Việt Nam News

When should you retire? When do you want to retire? These are not personal questions anymore.

Automation and mechanisation in rice and vegetable production in the Mekong Delta is expected to sharply reduce losses and increase value, the Agriculture and Rural Development Ministry has said

Despite difficulties in its implementation, Việt Nam is utterly resolute in its plan to scale up the number of facilities that provide voluntary and diversified services of treatment to 200,000 drug addicts by 2020.

Hanoi’s investigative agency began legal proceedings against Nguyen Dieu Linh, owner of the karaoke bar at No. 68 Tran Thai Tong street in Cau Giay district, where 13 customers were killed by a fire on November 1.

The national action month, which aims to raise awareness of public on violence and calls on the public, particularly men and boys, to take action against violence, against women and girls was launched yesterday in Hà Nội.

A grand requiem for traffic accident victims was held yesterday at Trịnh Pagoda in the Yên Tử national relic site, northern Quuảng Ninh Province, with a view to easing the bereaved families’ pains of losing their relatives.

The Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency has arrested 27 Vietnamese fishermen for illegal fishing activities in the waters of its country.

Overseas Vietnamese are an inseparable part of Việt Nam and though they live abroad, their hearts are always with the country, a delegation heard at the third overseas Vietnamese conference, which closed on Sunday in HCM City.

The rapid increase in the number of Việt Nam-trained PhD holders over the past decade coupled with shortcomings revealed in training have stirred public concern, urging the Ministry of Education and Training to tighten management over doctoral training.

Six more patients have tested positive for the Zika virus, increasing the total number of Zika incidences to 35, according to the city’s Department of Health.

The Ministry of Industry and Trade will tighten inspections and force all reservoirs in the central region to seriously obey regulations related to reservoir operation.

Initial assessments indicate that the actual costs of most build-operate-transfer (BOT) projects on National Highway No.1 and Hồ Chí Minh Highway (the section passing through the Central Highlands) were lower than planned, meaning investors will collect their payback from road users faster than anticipated.

Designs flaws in low-cost housing for workers at Hà Nội’s Bắc Thăng Long Industrial Zone are blamed for a high rate of unused apartments and dire need of employee housing.

Việt Nam is among the 15 countries with the highest estimated numbers of clinical pneumonia, with 2.9 million cases reported every year, doctors said.

Lê Hồng Phong High School for Gifted Students won first prize in the English Speaking Contest for high school students in HCM City, held by Việt Nam-based Southeast Asian Ministers of Education Organisation’s Regional Training Centre (SEAMEO RETRAC).

HCM City authorities are considering using LED adverts on buildings and installing free high-quality wi-fi along Nguyễn Huệ Pedestrian Street in District 1.  

More than 100 ha of farming land in Hạ Mỗ Commune, Hà Nội’s Đan Phượng District have been repurposed to grow lilies during winter instead of conventional crops like corn or beans.

The 16th International Agricultural Trade Fair-AgroViet 2016- has opened in Hà Nội with a vow to provide prestigious safe agricultural products to consumers.