Thousands gathered at the old Quảng Trị Citadel yesterday morning for a requiem for soldiers who died during a 81-day battle here during the summer of 1972. This year’s event also marks the 70th War Invalids and Martyrs Day and the battle of Quảng Trị Citaldel’s 45th anniversary.
Việt Nam wastes at least VNĐ23 (US$1 billion) annually on fertilisation, experts said and called for replacement of conventional fertiliser with more hi-tech products.
Ambitious plans to establish designated areas for street vendors in both Hà Nội and HCM City are still unable to materialise, a few months after a resounding “sidewalk clean-up” campaign fuelled debates over future of the uncountable street vendors.
It’s 6AM on a summer morning, and a group of children are doing warm-up exercises to prepare their muscles for a special kind of swimming class.
Deputy Prime Minister Trịnh Đình Dũng yesterday ordered relevant agencies to tightly supervise developments of floods in upstream of reservoirs as well as the dyke system to ensure safety of multi-reservoir operation in Hồng (Red) River basin.
Nine out of every 100 Vietnamese people have contracted hepatitis B and between one and four people have been infected with hepatitis C. However, no estimate of the impact of the diseases has been done so far, a conference heard this morning.
Support for beneficiaries of special policies, including heroic martyrs, is being continued this year, with increases in funding for people in need, the deputy chairwoman of the city’s People’s Committee has said.
Local authorities agreed yesterday on a plan to build four hydropower plants in the mountainous district of Nam Trà My. The four plants will have a design capacity of 78.8 MW and cover an area of about 144 ha.
“Avoid or embrace technology?” is a question faced by educators in the 21st century as students become increasingly dependent on their smart devices.
Patients undergoing diagnosis and treatment at Hữu Nghị (Friendship) Hospital have benefited from a new high-performance CT scanner, the first of its kind in the north, said Assoc Prof Nguyễn Thanh Hà, director of the hospital, at a launching ceremony of the new 256 detector rows in Hà Nội on Thursday.
The transport ministry has asked seven cities and provinces to halt the operation of double-decker buses, the first of their kind that began their trial runs early this month.
The People’s Court of Hòa Bình Province on Thursday sentenced one man to death and three others to life imprisonment for drug trafficking and transporting 30 bricks of heroin.
At least 15 million of the country’s 52-million workforce is suffering the consequences of severe noise levels, the Institute of Occupational Health and Environment, said on Thursday.
More than half of those living with HIV have access to treatment, while AIDS-related deaths have almost halved in the past 10 years in the world, a new report has stated.
The southern province of An Giang has held a ceremony to commemorate and rebury the remains of Vietnamese voluntary soldiers who died in Việt Nam and Cambodia during wartime.
Around 110 young overseas Vietnamese from 25 countries on Wednesday (July 19) took part in the opening ceremony in HCM City for the 2017 Summer Camp of Việt Nam.
A Government decree on the labeling of imported and Vietnamese goods aims to protect consumer rights by stricter management of the quality and safety of goods.
To “attract eagles”, Bến Tre needs to build nests first, Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc told an investment promotion conference held by the Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta province yesterday.
Trương Quý Dương, director of Hoà Bình General Hospital, where eight patients died in a serious medical incident, submitted his resignation at a closed-door meeting on Thursday.
An airport terminal design in the shape of lotus flower has been selected by the Ministry of Transport for the Long Thành International Airport which is located on an area of 5,000 ha in Đồng Nai Province – some 40kms east of HCM City.
