Việt Nam News

It is easy to miss out on Trần Thị Kim Oanh’s bún bò Huế (Huế-style beef noodle soup) eatery when it is sandwiched between look-alike buildings on a newly-opened street in Hà Nội.

Difficulties in calling for foreign help make it difficult for residents in rural and isolated areas to enjoy filtered and clean water, experts have said.

HCM City has advanced to this month an extraordinary meeting to discuss waste treatment and environmental pollution after National Assembly deputies from the city expressed concern over the issues, a leader said.

Nearly 600 leaders, officials and volunteers from the International Committee of the Red Cross and Việt Nam Red Cross Society took part in the 2017 World Red Cross and Red Crescent Day celebration in HCM City on Saturday.

The HCM City People’s Committee has approved a proposal by the Department of Transport to put up advertisements on local buses. 

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc has ordered all central and local governments nation wide to develop plans to utilise the advantages offered by the 4^th Industrial Revolution.

Some 80 per cent of construction landfills along the capital city’s riverbanks are operating without licences, the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development said.

A crash between a truck and a coach in the Central Highlands province of Gia Lai early yesterday claimed 12 lives and injured 33 others. 

The Government wants public colleges to become autonomous in order to be competitive, but many of them are worried about such a move, especially the financial aspect.

Indonesian authorities have detained nearly 580 Vietnamese fishermen for illegally fishing in the country’s waters, according to the Vietnamese embassy in Jakarta.

The pilot project to put origin-tracing stamps on vegetable and fruits has gained initial success after three months, a senior official has said.

Võ Thị Châu of Bến Tre Province, who works as a domestic helper in HCM City’s District 7, has seven siblings, five of whom have moved to HCM City for work during the last three years.

Border guards in Sóc Trăng Province yesterday found a fishing boat carrying about 20,000 litres of smuggled diesel oil.

All districts in HCM City have been told by the city’s People’s Committee to give priority to allocating land and funds to build at least one new swimming pool each year in their localities until 2020.

The body of a fisherman who went missing in a boat accident off Hòn Dấu 15 Island close to northern Hải Phòng City was found at 11.20am on Friday.

Twenty surveillance cameras have been installed in key locations in nine communes and towns and on provincial road No. 8 in Cư M’gar District in the Central Highland province of Đắk Lắk.

The HCM City People’s Committee on Thursday approved three new electric-bus routes to serve tourists in the city, according to the city’s Department of Transport.

Some 80 per cent of construction landfills along the capital city’s riverbanks are operating without licences, the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development said.