Việt Nam News

The malnutrition rate among children under five from ethnic minority communities is double that of Kinh children, experts said at a seminar in Hà Nội today.

The hotline of the Provincial Party Committee of northern Ninh Bình Province will officially be put into use on June 1.

Vietnamese women in 2015 spent 19.7 hours per week on market work and 38.7 hours per week on unpaid care work and for men, 25.1 hours and 26.2 hours.

Construction of a bridge linking Ninh Kiều and Cái Răng districts in Cần Thơ city will begin in the first quarter of next year.

The saying that 'you are never to old to learn' has never been so true in Nam Xuân Commune, Đắk Nông District, where many middle-aged women are learning 'abc' lessons the first time in life. 

Social insurance authority in Việt Nam is developing a compulsory social insurance scheme for foreign workers in the country, citing the need to follow international practices as the country deepens integration.

Vocational education and training must be reformed to meet the requirements of the fourth industrial revolution, experts said on Thursday at a meeting held in HCM City.

Although he has been retired for more than a decade, 68-year-old Nguyễn Văn Hởi – a former teacher in the Thanh Hóa Province – is still at Đông Vệ Ward’s office every day.

ExxonMobil Exploration and Production Việt Nam Limited (ExxonMobil) in co-operation with VinaCapital Foundation signed a Memorandum of Understanding for medical capacity improvements in eight districts of the central province in 2017.

Four children in Phú Yên Province’s Sơn Hòa District drowned on Wednesday while bathing in the water flow of a nearby hydropower plant, the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MIT) reported.

Hà Nội police have detained and prosecuted five people involving in a wild animal trafficking ring from central Nghệ An Province to Hà Nội.

 The Southernmost Cà Mau Province’s People’s Committee has asked the Government to provide VNĐ120 billion (US$5.3 million) in funds to move locals from landslide areas to new residential areas.

The People’s Court of the southern province of Tây Ninh has sentenced two people in prison for cheating 41 people of around VNĐ12 billion (US$533,300).

The Vietnamese delegation finished third at the Intel International Science and Technology Fair (Intel ISEF), which took place from May 13 to 19 in Los Angeles, the United States. 

One person has died and as many as 60 people have reportedly been hospitalised in the dysentery outbreak in the northern mountainous Lai Châu Province.

The prices of battery-farmed chickens and their egg are falling rapidly, causing concern for breeders nationwide, especially in Hà Nội and Đồng Nai – the two localities raising the highest numbers of battery chickens.

Many HCM CITY sidewalks have been encroached again after a campaign was launched to remove illegally parked cars, vendors, cafes, canopies and other obstructions.

Tires are reportedly among most problematic sources of waste, but Nguyễn Lương Thông from Nam Định Province’s Ý Yên District is showing that they can also present a recycling opportunity.