Việt Nam News

The cause of the helicopter crash that killed three military officers on Tuesday has not been established, a colonel said.

Almost 2,400 leather products seized for being falsely labelled as designer brands were destroyed on Friday morning in Hà Nội.

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc has launched the National Statistical Survey Programme, which consists of three national survey censuses and 11 statistical surveys.

The anti-smuggling investigation department, under the customs department, on Friday gave the go-ahead to prosecute a criminal case against Thành Hải Trading & Services Limited on charges of smuggling.

Two passengers who hit a female airline employee at the Nội Bài International Airport on Tuesday have been banned from flying by Civil Aviation Authority of Việt Nam.

The Hà Nội International Women’s Club (HIWC) has awarded the Vision Award for Inspiring Women to Doctor Khuất Thị Hải Oanh, a woman who has worked to address the plight of some of Việt Nam’s most marginalised people.

In a bid to ease payroll pressure on the national budget and improve staff performance, the Prime Minister has decided to reduce the number of those on the State payroll at all levels next year by 1.4 per cent.

The Government of Italy has agreed to provide preferential loans for Việt nam to enhance its flood warning capability and wastewater treatment.

The central coastal city of Đà Nẵng has approved a 2.1km sea dyke project in the Liên Chiểu district with a total investment of VNĐ200 billion (nearly US$9 million) in an effort to prevent coastal erosion due to rising sea level and climate change.

The ancient city of Hội An and its twin town Wernigerode in Germany will start construction of a solar power system project for the old quarter of the city.

HCM City solicited investment from Spanish businesses in urban waste treatment, transport and flood control during a recent visit by a Spanish delegation to the city to explore business opportunities. 

Last week Việt Nam News asked readers if Việt Nam should only allow advertisers to promote formula for infants under one-year-old, rather than maintain its current four-year policy of allowing such advertising for toddlers up to two years old. Here are some comments we received.

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Fish sauce makers and food technology experts are voicing their scepticism and discontent towards an announcement on the high arsenic content in fish sauce, an essential element in Vietnamese cuisine.

The reason for the huge number of fish deaths in Chà Và river, in Bà Rịa-Vũng Tàu Province’s Long Sơn Commune, was prolonged heavy rain, the provincial People’s Committee said.

The National Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology (NIHE) launched an Emergency Operations Centre (EOC) at a ceremony today in Hà Nội.

An unexploded bomb was discovered this morning in the area bordering Laos in central Quảng Trị Province.

A freight train transporting stones derailed last night in central Thừa Thiên-Huế Province, resulting in a halt in operations for several hours on the North-South railway service.