A ceremony to unveil a plaque for a road named after Trần Kim Xuyến, Việt Nam’s first journalist-martyr and the Vietnam News Agency (VNA)’s first leader, was held in Phố Châu town, Hương Sơn district, the central province of Hà Tĩnh on Saturday.
Heavy downpours are expected in the northern region until Wednesday, with warnings of flash floods and landslides in mountainous provinces.
The Mekong Delta, home to some 18 million inhabitants, is plagued by severe riverbank erosion, which has been blamed on climate change and human factors.
The extension of an insurance subsidy scheme for offshore fishing households until the end of this year has failed to benefit anyone.
Only 30 three-wheeled vehicles have been licenced to operate in Hà Nội, whereas up to 99 per cent of the remaining three-wheelers in the city are illegal, the Hà Nội Police Department says.
Trần Thị Diễm Sương was about to enter her third year of university when her mother told her she could no longer afford to pay her tuition and living expenses in HCM City.
As least seven waterway tourism products will be developed in HCM City by 2020, according to its tourism development plan.
Administration of public lands should be tightened to increase HCM City’s revenues, a city People’s Council meeting heard recently.
A Không (Zero) Đồng shop that offers donated clothing and household appliances is seeing a brisk business in the Cuu Long (Mekong Delta) province of An Giang.
Northern provinces hold considerable untapped aquaculture potential, according to a conference held in the northern province of Tuyên Quang yesterday.
Viet Nam has posted the highest regional increase in minimum wages over the last three years, more than Indonesia and China, but workers still struggle to make ends meet.
Many public organiations and NGOs operate in the field of children protection in HCM City but do not work closely with one another, according to experts.
Representatives from construction enterprises and contractors were introduced to two outputs of a national technical collaborative project with Japan on managing construction projects in Hà Nội on Friday.
Việt Nam has very favourable conditions to develop solar energy across the country, but it needs an economical, technically feasible net-metering scheme to promote solar PV rooftops in the country, experts said yesterday.
Residents of the central Thừa Thiên-Huế Province gathered in Lăng Cô Bay to protest the construction of a stone dyke that they say will affect water flow in the bay.
The first Swim Safer Week began in HCM City on Thursday at pools in Trần Văn Ơn Primary School in District 1 and Renaissance International School Saigon in District 7, attracting more than 500 children.
Many sections of Quảng Điền dyke, worth VNĐ312 billion ($13.7 million), in Central Highlands Đắk Lắk Province’s Krông Ana were severely damaged after a flood hit the locality late May.
Đà Nẵng traffic police announced that they will publicise the license plates of traffic offenders captured via cameras on the unit’s Facebook page every Wednesday, starting from this week.
Farmers in central Quảng Trị Province is struggling to cultivate rice in the summer-autumn crop season due to the outbreak of apple snails, an invasive species that attacks rice plants.
Việt Nam ranks 47th out of 127 economies in the Global Innovation Index 2017 announced yesterday, climbing 12 places compared to last year.
