Progress over heritage in HCMC
Demolition work on the Sài Gòn Tax Trade Centre, built by the French 135 years ago, began yesterday (Oct 12) in HCM City to make way for a 40-storey office and hotel tower and the first metro subway route.
Demolition work on the Sài Gòn Tax Trade Centre, built by the French 135 years ago, began yesterday (Oct 12) in HCM City to make way for a 40-storey office and hotel tower and the first metro subway route.
Medical waste is threatening the Mekong Delta city of Cần Thơ due to difficulties in treating this hazardous solid waste at local healthcare facilities.
Malaysian police yesterday rescued 26 Vietnamese women from a brothel in Bandar Botanic, Klang, Kuala Lumpur.
A delegation of the Health Department in the central province of Nghệ An yesterday visited Diễn Châu District to directly instruct locals to urgently control the spread of the dengue disease.
New cargo trains which reduce transportation time were put into operation this morning in Giáp Bát Station.
The Civil Aviation Authority of Việt Nam (CAAV) has asked for approval from the ministries of Transport and National Defence to build a reservoir to solve flooding at Tân Sơn Nhất Airport.
Up to 15 serious labour safety violations at coal mines in northern Quảng Ninh province were reported in the first nine months of this year, killing 18 people and injured dozens of others, Lao Động (Labour) newspaper reported.
In August alone, there were five cases, leaving six coal miners dead.
Many health facilities in HCM City have run out of flu vaccines at a time when the peak flu season is arriving.
The head of the HCM City AIDS Prevention Centre has asked the Việt Nam Network of People Living with HIV/AIDS to help the country reach the 90-90-90 targets set by the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV and AIDS to help end the AIDS epidemic by 2030.
Over the next five years, the Asian Development Bank will support investment and policy reforms in Viet Nam that promote more inclusive and environmentally sustainable economic growth.
Việt Nam has honoured its commitment to the Paris climate agreement through diverse activities under the Intended Nationally Determined Contributions (INDCs) framework which aims to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
A children’s protection programme will try to lower the proportion of disadvantaged children and those who are identified as vulnerable under the current rate of 4.3 per cent from now to 2020, according to goals set by the HCM City Department of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs.
The Vietnamese Foreign Ministry is very concerned about a12-year-old pregnant girl in China who is supposedly a Vietnamese national, Deputy Spokesperson for the Foreign Ministry Pham Thu Hang said.
Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc has tasked the Ministry of Health to quickly clarify contents in the article reported by Thanh Niên (Young People) newspaper about “industrial” fish sauces containing a number of chemical additives selling in the market.
The central city of Da Nang is worried that its main source of fresh water will be polluted if a steel factory in Quảng Nam Province is relocated to the banks of the Vu Gia-Thu Bồn River.
One person has died after a ship carrying 44 passengers from Cửa Tùng Harbour to Cồn Cỏ Island in central Quảng Trị Province sank on Tuesday morning.
The first steel overpass in the inner city of Hải Phòng at the most crowded intersection is expected to be put into operation in January next year.
A 55-year-old man fell on the road and died after being pierced by metal sheets while trying to steer his three-wheeled vehicle to avoid a semi-truck in central Huế City yesterday.
The Institute of Material Science under the Việt Nam Academy of Science and Technology has announced its successful application of nano technology in researching and creating Nano FGC complex.
Outbreaks of cattle diseases have appeared in some areas across the country, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development’s Veterinary Department.