Việt Nam News

Eight years ago, a 24-year-old man from the Mekong Delta Province of Đồng Tháp, who identified as gay at the time, decided he wanted to change his gender.

 The People’s Committee of Hà Nội will consider the construction project of the Belt Road No. 1 at the Hoàng Cầu–Voi Phục intersection.

Cameras to monitor environmental violations will be installed in all districts, according to the HCM City People’s Committee.

Hundreds of children in the northern mountainous province of Tuyên Quang have benefited from free medical check-ups and surgeries under a programme jointly carried out by the Việt Nam Association of Paediatric Surgeons (VNAPS), the Nhịp Cầu Yêu Thương (Spans of Love) Group, and the provincial General Hospital.

At least six people, including two women who were identified as Vietnamese citizens, were killed in a traffic accident on June 13 in Thailand’s Sa Kaeo province, 200 kilometers to the northeast of Bangkok. 

The HCM City Department of Construction has recommended compensation and financial support for households affected by higher road levels caused by relaying them.

HCM City expects to launch the first river bus route as soon as early July, connecting the Bạch Đằng Wharf in District 1 with Thủ Đức District, according to the city’s Department of Transport.

The Vừ A Dính Scholarship Fund will provide the Mở đường đến tương lai (A Brighter Path) scholarships to at least 33 ethnic girls to enable them to complete high school and tertiary education in the next seven years.

The Việt Nam Administration for AIDS Control in coordination with PATH has launched an oral HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) service in Việt Nam.

A Japanese Coast Guard vessel, the Echigo (PLH08), and 85 crew members started a six-day friendly visit to Đà Nẵng and Quảng Nam Province yesterday.

A new training programme to improve the quality of healthcare employees will be set up by the Ministry of Health in co-operation with the Ministry of Education and Training and Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs.

The World Bank has recently approved US$53 million in funding for urban infrastructure development in two emerging middle cities in northern Việt Nam, Lào Cai (Lào Cai Province) and Phủ Lý (Hà Nam Province).

Hà Nội traffic police have dealt with more than 1,000 violations related to overloaded vehicles and self-modified three-wheeled vehicles between June 9 and 11.

Việt Nam is one of the countries hardest hit by climate change. As disasters destroy livelihoods, children may give up school to work for their families’ survival.

More than 100 national and international practitioners in the field of disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation gathered in Hà Nội on June 13 to discuss forecast-based financing (FbF).

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc has ordered the Ministry of Transport to hire foreign consultants to conduct a study of the proposed expansion of Tân Sơn Nhất International Airport in HCM City.

Four passengers were injured after their high-speed boat crashed into a cargo ship on Monday afternoon in the waters off Quảng Ninh Province’s Vân Đồn District.

An unexpected 30-minute downpour, across both Hà Nội’s urban and outlying districts, had people parking their bikes on pavements and scrambling to take shelter under the nearest roofs.