Việt Nam News

A 40-seater passenger bus, traveling from the north-central province of Quảng Bình to Hà Nội, was on Monday fined VNĐ41.5 million (US$1,850) for overloading the vehicle.

Two people were killed and nine others were injured in a tragic bus accident which occurred earlier today on the Pháp Vân-Cầu Giẽ highway.

Nearly 1,000 students of kindergarten, primary and secondary school have not yet begun attending classes in coastal central Hà Tĩnh Province, although schools officially reopened yesterday nation-wide.

Pollution has caused the deaths of 72,000 fish in the south central coastal province of Phú Yên over the past month.

A new project was launched yesterday to control HIV among young drug users in Việt Nam with funding from Expertise France, a French agency for international technical expertise.

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc has approved the National Target Programme on Sustainable Poverty Reduction for 2016-2020, which aims to cut the national poverty rate by 1-1.5 per cent each year based on multi-dimensional poverty criteria.

The Ministry of Health has asked provinces and cities to tighten the prevention of Zika virus and dengue fever nationwide, according to a document released yesterday.

A plan to build a flyover connecting Tân Sơn Nhất airport with Nguyễn Văn Trỗi and Hoàng Văn Thụ streets has been submitted to the HCM City Department of Transport by an infrastructure joint venture.

The newly-opened pedestrian areas around Hoàn Kiếm (Sword) Lake, the iconic of Hà Nội, has got big applause from both tourists and locals as it brings more space for those who wish to get an insight into the city.

Thousands of teenager everyday driving motorbikes without licences and the major reason was focusing on a low awareness of traffic laws and safety among both the teenagers and their their parents. traffic police and authority official have warned.

All 21 polluting factories in Đông Hưng Thuận Ward in HCM City’s District 12 will be relocated or switch to other businesses before the end of the year, according to the city Department of Natural Resources and Environment.

Some 22.5 million students across Việt Nam celebrated the start of the school year yesterday, as the country continues its struggle to reform the education system and boost economic growth for a better job market.

The National Institute of Haematology and Blood Transfusion (NIHBT) yesterday received the International Society of Blood Transfusion (ISBT) Award for Developing Countries.

The People’s Committee of northern coastal Quảng Ninh Province has agreed to put the domestic waste incinerator into operation.

A suspect has been arrested in connection with the massacre of four family members in northern mountainous Lào Cai Province during a robbery early last month, the local authority said.

Việt Nam is feeling strong climate change impacts to production and people’s lives.

Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Trần Thanh Nam has instructed provinces in the Đồng Tháp Mười (Plain of Reeds) sub-region to establish linkages among themselves for sustainable development of their agriculture.