Việt Nam News

Thường Nhật Co. Ltd. on Monday started the first public river bus route in HCM City.

Disaster recovery in APEC economies is as important as disaster preparation and response, the co-chair of the APEC Emergency Preparedness Working Group (EPWG), Lê Quang Tuấn, said yesterday.

Facilitating risk reduction and sound management of chemicals across APEC and contributing to implementation of the bloc’s Strategic Approach to International Chemicals Management (SAICM) are among the objectives of the Committee on Trade and Investment’s Chemical Dialogue Regulators’ Forum that began in HCM City yesterday.

The health of all residents in the Asia-Pacific region is a critical component of economic and trade development, Lê Quang Cường, deputy minister of Health, said at an APEC Health Working Group meeting yesterday in HCM City.

The Policy Partnership on Food Security meeting was held in Cần Thơ yesterday during the APEC Food Security Week to shape actions to ensure food security in the context of climate change and urbanisation.

Strengthening the food value chain is one of the most important ways to foster rural-urban development in APEC economies, experts said at a seminar held in Cần Thơ on August 20.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs confirmed on Monday that a Vietnamese crewman of the Royal 16 cargo ship attacked and captured by pirates in southern Philippines in November 2016 was rescued by Philippine government.  

Việt Nam Railway Corporation has announced it will add 26 trains to meet increased traveling demand during the upcoming three-day holiday for National Day ( September 2).

The Ministry of Education and Training decided to temporarily stop online Math and English competitions from the new school year 2017-2018 for a more in-depth review, said Deputy Head of Secondary Education Department Nguyễn Xuân Thành.

More than 100 delegates from 21 APEC-member economies and non-APEC organisations met on Monday in HCM City to discuss how to best respond to natural disasters in the APEC region, which have become more frequent and severe within the region.

The capital city’s People’s Committee has recently proposed to Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc to change the construction model of a new bridge from public investment to public-private partnership (PPP).

Cả Pass tunnel road, Việt Nam's most modern tunnel route, was opened to traffic on Monday morning, reducing travel time from one hour to 10 minutes.

HCM City People’s Court on Monday opened a court trial related to the smuggling of cancer medicines and falsification of documents at HCM City-based VN Pharma Joint Stocks Company in 2013 and 2014.

Dr Hong-Sang Jung, executive director of the APEC Climate Center, speaks to Việt Nam News on the sidelines of the APEC Food Security Week in Cần Thơ about the significance of utilising climate information to develop sustainable agriculture in APEC economies.

Việt Nam has been striving to reduce the number of HIV infections and prevent outbreaks in high-risk communities despite a decline in funding from the international community, health officials said.

Agricultural bio-technology policies, promotion of public-private partnerships in agricultural bio-technology research and applications and the use of agricultural bio-technology in response to climate change were on the agenda of the annual APEC High-Level Policy Dialogue on Agricultural Biotechnology Meeting in Cần Thơ on Sunday.

The capital city needs to intensify food safety inspections and investigations, as well as promote the safe cultivation of raw materials and agricultural products, Deputy Prime Minister Vũ Đức Đam said yesterday.