Việt Nam News

More than 400,000 readers in rural areas can access books and a system of over 9,000 civil libraries has been built in 26 provinces in Việt Nam since 2007. This is thanks to the “Books for rural areas of Việt Nam” programme.

Japanese health experts are training around 100 doctors from Hà Nội and the neighbouring provinces to perform endoscopic ultrasounds (EUS) at the Hightech and Digestive Centre in Hà Nội.

The HCM City Department of Industry and Trade yesterday inaugurated a system that enables consumers to check the origin of pork they buy at nearly 350 modern outlets.

More communes and villages in Thừa Thiên-Huế, Quảng Nam, Quảng Ngãi and Bình Định, as well as Phú Yên and Khánh Hòa, were flooded as the region experienced average rainfall ranging from 150mm to 400mm on Thursday and Friday.

Authorities in Hà Tĩnh Province have destroyed 275 tonnes of fish contaminated with chemicals from Formosa’s toxic spill into the ocean near the province and its neighbours – Quảng Bình, Quảng Trị and Thừa Thiên-Huế.

 Six people, including three children, were killed and two others were injured in a fire that broke out early this morning in a house in an alley in HCM City’s District 3.

Water in the Hoài River rose up to flood two streets – Bạch Đằng and Nguyễn Thái Học – in the ancient city of Hội An and villages on the Hoài River banks yesterday.

Almost all lowland areas in Thừa Thiên-Huế Province were flooded yesterday due to non-stop heavy rainfall since early this week and the obligatory release of water by the local reservoirs.

Japan and Russia today wrap up a summit aimed at making progress on a peace treaty to formally end World War II, focusing on economic projects in small Russian-occupied islands claimed by Tokyo.

Deputy Prime Minister Vũ Đức Đam called on scientists to provide scientific findings and recommendations for national development during the fifth international symposium on Vietnamese studies held in Hà Nội yesterday.

The Government and the Hồ Chí Minh Communist Youth Union should work together to create the most favorable environment for young people to take the lead in renovation and start-up activities and in tackling pressing social issues, Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc has said.

The Prime Minister has approved a master plan for the media system serving external relations to 2020 with a vision to 2030, designating the Vietnam News Agency (VNA) as the main national media agency in the field.

Indonesia yesterday handed over to Việt Nam 39 fishermen who were arrested for illegal fishing in Indonesia’s waters. 
 

The Government has approved HCM City’s plans to build two bridges over the Soài Rạp River.

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc has asked ministries, provincial and city people’s committees and relevant offices to strengthen traffic safety works during New Year, Lunar New Year (Tết)  and the Spring Festival.

Unclear management responsibility of land in the capital city’s Sóc Sơn District has given way to illegal soil exploitation. 

Seventeen self-help groups of migrant workers were formed as the result of a project aimed at supporting rural-urban migrant workers in Hà Nội.

A major water park in the centre of Hà Nội is not operational due to management issues between concerned authorities.