Fund donates gifts to cancer patients

The Ngày mai tươi sáng (Bright Future) Fund for Cancer Patients on Friday donated 100 gifts and cash worth VNĐ1 million (US$44.5) to cancer patients at Bạch Mai General Hospital.

Ninh Thuận struggles with farm production

Residents of Thuận Nam District in the south-central coastal province of Ninh Thuận are forced to abandon hundreds of hectares of cultivated land when local authorities inspect cases of encroachment of cultivation land.

Student drowns saving a family

A student drowned while trying to save a woman and her two children who had fallen into a river in Thanh Hóa Province on Thursday.

Huyền Như trial re-opens in HCMC

The People’s Court of HCM City on February 8 began its trial of Huỳnh Thị Huyền Như, former deputy chief of the Risk Management Department of the HCM City branch of VietinBank, and Võ Anh Tuấn, deputy director of VietinBank’s Nhà Bè branch, on charges of "swindling to appropriate assets" worth VNĐ1.085 trillion (US$51 million) from five companies.

Calm seas let people return to Lý Sơn

After rough seas halted all sea travel for more than a week, thousands of people are now flocking to buy tickets to return to Quảng Ngãi Province’s Lý Sơn Island District for Tết.

No worry about blood reserves after Tết

Thanks to active support from donors through blood donation campaigns across the country, concerns over blood shortages for the Tết (Lunar New Year) holiday have been eased.

 

Enrollment at Bến Tre vocational centres jumps

The number of students attending vocational training courses in the southern province of Bến Tre has been on the rise since 2015, indicating that people are increasingly interested in gaining work skills to compete in the internationally integrated economy.

Tết cheer blankets HCM City

Two thousand children living in social welfare centres in HCM City will enjoy the Tổ Ấm Ngày Xuân (Spring Loved Home) programme on Saturday (Feb 10) at Tao Đàn Park in District 1 to celebrate Tết.

Cần Thơ’s English teaching troubles

Teaching English in primary and secondary schools in Cần Thơ under a Government project called Teaching and Learning Foreign Languages in the National Education System between 2008 and 2020 still faces hurdles, according to schools.

Vĩnh Long to revamp agriculture

The Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta province of Vĩnh Long has set a target this year to earn VNĐ22.42 trillion (US$987.29 million) from agricultural production by restructuring the sector with a focus on product quality.

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