An estimated 380,000 passengers travelled on the bus rapid transit (BRT) in January – the first month Hà Nội has operated the new public transport service.

From now until 2020, the Ministry of Transportation (MoT) is supposed to mobilise US$153.8 million to invest into a key project aiming at bolstering transportation in Central Highlands, according to the ministry’s reports on investment intention. National Route No 19 will be the beneficiary of this fund, the lion’s share of which – about $150 million – is derived from World Bank’s International Development Association (IDA) loans, while the rest comes from the State’s counterpart fund.

President Trần Đại Quang has called on people to plant trees, calling it vital for every country to simultaneously ensure economic growth and environmental protection.

The grumbling around the loudspeakers was nothing new, but recently once again come into sharp focus. Only this time, the freshly generated debate may actually seal the fate of the long-standing icon that has fallen out of grace with its audience. 

The Cát Linh-Hà Đông metro line in the capital city will conduct its test run in October this year, officials have said.

Police in the northern province of Hải Dương have reported 13 incidents due to illegal firecracker using and smuggling, and seized around 35kg of firecrackers during the Tết (Lunar New Year) festival..

Heavy fines for littering public places, vocational training support for young people and change of dialing codes are among important regulations that will be effective from this month.

According to estimates of the Hà Nội Health Department, the city has nearly 3,000 private health clinics, receiving some one million patients per year. While many private clinics offer good services and help reduce the pressure on public hospitals, there were some private clinics that violate regulations. The newspaper Sức Khỏe Đời Sống (Health and Life)  talks to Trần Nhị Hà, deputy director of the Hà Nội Health Department, on the matter.

The capital and the northern provinces will experience a chill and light rain on Wednesday, after sunny weather for the first three days of the Lunar New Year.

The Mông ethnicity’s cultural perception of marriage was driving their young girls out of school and instead into early marriage in the central province of Nghệ An.

A range of majors of Huế College of Arts under Huế University have been facing to be suspended from operation due to lack of students.

The death toll from traffic accidents amounted to 118 during the first three days of the Lunar New Year (January 28-30). 

Twenty-nine mountainous districts bordering Tây Nguyên (Central Highlands) have reportedly achieved progress in social and economic development throughout 2016.

The southern province of Đồng Nai will build 20,000 houses from now until 2030 to meet the accommodation needs of workers, students and people with low incomes.

Traffic death toll amounted to 48 on the first two days of the Lunar New Year (Saturday and Sunday). 

Quảng Ninh Province will allow Vân Đồn Island District to resume its exploitation of sand mixed with pieces of coral and oysters, to serve the needs of local aquaculture farmers.

People can fill in and submit forms for more than 700 administrative procedures in Hà Nội online this year, as the municipal People’s Committee has focused on promoting online public services.

The agriculture and rural development ministry has approved a plan to provide vocational training to 1.4 million rural labourers over the next four years.