Việt Nam News

 Lack of a master plan has been blamed for Việt Nam having to import up to 80 per cent of its processed pharmaceutical materials although the country has an abundant source of pharmaceutical materials and was one of top exporters of raw pharmaceutical materials in the 1980s.

Nguyễn Xuân Cường, Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, talks to Nông thôn Ngày nay (Countryside Today) on the country’s resolve to increase the export of more agro-products

Eleven more people were exposed to HIV after responding to a traffic accident in Kom Tum Province, with 35 people altogether exposed to the virus altogether.

In the second quarter of this year, Việt Nam recorded labour force of 54.52 million, of which 53.4 million people at working ages from 15 years and more get jobs, according to the General Statistics Office (GSO).

In HCM City, 26 buses running on compressed natural gas (CNG) began plying on route No 32 on Saturday.

The Hải Vân Tunnel, connecting the two central provinces of Đà Nẵng and Thừa Thiên-Huế, will be closed for 30 minutes per day starting from July 11.

The Red Journey blood donation campaign on Saturday kicked off in the Mekong Delta province of Cà Mau, aiming to collect 500 units of blood.

Hà Nội will invest in 10 urban railway routes from now until 2030 with total funds of more than US$40 billion.

Major Nguyễn Hùng Vương of the Tân Thuận Border Gate, a customs post on one of HCM City’s rivers, got married when he was 29, but only became a father at 40. Vương’s daughter, Nguyễn Ngọc Linh Đan, was born last March.

The buffalo that gored its owner to death at Đồ Sơn Buffalo Fighting Festival in Hải Phòng on Saturday had not been injected with any stimulant to make it aggressive.

A flyover leading to both the domestic and international terminals at Tân Sơn Nhất airport in HCM City opened to traffic on July 3, and is expected to ease the congestion that has for long been plaguing the roads around Việt Nam’s busiest airport.

The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development has submitted its report to the Government concerning the faulty implementation of a decree to develop the country’s fisheries.

Hà Nội Police on Sunday have arrested three suspects involved in extorting money from customers at a karaoke parlour a week ago.

The vessel Chemroad Journey that was stranded some 73 nautical miles to the south of Phú Quý Island since June 10 has been towed to Bình Thuận Coast, according to central Bình Thuận Province’s Committee of Search and Rescue.

The Law on Gender Equality came into effect in 2007, but several provisions in the law are impracticable and many people still do not know about the law or comply with it, a workshop heard in HCM City on Tuesday.

Two ramps from Nguyễn Văn Cừ Bridge linking HCM City’s districts 1 and 8 to the Võ Văn Kiệt Boulevard below were inaugurated on June 29.

The so-called fourth industrial revolution, also known as Industry 4.0, will provide more development opportunities for businesses but will also require businesses to prepare qualified human resources to meet the industry’s standards, according to experts.