Việt Nam News

The deputy chairman of the Bà Rịa – Vũng Tàu People’s Committee last Friday proposed expanding Côn Đảo’s Cỏ Ống Airport and its terminals in an effort to boost tourism.

Deputy Prime Minister Vũ Đức Đam has emphasised the need to provide better health care services for the elderly by standardising the care available in health facilities and the community.

Exposure to high amounts of toxic coumarin, found in smuggled cigarettes coming into the country in recent years, raises the risk of several birth defects or even miscarriage, health experts warn.

In the 39-degree Celsius heat of a summer day, carpenters in the craft village of Minh Đức in Phú Thọ Province diligently chop up large wooden logs to make furniture in their home-based wood workshops.

Thousands of hectares of cashew in the southern province of Bình Phước have been hit by pests, causing local farmers to worry about crop failure in next year’s harvest.

The Hà Nội People’s Committee has approved a project to upgrade the capital’s old railway station and surrounding areas into a Japanese-style modern urban depot surrounded by buildings of up to 70 stories. The project would be carried out in stages, to be completed by 2035.

Nearly 70 universities, research institutions, businesses and innovation supporting agencies are participating in a five-day National Advanced Training Programme on Successful Technology Licensing that began yesterday (Sep 25) in HCM City.

The Central Steering Committee for Natural Disaster Prevention yesterday requested its subordinate agencies “not to underestimate” and proactively prepare to respond to a tropical depression.

The Ministry of Trade and Industry has confirmed mistakes and wrongdoings were found in personnel appointments at the Việt Nam National Chemical Group (Vinachem).

Cần Thơ City plans to upgrade the Cái Răng Floating Market with total investment of VNĐ8 billion (US$), according to Phạm Văn Luận, deputy director of the city’s Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism.

Over 30 million underprivileged households in Việt Nam received loans from the Việt Nam Bank for Social Policies (VBSP) last month, the bank’s latest report showed.

A woman who suffered from complications during a V-line surgery at HCM City-based Emcas Medical-Plastic Surgery Clinic will be taken to Singapore for treatment as her family’s last resort.

The Ministry of Transport has agreed to a proposal to reduce toll fare at Build-Transfer-Operate (BOT) tolls stations on the Pháp Vân-Cầu Giẽ Expressway by 25 per cent.

A kindergarten under construction in the capital city’s outer Nam Từ Liêm District collapsed early Monday morning. No casualties have been reported.

Two people died after a fire broke out at a house in Chương Mỹ District’s Xuân Mai Town on Monday morning.

A woman and her young daughter died in an accident on Highway No. 21 in the northern province of Hà Nam, according to Bình Lục District Police.

The biggest conference ever held on the Mekong Delta, occurring this week in Cần Thơ, is a chance for the Government to hear of breakthrough ideas on sustainable development in the southern region, which is greatly threatened by climate change, environment minister Trần Hồng Hà said yesterday.

Hà Nội streets are getting a facelift: authorities have begun paving degraded streets with natural stone as part of a project to beautify the city and improve safety for walkers and dirvers.