Việt Nam News

HelpAge International is launching the first findings of a study of Older People’s Associations (OPAs), conducted by the Oxford Institute of Population Ageing in four Asian countries, Cambodia, China, Myanmar and Việt Nam.

Over 30,000 tonnes of sulphur have been left in the open at Hoàng Diệu Port in northern Hải Phòng City for 20 days, causing concern over the risk of fire and environmental pollution.

President Trần Đại Quang yesterday sent condolences to his Somali counterpart, Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed, after the devastating terrorist bombing that hit the capital Mogadishu on Saturday.

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc has hailed the Party and State’s use of credit to implement social policies, saying the policy contributes to development and poverty reduction.

The roads to Nam Hài Village in Hà Nội’s suburban district of Chương Mỹ are so flooded that the village has been receiving safe water via canoes sent daily by the district’s High Command. At the edge of the village in Nam Phương Tiến commune, the water line reaches towards some roofs and treetops.

The health sector, medical institutions and governments across the country need to closely co-operate with the social insurance agency, which faces a huge deficit, to prevent abuse of the system, the agency’s officials have said.   

Although pleased to know his house will be relocated from the filthy slum along the Đôi Canal in District 8, resident Huỳnh Văn Quý of HCM City is worried he won’t be able to afford a new home.

Minister of Natural Resources and Environment Trần Hồng Hà yesterday led a team of government officials to meet local officials in areas affected by heavy rains and floods, in order to support recovery efforts.

More than 24,000 train tickets out of 72,000 bookings made online for the Tết period (Lunar New Year holiday) were sold on the first day of sales on Sunday in HCM City.

The Nguyễn Văn Trỗi Prize was awarded to 35 young workers for their outstanding contributions to HCM City’s socio-economic development at a function on Sunday.

Customs officers at Tân Sơn Nhất International Airport detected a Vietnamese passenger taking advantage of a new customs procedure to illegally transport watches from Switzerland.

The Border Guard in the central province of Hà Tĩnh successfully busted a large-scale drug trafficking case, seized 20,000 methamphetamine synthetic drugs weighing 10kg in total.

The casualty toll in the devastated flood in Việt Nam’s northern and central regions has increased to 73, whilst another 30 remain missing.

Five children drowned on Sunday while fishing in Cà Lồ River which passes through Việt Long Commune in Hà Nội’s Sóc Sơn District.

What is the relationship between a boxer and businessman? You might think there’s no connection. But Ngô Sỹ Đạt who was born in 1986 in Bắc Giang Province proved that a boxer can be a good at doing business.

Five recently re-structured units tasked with managing all Ha Noi public construction projects employ some 1,000 officials but their operation remains ineffective, the city’s inspection team reported.

More and more drug traffickers have turned to aviation to transport drugs in response to tighter security measures of local customs and police, officials said.

Tropical storm Nakhun suddenly changed course on Sunday and headed for Việt Nam’s central provinces rather than the northern ones. The National Centre for Hydro-meteorological Forecasting said the storm was predicted to make landfall in the central provinces late Tuesday (October 17).