Việt Nam News

Illegal sand mining along Hà Nội’s rivers keeps increasing, causing loss of resources and polluting the environment, while negatively affecting socio-economic development and people’ security.

Nguyễn Đức Chung, chairman of Hà Nội People’s Committee, has asked the director of the Hà Nội police to urgently clarify the incident related to the attack on two journalists recently.

Experts on Monday met and discussed how to promote gender equality, provide economic opportunities and empower women at a forum in Hà Nội.

Hundreds of residents in Central Highlands Đắk Lắk Province’s Krông Năng District have complained that sudden, repeated electricity fluctuations have short-circuited and damaged their electrical appliances.

More than 3,300 dengue fever cases have been reported since the beginning of the year in southern Đồng Tháp Province, a year-on-year increase of over 33 per cent.

The Vietnam Competition Authority (VCA) has decided to fine a multi-level marketing company a quarter of a million dollars for multiple operational infractions.

The Da Nang police arrested three officials of the Southeast Asian joint-stock commercial Bank (SEA Bank) for banking and loan service violations in the city starting in 2007.

Việt Nam and the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) hope to boost cooperation in developing genetic resources and choosing technology to improve rice quality, experts have said.

Police arrested 14 people, seized properties worth more than VNĐ 1.3 billion (US$58,400), plus a number of cars and motorbikes, in a raid last week in Vinh City.

A fire, believed to have been caused by a short-circuit, started at about 11:30pm on Saturday at Tĩnh Lâu Pagoda, commonly referred to as Sải Pagoda, in Bưởi Ward, Tây Hồ District.

The benefits provided by HCM City to seniors, like free bus tickets and priority in healthcare services, have yet to percolate down to them, many complained at a meeting with authorities from various departments yesterday.

Three electronic-bus routes will soon be put into use in the HCM City centre, Phú Mỹ Hưng urban area and along Nhiêu Lộc – Thị Nghè Canal.

The International Rice Research Institute has honoured Former Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Cao Đức Phát for his “ardent support” to the Viet Nam-IRRI collaboration.

Thái Minh Mẫn of HCM City, a physically disabled man who uses a wheelchair, once had to rely on “black credit” to buy laptop bags, electronic parts and other items to sell to students.

The Institute for Cyber Security Research and Training (CSO) has launched a training system for cybersecurity simulations, the first of its kind in Việt Nam.

The central city’s Foreign Affairs department and the Việt Nam Health Improvement Project (VNHIP) have inked a new agreement on improving health care for kids with HIV/AIDS in the city in 2017-21.

A six grader at Sóc Trăng City’s Lê Vĩnh Hòa Secondary School has been moved back to the first grade of a primary school after a short time of starting the new academic year.

Social media users are not being careful enough as Internet fraud gets increasingly sophisticated, the Hà Nội Public Security Department warned yesterday.