PM lauds Quảng Nam’s growth record
Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc yesterday praised the residents of Quảng Nam for their efforts in making the central province one of 15 localities with the biggest contributions to the State Budget in 2016.
Immunisation watch
Deputy Prime Minister Vũ Đức Đam and other delegates press a button to officially launch a National Immunisation Information System at a ceremony yesterday in Hà Nội. The system will be run nation-wide in June this year to handle shortcomings in immunisation management, such as the impact of population migration or when parents forget their child’s immunisation schedule.— VNA/VNS Photo Thành Đạt
City sci-tech market to boost innovation
The municipal administration plans to have 70 per cent of industrial production enterprises in HCM City invest at least eight per cent of their pre-tax profits in developing and applying new technologies by 2020.
Protective parents doing their kids no favour
Overprotective parents are compromising the wholesome development of a considerable number of Vietnamese children, experts warn.
Central province launches key traffic projects
The central province officially launched the Giao Thủy Bridge – one of key project in connection mountainous areas with the provincial centre and Đà Nẵng city – on the occasion of the province’s Liberation Day (March 24th).
Doctors complete double-chamber pacemaker surgery
Thủ Đức District Hospital on Thursday implanted a double-chamber pacemaker in the body of a 51-year-woman who had an abnormally slow heart rate.
In Bến Tre school, students grow clean vegetables
Students at Lương Thế Vinh High School in the Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta province of Bến Tre grow clean vegetables at school and have even begun to sell them.
HCM City revives idea of banning private vehicles in downtown
The HCM City Department of Transport is carrying out a feasibility study to ban private vehicles on a 221ha zone in the city’s downtown.
Japan, Việt Nam develop medical laboratory network
Japan and Việt Nam have signed an agreement on a technical co-operation project to improve the network of medical laboratories in Việt Nam.
RMIT university to represent Việt Nam at Asia Pacific Business Case Competition
RMIT University team Woohoo will represent Việt Nam at the Regional HSBC - HKU Asia Pacific Business Case Competition in Hong Kong next June.
Cold spell to hit the north
A cold spell is predicted to hit Hà Nội and the northern region from Saturday, causing the temperature to drop significantly.
Gov’t asks to inspect cars, trucks with red number plates nationwide
PM Phúc has asked the Ministry of National Defence to cooperate with the ministries of transport and public security and local authorities to re-examine cars and trucks with red number plates – the vehicles assumed to belong to the army – nation wide.
Truck salvaged from Đồng Tháp canal
Rescue forces salvaged a truck from Nhất Canal in the Mekong Delta province of Đồng Tháp's Thanh Mỹ Commune on Thursday afternoon.
Massive blaze destroys Taiwanese garment factory in Cần Thơ
Firefighters last night were still battling a huge fire that broke out before at a Taiwanese garment factory in the Mekong Delta city of Cần Thơ.
Hungry wild elephants trash crops, property
Wild elephant habitats in the southern province of Đồng Nai are being reduced and degraded, leading to a lack of food and more conflicts between animals and humans, according to local authorities.
Unique Sơn Trà Reserve under threat
The Sơn Trà Nature Reserve – the green lung of Đà Nẵng - will turn into a desert, and the world’s biggest population of red-shanked douc langurs (Pygathrix nemaeus) will become extinct unless rapid development of hotels and resorts there is not stopped.
Harvard University expands co-operation with Vietnamese universities
Harvard University President Drew Gilpin Faust yesterday (March 23) met with leaders of HCM City University of Social Sciences and Humanities (USSH) to extend co-operation between the two schools in the upcoming time.
City seeks better parking investors
The chairman of the HCM City’s People’s Committee has urged the Department of Transport to replace unqualified investors of underground parking lot projects that have been delayed for more than 10 years.
Hà Nội purchases atmospheric water generators
Hà Nội’s People’s Committee said yesterday it had ordered atmospheric water generators, which extracted water from humid air, to serve locals and tourists.
Massive blaze destroys Taiwanese garment factory in Cần Thơ
Firefighters late Thursday afternoon were still battling a huge fire that broke out hours before at a Taiwanese garment factory in the Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta city of Cần Thơ.
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