Land pooling needed to boost agriculture: seminar

Pooling of land is needed to improve agricultural efficiency, but the Government also needs to have policies to safeguard the benefits of both farmers and businesses, a seminar on land pooling heard in HCM City on Monday.

Action for chidren launched in Hà Nội

HÀ NỘI — The Ministry of Labour, War Invalids and Social Affairs (MoLISA) and the Hà Nội municipal People’s Committee has launched an action month for children themed ‘Enforcing Children Law and Preventing Child Abuse’ in Hà Nội.

Mekong basin dams pose danger: experts

Countries in the Mekong River basin have been urged to stop building hydroelectric dams on the river’s main stream as alluvial soil and vital nutrients are being seriously depleted.

Man held for keeping rhino horns

A man from the capital city is being investigated for keeping 18 pieces of animal horns at his house in Hoàng Mai District, the Tiền Phong (Vanguard) newspaper reported.

Police arrest drug traffickers

Hải Dương province drug investigators have arrested four men for supposed involvement in a drug trafficking ring.

Ministry announces Việt Nam free of bird flu

The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development's Animal Health Department has declared that all provinces and cities nationwide are free of avian flu, with no new outbreak detected.

Mass food poisoning reported in Bến Tre

Forty-two workers of JY Vina Company, who were hospitalised at two large hospitals in the Mekong Delta's Bến Tre Province last weekend for alleged food poisoning, are recovering well.

PM cracks down on illegal fishing

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc has requested country leaders to heighten their focus on preventing Vietnamese fishermen from illegally harvesting seafood in foreign waters.

Handicraft products in dire need of trademarks

Phú Bình carpentry village in northern Thái Nguyên Province is well known for sophisticated woodened products manipulated by skillful hands of local artisans. However, the creation of trademark and intellectual property register of the traditional handicraft village has yet to be paid due attention.

No childhood for VN’s child labourers

Improved social services are needed for child labourers and their families to help curb the child labour in Việt Nam as well as fix its negative impacts on the country’s young generation.

E-paper