Scientists discuss star formation, galaxies

Nearly 80 professors, scientists and researchers from 17 countries gathered at an international conference themed “Star formation in different environments” that opened at the International Centre of Interdisciplinary Science Education (ICISE) in Quy Nhơn City, the central province of Bình Định, yesterday. 

Volunteers rescue motorists at night

It is time for most of people to come back home to reunite with family members and have a rest after a long working day as night came on. But it is not for Hồ Tuấn Sang.

Partial HCMC street closures today

To ensure traffic safety during ASEAN’s 50 anniversary celebration being marked today, (August 8), HCM City has announced a vehicle ban on certain downtown streets.

Passenger train derails, no casualties

The SP2 train, which runs from the northern mountainous Lào Cai Province to Hà Nội, derailed early on Monday at Hà Nội’s Yên Viên station, but there were no casualties.

 

Fire destroys ancient church in Nam Định

Electrical short-circuit was blamed for the fire that destroyed a major church in Trung Đông Commune, Trực Ninh District in northern province of Nam Định on Sunday night.

Ethnic groups favour large-scale production

In a remote commune populated by the Xê Đăng ethnic group in the Central Highlands province of Kon Tum, many villages have become prosperous by creating large fields for modern farming.

HCMC to ban light trucks in daytime

The chairman of HCM City People’s Committee Nguyễn Thành Phong instructed the municipal Transport Department and relevant authorities to study and prepare for banning all light truck working in daylight at traffic congestions.

Forests disappear right under authorities’ noses

Rampant deforestation in the Central Highlands left to fester for many years by forestry authorities’ negligence has cost the region hundreds of thousands of hectares of forest, according to the Central Highlands Steering Committee. As a result, the Government recently decided to dissolve six companies it had assigned to protect the forests.

Keep iron mine closed: province

The central province of Hà Tĩnh has asked the Government not to resume activities of the Thạch Khê iron mine, the largest of its kind in Southeast Asia.

Concern over increasing taxis on road without passengers

The number of taxis in Việt Nam’s big cities is expected to rise well beyond planned targets or consumer demands, which will exert even more pressure on road infrastructure as well as causing waste, congestion, and environmental pollution.

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