Việt Nam News

A Không (Zero) Đồng shop that offers donated clothing and household appliances is seeing a brisk business in the Cuu Long (Mekong Delta) province of An Giang.  

Northern provinces hold considerable untapped aquaculture potential, according to a conference held in the northern province of Tuyên Quang yesterday.

Residents of the central Thừa Thiên-Huế Province gathered in Lăng Cô Bay to protest the construction of a stone dyke that they say will affect water flow in the bay.

Viet Nam has posted the highest regional increase in minimum wages over the last three years, more than Indonesia and China, but workers still struggle to make ends meet.

Many public organiations and NGOs operate in the field of children protection in HCM City but do not work closely with one another, according to experts.

Representatives from construction enterprises and contractors were introduced to two outputs of a national technical collaborative project with Japan on managing construction projects in Hà Nội on Friday.

Việt Nam has very favourable conditions to develop solar energy across the country, but it needs an economical, technically feasible net-metering scheme to promote solar PV rooftops in the country, experts said yesterday.

The first Swim Safer Week began in HCM City on Thursday at pools in Trần Văn Ơn Primary School in District 1 and Renaissance International School Saigon in District 7, attracting more than 500 children.

Many sections of Quảng Điền dyke, worth VNĐ312 billion ($13.7 million), in Central Highlands Đắk Lắk Province’s Krông Ana were severely damaged after a flood hit the locality late May.

Đà Nẵng traffic police announced that they will publicise the license plates of traffic offenders captured via cameras on the unit’s Facebook page every Wednesday, starting from this week.

Farmers in central Quảng Trị Province is struggling to cultivate rice in the summer-autumn crop season due to the outbreak of apple snails, an invasive species that attacks rice plants.

Việt Nam ranks 47th out of 127 economies in the Global Innovation Index 2017 announced yesterday, climbing 12 places compared to last year.

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc has asked Đắk Lắk Province’s People’s Committee to investigate illegal logging in Ea Súp District.

Nearly 160,000 residents of eight Hồng (Red) River Delta provinces benefited from a programme for rural water supply and sanitation during the past four years.

Northern region and the northern part of central region can expect rainstorms of varying degrees this weekend, said the National Centre for Hydro-meteorological Forecasting.

Leaks on the walls of Thủy Yên reservoir in central Thừa Thiên-Huế Province are worrying locals who live nearby.

In the first half of the year the HCM City economy performed well, achieving growth of 7.68 per cent, up from 7.47 per cent a year earlier.

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc has ordered the Ministry of Public Security to  revoke the 516 privileged blue plates given to cars owned by private companies without further delay.