The Northern Việt Nam Power Projects Management Board (NPMB) said it would start work of 15 power projects in 2017 to ensure stable power supply and prevent overloaded power transmission to Hà Nội and industrial zones in the region.
People nation-wide enjoyed spectacular art and music performances to celebrate the most sacred moment of the Year of the Rooster 2017.
As a tradition, national and local leaders would visit people on duty during Tết and wish them a happy new year.
Tết is the time for a family union and good health, but not so for Cường and many others like him who are confined to hospital beds because of various ailments.
Extreme weather conditions resulting in a complex tide phenomenon, landslides and sea erosion are threatening coastal areas in central Bình Thuận Province, authority officials and local people have said.
Police in the northern province of Nam Định announced on Wednesday they have arrested two suspected drug dealers and seized 45kg of synthetic drugs and 30 heroin packs.
The jail terms of 621 prisoners in the southern province of Tây Ninh have been shortened on the occasion of Tết (Lunar New Year), according to the provincial People’s Court.
A huge flyover that spans the major, congested Nguyễn Bỉnh Khiêm-Lê Hồng Phong intersection in the northern city of Hải Phòng opened to the public on Wednesday.
Việt Nam News photographer Đoàn Tùng walks around the city to get the shoots of people getting home from Hà Nội.
Saltwater has entered 35 kilometres up the Tiền River, one of the tributaries of the Mekong, in Tiền Giang Province, a local irrigation official said.
Farmers in the Mekong Delta province of Bạc Liêu have had bumper harvests of paddy rice and shrimp with higher profits and yields than in previous years.
Many female migrant workers must work 10-12 hours per day, live in bad condition, do not have any spare time for themselves and do not receive vocational training.
The HCM City Police debuted and put into operation a specialised crime fighting unit in the city.
Việt Nam News daily and the Sunday issue will not be published during Tết (Lunar New Year) holidays from January 27 to February 2. Publication will be resumed on February 3.
A 40sq.m beach and water area on Chàm Island will be restored and demarcated to protect and conserve the green turtle (Chelonia mydas) species.
A two-year pilot project for the issuance of e-visas for foreigners will start on February 1, said Major General Lê Xuân Viên, director general of the Department of Immigration under the Ministry of Public Security yesterday.
The Việt Nam Railway Authority has published two hotline numbers to receive complaints from passengers about railway traffic safety during the Tết (Lunar New Year) holidays.
Việt Nam considers the engagement in the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) agreement and other free trade agreements (FTAs) as one of the most important moves in implementing its policy of proactive and active economic integration in an extensive and inclusive manner, Spokesperson of the Foreign Ministry Lê Hải Bình said.
HCM City hospitals are ensuring that emergency aid, medicine and medical personnel are available for the Tết holiday as the number of traffic accidents, food poisoning incidents and drunk driving incidents increases.
Experts have called for a synchronous and environmentally friendly planning for Việt Nam to cope with climate change, flooding, pollution and traffic jams, especially in urban areas in the country.
