Việt Nam News

The next court hearing of an Agent Orange lawsuit filed by a French-Vietnamese woman against 26 US chemical company is expected to be held in early 2017.

The “Việt Nam Golden Book of Creativity 2016”, the first book to honour Vietnamese people’s creativeness in science and technology, made its debut yesterday in Hà Nội.

Deputy Prime Minister Vương Đình Huệ yesterday said preferential loans were needed  for co-operatives to develop in a sustainable manner and in line with value chain.

Twenty most outstanding youths in following late President Hồ Chí Minh’s teachings were honoured at a ceremony in Hà Nội yesterday.

The Prime Minister has asked ministries, sectors and localities to step up measures to ensure traffic safety and social order while meeting the travel demands of passengers during the upcoming national holiday of National Independence Day (Sept. 2) and the new school year (Sept. 5).

Over 1,720 remote ethnic minority women were supported with finance for income-generating activities through the establishment of women’s Village Savings and Loan Associations (VSLA).

Quảng Nam People’s Committee on Monday awarded VNĐ20 million (US$880) to officials who investigated the destruction of the pơ mu forest in Nam Giang District.

Cases of diphtheria, whooping cough, measles and Japanese encephalitis still occur in several poor and remote localities and areas with ethnic minorities because residents did not receive the vaccination.

A man and his daughter drowned yesterday while the father was trying to teach the girl swimming in central Hà Tĩnh Province.

Implementation of Conceive-Design-Implement-Operate (CDIO) principles have helped 10 universities in Việt Nam reform their curricula, providing students with skills, knowledge and attitudes needed by businesses and organisations.

The HCM City Department of Natural Resources and Environment last Friday checked foul-smelling at areas around the Đa Phước Solid Waste Treatment Complex in Bình Chánh District, following the requirement of the city chairman of HCM City People’s Committee Nguyễn Thanh Phong.

Police in central Hà Tĩnh Province’s Kỳ Anh Township have prosecuted two traffic inspection officials for accepting bribes worth VNĐ5 million (US$225) from a transport company whose trucks had violated the law.

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc agreed with a proposal to target Phú Yên into a tourism infrastructure development project funded by the Asian Development Bank at a working session in the central coastal province yesterday.

National Assembly Chairwoman Nguyễn Thị Kim Ngân have met 445 delegates who attended a congress on excellent youth studying and following President Hồ Chí Minh’s moral examples.

Việt Nam’s engagement in the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) will better protect its workers by addressing issues relating to strikes, said an expert.

The HCM City-based Chợ Rẫy Hospital and the Japan International Co-operation Agency (JICA) has signed a Record of Discussion for a project to improve hospital management competency in southern Việt Nam.

Many flights were delayed, cancelled or diverted on Friday evening as heavy rains seriously flooded HCM City’s Tân Sơn Nhất International Airport.