Việt Nam News

People and students in HCM City may be late for work and school early this morning due to the floods caused by high tides.

Some 900 baby marine turtles have been returned to the sea in the last five months, the maritime protection division of the Núi Chùa National Park in south central Ninh Thuận Province said.

Việt Nam will likely face damages of more than VND141.2 trillion (US$6.7 billion) due to natural disasters such as typhoons, floods or earthquakes in the next 50 years, the World Bank has said.

Việt Nam has made significant headway in English language education in the last few years, but needs to move faster to achieve its targets, an expert from a US-based global education company that draws up the annual English Proficiency Index has said.

A proposal by the Ministry of Health (MOH) for a new medical curriculum raised different opinions from experts.

Three more people in HCM City tested positive for Zika, taking the number of victims so far to 38, according to the local Department of Health.

The central city of Đà Nẵng has submitted to the Prime Minister an adjustment for its master urban plan for 2030 - 2050 for approval.

Thirty-nine Vietnamese fishermen arrested by Indonesia for illegal fishing were repatriated at the local Soekarno Hatta International Airport yesterday.

The number of fishing boats operating in the southern province of Tiền Giang has been on a steady rise thanks to numerous support policies implemented by the local authorities, according to the province's Department of Agriculture and Rural Development.

Fire destroyed a furniture shop and damaged several houses in Quảng Ninh Province’s Mạo Khê Town late last night. There were fortunately no casualties.

Major problems of Việt Nam’s railway sector will be resolved if a double-track railway is developed on the route from the north to the south of the country, experts said yesterday.

The central province of Thừa Thiên - Huế is not having a blue-ear pig pandemic, said Nguyễn Văn Hưng, head of the provincial Branch of Livestock Production and Veterinary.

A tower crane at a construction site abruptly fell yesterday afternoon into a neighbouring high school in the central province of Nghệ An, killing one student on the playground.

The Ministry of Industry and Trade removed 471 hydropower plant projects from its power development plan after reviewing the plan in accordance with a National Assembly resolution passed in 2013.

Massive construction in the southern part of HCM City, where the land is low-lying and the soil is marshy, has resulted in the disappearance of thousands of hectares of water bodies, experts fear.

The Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) was asked yesterday to explain huge losses incurred by companies and corporations under its watch, progress made in the equitisation and divestment process, and measures taken to limit environmental damage.

A 2km metro line, costing some US$250 million, will get built by 2024.

The Party and the State should pay more attention and investment in teachers and students on islands, especially supportive policies, teachers from remote islands have said.