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With drowning still a major problem in Việt Nam, Nguyễn Phi Hậu turned his village's pond into a "pool" to teach local residents to swim.

HCM City is helping schools link up with food producers who meet Vietnamese good agricultural practices (GAP) standards to safeguard students’ health and safety.

HCM City plans to have a paper-free administration, digitising all documents in government offices to streamline administrative procedures and reduce costs, a top leader has said.

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The quality of seawater in coastal areas of Việt Nam has been on the decline, with a heavy weight of total suspended solids (TSS), according to Việt Nam Sea and Islands General Department.

Vietnamese atomic energy has been successfully applied across various sectors in Việt Nam—including health care, industry and agriculture—experts said in a seminar in Hà Nội yesterday.

The Transport Ministry has proposed Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc put on hold investment in building the Tuyên Quang-Phú Thọ expressway until 2020.

Hà Nội's Department of Agriculture and Rural Development has petitioned the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) and relevant agencies to formulate and promulgate certain food safety standards.

Police in the northern province of Bắc Ninh yesterday decided to initiate criminal proceedings against seven people for their alleged involvement in a large online football betting ring.

Two people were killed and four others seriously injured when the scaffolding collapsed early on Thursday at a construction site in Hà Nội's Hoàng Mai District.

A fire broke out at a restaurant on Hai Bà Trưng Street in Hà Nội’s Hoàn Kiếm District last night destroying all of its facilities and a warehouse nearby.

Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Phạm Bình Minh stressed that Việt Nam backs the International Organisation of La Francophonie (OIF)’s efforts to enhance economic cooperation apart from joint work in traditional sectors.

Trần Thị Ngọc, 81, of Thủ Đức District’s Bình Chiểu Ward, no longer goes to the district hospital for treating her joint and heart diseases as the latter recently opened a satellite clinic at the ward health centre.

The Ministry of Transport has submitted to the Government a scheme to build the North-South Highway from Hà Nội to HCM City with total investment of about VNĐ230 trillion (US$10.2 billion).

The capital city’s administration has resumed the project to cut grass and trim plant project following a three-month cancellation over complaints of unnecessary expenditure.

The upcoming pilot programme for Public-Private Partnership (PPP), which was recently approved by the Prime Minister, will focus on strengthening the country’s science and technology progress.

Difficult living conditions at relocation villages in Lai Châu Province have forced people who have lived there for a decade to move back to their hometown.

 The HCM City Department of Agriculture and Rural Development has advised dairy farmers having cows with low milk yields to switch to higher-yield cows or oxen for their meat.