Việt Nam News

Land use efficiency in cities in Việt Nam remains low due to delayed projects, unused houses and improper land use planning, experts confirmed in August.

A sea bridge that is over 5.44km long, part of Tân Vũ-Lạch Huyện Highway in the northern port city of Hải Phòng, was put into operation on September 2, becoming one of the longest of its kind in Southeast Asia. 

Lê Thị Hương, born 1984, was among the 600 young university-educated intellectuals selected to serve as commune vice chairmen in the 64 poorest districts in the country.

No undergraduates enrolled in a university in Nam Định Province in the 2017 admission season, the same as last year, but the school is still operating thanks to its postgraduate programme.

The lack of a database on geological conditions underground is the biggest setback for planners of the capital city’s transport system.

The HCM City Food Safety Management Board yesterday began food inspections of mooncakes, jam, candy and other items made for the Mid-Autumn Festival, which falls on October 4 this year.

In a sign of growing ties between Đà Nẵng and Japan, this school year, a Japanese-led kindergarten will open its doors to children ages 1 to 6 in the central city.

Digital signboards displaying bus numbers, arrival time and remaining distance were installed on a trial basis at two HCM City bus stops on Nguyễn Thị Minh Khai Street and An Dương Vương Street on Thursday.

In the last two years HCM City has spent over VNĐ1.1 trillion (US$49 million) to build new facilities and acquire modern technologies and equipment for firefighting.

Vehicle drivers in the country, especially in big cities, are expected to benefit in coming years from a smart transport system like those in developed countries.

The world’s latest achievements in treating cancer were discussed among hundreds of experts at an annual conference on cancer prevention and treatment in central Huế City yesterday. 

President Trần Đại Quang has congratulated education workers and students nationwide on the occasion of the new academic year 2017- 18. The President hailed the educational sector for obtaining significant achievements in the previous school year with educational reform on the right track and improved education quality.

The spread of dengue fever in Việt Nam is showing signs of slowing down. There are fewer new cases and no deaths reported in the last two weeks.

The Việt Nam Maritime Search and Rescue Co-ordination Centre Regional 1 in the northern port city of Hải Phòng (Haiphong MRCC), in co-ordination with local border guards rescued a Croatian sailor who suffered a severe accident offshore yesterday.

 The final segments of the Cao Lãnh Bridge in the Mekong Delta province of Đồng Tháp were joined at a ceremony held by the Cửu Long Corporation For Investment, Development and Project Management of Infrastructure (Cửu Long CIPM) yesterday.

Kon Tum Province lacks more than 2,500 management officials, teachers and workers for the education sector in the upcoming new school year, according to the provincial Department of Education and Training.

The Vietnamese Government and the Japan International Co-operation Agency on Thursday signed an Official Development Assistance (ODA) loan deal worth 24.7 billion yen (US$224.5 million) for a draining and waste water treatment system in Biên Hòa City, in the southern province of Đồng Nai.

Two more HCM City districts have extended hours at kindergartens for the upcoming 2017-18 academic year for children of factory workers who work overtime at industrial parks and export processing zones in HCM City.