Việt Nam News

The National Assembly (NA) will decide the fate of a future high-speed railway in Việt Nam in 2019 after the transport ministry completes a project report, Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc said this week.

The eighth National Congress of the Vietnam Buddhist Sangha (VBS) opened in Hà Nội yesterday with the participation of 1250 delegates including VBS dignitaries; monks and nuns; leaders and former leaders of the Party, State and Vietnam Fatherland Front and representatives of international organisations.

The Christian Fellowship Church of Việt Nam began its fifth congress at its headquarters in Thới Tam Thôn commune in HCM City’s Hóc Môn District yesterday.

Daily Limited Company, the operator of the delayed water bus service in HCM City, said the first boats would begin plying on November 25.

Disabled people do not benefit much from government incentive policies and social support.

FrieslandCampina Việt Nam has donated 24,000 glasses of milk worth VND180 million to school students in the central region, which was hit by the recent Typhoon Damrey.

Health Minister Nguyễn Thị Kim Tiến said yesterday that non-infectious diseases were the leading cause of death in Việt Nam and had become a socio-economic burden. She was speaking at a national scientific conference yesterday on the prevention and control of non-communicable diseases.

Deputy Prime Minister Vũ Đức Đam (middle) and Vietnamese and Korean experts at the launching ceremony of the Việt Nam-Korea Institute of Science and Technology (V-KIST), held by the Ministry of Science and Technology (MST) in Hà Nội yesterday.

Stone tiles used to pave walls of two office buildings for State agencies in Bắc Giang Province are reportedly falling, threatening the safety of visitors and those working in the buildings.

The central city of Đà Nẵng will install a solar power system to provide free charging for mobile phones, wifi and place advertising at public bus stops in a pilot project next month.

Gender inequality in ethnic minorities is seen in different fields, including economy, labour, education, training and healthcare.

The State Bank of Việt Nam (SBV) branch in the southern province of Đồng Nai is inspecting the delay in paying interest and returning savings to clients of Thái Bình People’s Credit Fund in Tân Hòa Ward, Biên Hòa City.

Việt Nam recorded average forestry production value growth of six per cent per year, nearly doubling the target of the national forestry development strategy following 10 years of implementation.

Hà Nội plans to officially launch a double-decker bus tour in the capital city from June next year.

Thousands of children living in Government-run institutions will be placed in family homes under a new project launched yesterday in Hà Nội.

Two days of travel in a truck on a very bumpy road that rattled every bone in the body.

After one year of allowing restaurants, bars and entertainment centres in the Hà Nội Old Quarter to stay open late at night, the city has received positive feedbacks from visitors, especially foreigners who wanted to experience nightlife in the city.

Abuse of antibiotics in animal husbandry is alarming in Việt Nam, experts say.