Việt Nam News

Developing renewable energy sources is more urgent than ever to meet demand for power, ensure sustainable growth and cope with climate change in the country, experts said yesterday at a meeting held in HCM City.

Việt Nam must take urgent measures to solve the problem of skill mismatch between Vietnamese graduates who’ve returned from Japan and the needs of the country’s industrial sector, experts said.

The Party and State pursue a consistent policy of protecting, caring for and educating children, President Trần Đại Quang said, stressing that investing in children is to invest in the nation’s future.

Việt Nam should develop an integrated system of public transport as part of measures to ensure sustainable transport development, according to experts.

A hydropower plant in the central province of Phú Yên opened floodgates without sending prior notice has reportedly caused the death of four students in the downstream area earlier this week, officials found.

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc has decided to establish a National Steering Committee on the Settlement of Post-war Unexploded Ordnance (UXO) and Toxic Chemical Consequences.

Residents have welcomed efforts to move electrical wires and telecommunication cables underground in downtown HCM City. By 2020, almost all overhead electrical wires in the city’s inner districts will be buried, according to HCM City Power Corporation under Electricity of Việt Nam.

Hà Nội People’s Committee has approved FPT Corporation's project on building an intelligent transportation system (ITS) in Hà Nội.

The capital city is facing a shortage of high school teachers that can teach in English, requiring pedagogical units to train more students adept at the language to meet demands.

A 90-metre long tunnel-shield machine is being used to build underground tunnels for trains that will connect the Opera House and Ba Son metro stations in District 1.

Nguyễn Thị Oanh, an inhabitant of the Rainbow apartment building in the Linh Đàm urban area in Hoàng Liệt Ward is struggling to find a primary school for her six-year-old child.

Handmade cosmetics containing natural ingredients are often bought online by women who love nature-based products, but consumers are often unaware of their potential long-term risks, the Tuổi Trẻ (Youth) newspaper reports.

A Korean tourist was drown when swimming in the beach of Mỹ Khê in Ngũ Hành Sơn district on Thursday, chairman of the district’s people’s committee Nguyễn Thị Anh Thi confirmed to Việt Nam News.

Around 30,000 farmers across nine provinces in the country will get support from Google over the next three years to learn to use the internet for their work.

Economic police in the south eastern Tây Ninh Province have discovered a company illegally reprocessing and utilising thousands of fake cylinders to extract gas for sale in domestic markets.

The Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT)'s authorised agencies have decided to penalise the Việt Nam Standard and Consumers Association (VINASTAS) for misleading reports on the toxicity in fish sauce.

The malnutrition rate among children under five from ethnic minority communities is double that of Kinh children, experts said at a seminar in Hà Nội today.

The hotline of the Provincial Party Committee of northern Ninh Bình Province will officially be put into use on June 1.