HCM City’s Department of Tourism has proposed the Government extend its visa exemption policy for international tourists from nine countries to 30 days from 15 days to promote tourism development to help reach the target of 10-11 million international tourists in 2020.
The General Department of Preventive Medicine has instructed health officials in provinces and cities nationwide to co-operate with education departments to strengthen cleanliness at schools to prevent outbreaks of hand, foot and mouth disease and dengue fever.
The third open mathematics festival was launched yesterday at the Hà Nội University of Technology by the Vietnam Institute for Advanced Study in Mathematics.
The Australian Embassy will tomorrow (15 Aug) begin accepting applications for its Direct Aid Programme (DAP) grant round 2017-18 for projects in northern Việt Nam which covers provinces north of, and including, the central province of Thừa Thiên Huế.
A five-year-old girl died while her parents were slightly injured in a landslide at 5am yesterday in Nà Vài Village, Lãng Ngâm Commune, Ngân Sơn District in the northern province of Bắc Kạn.
As a central hospital, Chợ Rẫy Hospital needs to boost co-operation with provincial- and district-level hospitals to reduce its constant overcrowding, Lương Ngọc Khuê, head of the Ministry of Health’s Department of Medical Examination and Treatment, said.
The HCM City People’s Committee has scrapped construction permits for individual houses on a trial basis in residential areas where the 1/500 scale detailed planning is complete.
Lâm Đồng Province has petitioned the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) to grant funds for repairing 28 reservoirs that threaten production and livelihoods of local residents.
A class of love located at the busy and crowded HCM City has became a dear school of 60 poor children who didn’t have enough money to go to school for over the last 17 years.
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A floodgate of Hòa Bình Reservoir belonging to the Hòa Bình Hydro-power Company was opened at 12pm on Friday in northern Hòa Bình Province to bring down its water level.
The opening ceremony of Trịnh Công Sơn walking street will be postponed until October 10, instead of August 19 as planned.
The University of Đà Nẵng in collaboration with Fablab (fabrication laboratory) Đà Nẵng, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and Arizona State University (ASU) officially launched a Maker Innovation Space in the central city on August 11.
An additional 300 buses will operate in Hà Nội to meet commuter demand during the three-day holiday for the 72nd anniversary of National Day, starting September 2.
Even as the proposal to shift Hà Nội station is being discussed by policy-makers, experts and citizens, the railway maintained that the master plan had not mentioned such a move.
The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (MoNRE) on Thursday announced that the controversial expansion project into Đồng Nai River remains on hold.
The Ministry of Health on Wednesday ordered the HCM City Department of Health to investigate the deaths of two people soon after cosmetic surgeries at private clinics.
The HCM City People’s Committee has approved construction of a new Tân Kỳ Tân Quý Bridge and upgrade the An Sương – An Lạc section of National Highway No. 1 in Bình Tân District.
With the onset of the hand, foot and mouth disease season, parents should take preventive measures like frequently washing hands, a senior HCM City paediatrician has said.
The Việt Nam Education Publishing House Limited Company has printed more than 100 million copies of textbook to meet student demands for the 2017-2018 academic year.
