Việt Nam News

Only about 65 per cent of rural households in Việt Nam have standard toilets, said associate professor Nguyễn Thị Liên Hương, director of the Health Environment Management Agency under the Ministry of Health (MoH), addressing the challenges related to rural hygiene.

More than 138,000 farmers in HCM City have been awarded the title of “Excellent farmers in production and doing business”, part of a programme that recognises outstanding contributions to the agriculture sector over the past five years, according to the city’s Farmers Association.

Nearly two weeks have passed since the particularly devastating heavy downpour and the floods that followed in the Central Highlands. Hundreds of households in Đắk Lắk Province, however, still remain on edge since the floodwaters have put their pepper fields in jeopardy.

HCM City authorities plan to relocate people living in 20,000 houses in slums along canals and rivers by 2020.

The National Assembly (NA) Chairwoman Nguyễn Thị Kim Ngân asked the Việt Nam Red Cross Society (VNRC) to continue to promote its humanitarian activities, healthcare, emergency aid and disaster prevention and response programmes at a ceremony to celebrate its 70th founding anniversary on Saturday.

The fight against smuggling in southwestern provinces has never been easy.

City steps up preventive methods in communes without Zika cases

The HCM City Department of Health plans to create the best conditions for the private sector to open more family medical clinics to provide comprehensive primary healthcare service to residents.

Farmers in Cà Mau Province have begun to breed a new batch of blue-clawed prawns in rice fields, according to the province Department of Agriculture and Rural Development.

Riverbank erosion at several sites in central provinces of Quảng Bình and Quảng Trị following repeated floods in October and November is threatening public works and the lives of nearby residents.

Teachers overcome difficulties to ensure children's right to education

"The role of bicycle transportation in the city and international experiment exchange and how to apply it in Việt Nam" was the major them of discussion at an international conference as part of the ongoing international exhibition Việt Nam Cycle 2016 being held in Hà Nội.

Despite receiving high scores on the universitiy entrance exam this year, Nguyễn Đình Tuấn decided to choose a more practical career by studying automobile engineering at a vocational college

Work to upgrade and widen Routes No. 830 and 824 linking Đức Hòa and Bến Lức districts in Long An Province began on November 17 on a build-operate-transfer basis.

A wildlife crime reduction project was launched by the US Ambassador to Việt Nam in the capital city yesterday.

The government has approved an increase of 7.3 per cent against the regional minimum wage, starting January 1, 2017.

Environment Ministry’s inspectors decided to fine Hố Hô Hydropower plant in central provinces of Hà Tĩnh and Quảng Bình for its violations in water resource management, ministry’s official confirmed yesterday at a press conference.