Việt Nam News

More than 10,000 students in 12 primary schools in the south-eastern province of Bình Dương attended a programme on nutrition education and physical development which ended on Monday.

Many countries in the East Asia and Pacific region face the threat of social divisions that could hurt efforts to reduce poverty, according to a World Bank report released yesterday.

National Assembly chairwoman Nguyễn Thị Kim Ngân on Tuesday applauded the State Audit Office of Việt Nam (SAV) for its contributions in fighting corruption and waste.

Việt Nam Railway plans to operate extra trains for Tết (Lunar New Year) from February 2 to March 4 next year.

Deputy Prime Minister Trương Hòa Bình on Monday directed the Government inspectorate to begin a two-month inspection of the privatisation process of State-owned Việt Nam Feature Film (VFS) studio.

Four Cát Linh-Hà Đông trains were delivered to Hà Nội on Monday. In November, eight more trains are planned to be transported from China to Việt Nam.

Police in central Thanh Hóa Province busted a football betting ring worth VNĐ160 billion (US$7.04 million).

Companies in Việt Nam who wish to employ foreign employees can now apply for work permits online.

The two 15m cracks on the surface of Nguyễn Bỉnh Khiêm – Đình Vũ overpass in Hải An District may be caused by bad weather and deep excavation.

A portion of the Gia Hoét 1 dyke in Châu Đức District’s Quảng Thành’s Ward broke on Monday, flooding the residential area and sweeping away people’s cattle and assets.

 Forests under the Flitch project in Tân Lương Ward, Sơn Hội Commune, Sơn Hòa District, are being destroyed to expand the planting area of acacia trees.

The Prime Minister recently signed a decision to upgrade Tân Nam to an international border gate in southern Tây Ninh Province, provincial party secretary Trần Lưu Quang said on Monday.

For more than a decade, a group of nearly 20 farmers has been travelling through the Đồng Tháp Mười wetland to build houses for those even less advantaged thhan themselves.

The one-storey house of resident Triệu Đức Chính of the Central Highlands Đắk Lắk Province is home to ten people: Chính himself, his three wives, and their six children.

Children who live at five social welfare centres and shelters in HCM City and Bà Rịa-Vũng Tàu Province took part in a Humpty Dumpty Design and Painting Contest from September 17 to October 1.

 At least six people were killed and 10 were injured when two coaches collided at about 4am on Monday in Dương Minh Châu District of the southern province of Tây Ninh.

Five crew members from a sunken vessel were rescued and taken back to the mainland Monday morning, the Maritime Search and Rescue Coordination Centre Zone 3 said.

The Hà Nội Supreme People's Court opened the trial of the case involving former National Assembly member Châu Thị Thu Nga and her nine partners today.