Việt Nam News

Maritime authorities are actively searching for three fishermen who went missing in the waters off Bạch Long Vĩ Island near the port city of Hải Phòng on Saturday.

Military-run mobile carrier Viettel on October 21 piloted its My Parking app to allow car owners to find a parking lot and pay parking fees on several streets in downtown HCM City.

The area of super-intensive shrimp farming in Cà Mau Province, the country’s largest shrimp producer, has increased this year as the model offers high profits for farmers.

Recess at the Nghĩa Chánh Elementary School in Quảng Ngãi City is a surprisingly quiet affair, far from the usual din of students enjoying their break from classes.

“I started selling fruit in Hà Nội several years ago. At that time, income from this business was just enough to cover my daily needs. Fortunately, a cousin of mine raised the idea of renting land in the Hồng (Red) River’s mudflats to plant fruit,” said 48-year-old Nguyễn Văn Tá.

HCM City Management and Operation Centre for Public Transport on October 20 announced that it has started construction on a new Bến Thành bus terminal on Hàm Nghi Street in District 1.

The demand for human resources in HCM City is forecast to rise 2-3 per cent annually to reach 4.61 million labourers by 2020 and 5.34 million labourers by 2025, according to a report from the HCM Centre for Forecasting Manpower Needs and Labour Market Information.

A special high tax proposed by some provinces and cities is being questioned by economists due to its controversial impacts on Việt Nam’s tax policies.

HCM City should develop a “twin city” model, which would divide the metropolis into two urban areas, a western and an eastern one, to allow each part to properly develop, said Dr Võ Kim Cương, former deputy chief architect of HCM City.

Nguyễn Thị Vui held a doll as she walked in a hurry towards a room for child patients at the Hà Nội-based National Cancer Hospital.

The first metro tunnel running from Ba Son Station to the Municipal Theatre in District 1 is expected to be completed by the end of this month, two months ahead of schedule, according to the HCM City Management Authorities for Urban Railways.  

The Prime Minister’s certificate of merit will be posthumously awarded to Vietnam News Agency (VNA)’s reporter Đinh Hữu Dư, who laid down his life while reporting the recent floods in the northern mountainous province of Yên Bái. 

Indoor pollutants are one of main causes of chronic respiratory diseases in HCM City, a study has found.

A backlog of violations needs to be dealt with firmly, interest groups disbanded and strict, heavy punishments handed out to deal with the production of fake fertilisers in the country, officials said at an online meeting on Friday.

The Japanese Government, via the Japan International Co-operation Agency (JICA), yesterday sent relief to residents in Yên Bái and Hòa Bình provinces after they suffered serious losses due to the recent typhoon and landslides.

The 21^st annual conference of the Asian Science Park Association has opened in HCM City.

Psychological consultation for students has yet to be given proper attentions as school psychology teachers have yet to be named in list of school staff.