Việt Nam News

Last month, Lê Tiến Tuân, a beekeeper from the northern province of Tuyên Quang, moved 320 foreign beehives into local gardens in two villages of Thài Phìn Tùng Commune, Hà Giang Province, as per an unwritten agreement with gardens’ owners – which should have transpired fuss-less.

Modest funding, capacity and quality of planning are major challenges that Vietnamese cities are facing in the response to climate change, experts shared at yesterday workshop on sustaining urban resilience in Việt Nam.

Newer farming villages are more polluted and witness higher risks to human and animal health than traditional farms, according to research released today in Hà Nội.

 The number of workplace accidents and worker deaths are on the rise in Việt Nam, and one third of them occurred on construction sites, said an official.

The Central Steering Committee on Natural Disaster Prevention yesterday sent an official message to steering committee for Natural Disaster Prevention at coastal localities stretching from the northern Quảng Ninh Province to central Khánh Hòa province requested them to prepare for the arrival of storm Tokage, the ninth storm this year in Việt Nam.

The Hà Nội People’s Court on Wednesday sentenced a Korean man, Lee WanSu, 45, to 13 years of imprisonment for aggravated robbery.

The Ministry of Health will crank up inspections in HCM City during the run-up to Tết, the Lunar New Year, to unearth fake health products and cosmetics.

Amidst a world full of complicated changes, Việt Nam-Laos friendship is more important to both countries now than ever, stated Party General Secretary Nguyễn Phú Trọng.

The Hà Nội People’s Court on Thursday sentenced a 44-year-old man to 15 years’ imprisonment for cheating people and appropriating properties.

A campaign to ensure environmentally-friendly sanitation at 15 main hospitals in the capital will be launched this Saturday, the Hà Nội Police and municipal Department of Health declared yesterday.

Farmers who grow mangos in the off-season in the Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta are expecting a poor harvest as prolonged rains have affected fruit production.   

HCM City authorities are being urged to develop a master plan for flood control as new flood-prone areas have emerged and flooding has re-occurred in others.

HCM City early next year plans to seek the Prime Minister’s approval for a US$276 million metro-line project to Tân Sơn Nhất international airport, the country’s busiest airport, in Tân Bình District.

Severe erosion along the left bank of Ngàn Sâu River in central Hà Tĩnh Province has affected the lives and livelihoods of around 1,200 residents in the region.

Around 200 hectares of bleached corals around Côn Đảo Island have recovered naturally, the management of the Côn Đảo National Park said on Wednesday (Nov 23).

Đà Nẵng’s Construction Department temporarily suspended construction of a 33-storey trading centre and apartment project in the city’s downtown area as the investor has not yet been given permission from the department.

Around 348 families have been reunited with their relatives over the past 30 years under the Reestablishment of Family Links programme in HCM City.

Vũ Đức Khâm, 43, was just coming out of anaesthesia after seven hours of having his lungs washed at the Coal and Mineral Hospital in Hà Nội.