Việt Nam News

A fire broke out on Monday morning at Hoàng Sinh Export-Import joint-stock Company's 1000sq.m furniture workshop and store in southern Bình Dương Province’s Thủ Dầu Một.

The Hà Nội City Court on Monday convicted two Chinese men for withdrawing hundreds of millions of đồng using fake ATM cards.

A pilot programme on creating markets with adequate food safety and hygiene in 32 provinces and cities in the 2011-15 period has increased consumer confidence, according to the director of the Ministry of Industry and Trade’s Science and Technology Department.

Executive Director of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria Mark Dybul has pledged support to Việt Nam to sustainably maintain achievements in the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria.

 The National Women’s Congress for the 2017-22 tenure, taking place from today in Hà Nội, is a chance for delegates who represent women from all walks of life, ethnic groups, religions, ages and professions to share experiences and idea on bettering women’s lives in Viet Nam.

The Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta province of Cà Mau is taking plenty of precautions this year after several forest fires broke out last year at the U Minh Hạ National Park.

The Central Highlands province of Đắk Nông is providing better access to loans and training courses to farmers in an aim to increase productivity and quality of coffee farms.

The Bạc Liêu Province People’s Committee has officially announced the erosion of two local sea embankment systems constitutes an emergency.

Việt Nam will continue creating favourable conditions for the transit of Lao’s goods via Vũng Áng Port in central Hà Tĩnh Province, Deputy Minister of Transport Lê Đình Thọ said.

Police in southern Bến Tre Province have decided and arrested two former agriculture officials for allegedly violating regulations on forest management.

A tourist cruise boat burst into flames on Sunday midnight when docking at Tuần Châu Port in northern Quảng Ninh Province.

A fresh cold wave is approaching the mountainous areas of Việt Nam on Monday, according to the National Centre for Hydro-Meteorology Forecasting.

The third phase of a project on upgrading Việt Nam’s capability to measure rain and detect storms and lightning has been launched at the Pha Đin Radar Station of Điện Biên.

An ethnic-minority woman treats bellyache for another by traditional method in northern mountainous Lào Cai Province’s Bát Xát District. —VNS Photo Việt Thanh

Households in the capital’s Old Quarters can enjoy preferential tax rates if they offer motorbike parking services in their premises, Hà Nội Mayor Nguyễn Đức Chung has said.

At the beginning of last year a woman named H. in HCM City transferred a total of VNĐ10 billion (US$437,800) in several times to a man she met on social media upon his request. She later realised it was a scam.

Transforming the workplace for women requires the elimination of structural barriers, discriminatory laws and social norms to create equal economic opportunities, said United Nations Resident Co-ordinator Kamal Malhotra. He spoke Friday at a dialogue organised by the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs and UNDP about women’s economic empowerment in the changing world of work.

Customs officers of the northern mountainous province of Cao Bằng yesterday seized nearly 1,000 breeding chickens and ducks that were being illegally smuggled into the country from China.