Việt Nam News

A fishing boat with a crew of six fishermen was rescued after its engine broke down 43 nautical miles from Bạch Long Vĩ Island off Hải Phòng coast.

Deputy Prime Minister Vũ Đức Đam said yesterday that the so-called Hà Tĩnh scandal, in which several female teachers were forced to be temporary receptionists at a provincial event, was a "very bad incident" .

Paper official documents will be replaced by digital documents in HCM City from the beginning of next year as part of a public administration review.

The central region's sea post-Formosa is now safe for all human activity, the environment minister affirmed this morning.

Some 200 public toilets will be built and become operational in the capital city before the 2017 Lunar New Year, as stated in a recent announcement by the Hà Nội People’s Committee.

The Civil Aviation Authority of Việt Nam (CAAV) has asked the Ministry of Transport for permission to build systems to detect debris on the runways of major airports to avoid accidents.

 Residents of Vĩnh Linh District in the central province of Quảng Trị today started receiving compensation for losses from an environmental disaster earlier this year.

HCM City People’s Committee yesterday gave the green light to the development of a power plant that uses waste to produce electricity.

A VNĐ14 billion-invested trade centre in the central Nghệ An Province was unused for six years, becoming a free-of-charge straw store of local people.  

Four passersby, who fell into the river following the collapse of a suspension bridge on Đồng Nai River in the southern province of Đồng Nai yesterday afternoon, were rescued.

People and students in HCM City may be late for work and school early this morning due to the floods caused by high tides.

Some 900 baby marine turtles have been returned to the sea in the last five months, the maritime protection division of the Núi Chùa National Park in south central Ninh Thuận Province said.

Việt Nam will likely face damages of more than VND141.2 trillion (US$6.7 billion) due to natural disasters such as typhoons, floods or earthquakes in the next 50 years, the World Bank has said.

Việt Nam has made significant headway in English language education in the last few years, but needs to move faster to achieve its targets, an expert from a US-based global education company that draws up the annual English Proficiency Index has said.

A proposal by the Ministry of Health (MOH) for a new medical curriculum raised different opinions from experts.

Three more people in HCM City tested positive for Zika, taking the number of victims so far to 38, according to the local Department of Health.

The central city of Đà Nẵng has submitted to the Prime Minister an adjustment for its master urban plan for 2030 - 2050 for approval.