Việt Nam News

Designs flaws in low-cost housing for workers at Hà Nội’s Bắc Thăng Long Industrial Zone are blamed for a high rate of unused apartments and dire need of employee housing.

Việt Nam is among the 15 countries with the highest estimated numbers of clinical pneumonia, with 2.9 million cases reported every year, doctors said.

Lê Hồng Phong High School for Gifted Students won first prize in the English Speaking Contest for high school students in HCM City, held by Việt Nam-based Southeast Asian Ministers of Education Organisation’s Regional Training Centre (SEAMEO RETRAC).

HCM City authorities are considering using LED adverts on buildings and installing free high-quality wi-fi along Nguyễn Huệ Pedestrian Street in District 1.  

More than 100 ha of farming land in Hạ Mỗ Commune, Hà Nội’s Đan Phượng District have been repurposed to grow lilies during winter instead of conventional crops like corn or beans.

The 16th International Agricultural Trade Fair-AgroViet 2016- has opened in Hà Nội with a vow to provide prestigious safe agricultural products to consumers.

Some four million men in Viet Nam will have no chance of getting married by 2050 if the current imbalance in the nation’s sex ration persists, experts say.

HCM City People’s Committee Chairman Nguyễn Thành Phong (right) receives a delegation of overseas Vietnamese yesterday during their visit to the city to attend the annual Overseas Vietnamese Conference.

The Royal 16, a Vietnamese cargo ship with 19 crewmen on board, was attacked and captured by pirates on Friday while sailing in the sea off the Basilan Island, the Philippines, according to the Việt Nam Maritime Administration (VNMA).

Two people were killed and six others injured in a boiler explosion in the northern province of Thái Nguyên yesterday.

 The New Zealand Embassy in Việt Nam hosted its second annual Ambassador’s Alumni Awards to celebrate educational links between the two countries and recognise individuals who excel in their field.

The first Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) pilot route in Hà Nội will begin operating next month, according to the People’s Committee.

Việt Nam Road Administration has asked the Ministry of Transport to allow more related agencies to take part in inspection and supervision of BOT toll stations.

A herd of about 20 wild elephants looking for food have raided fields in Drang Pốk Village in the Tây Nguyên (Central Highlands) province of Đắk Lắk.

The Natural and Cultural Reserve in southern Đồng Nai Province has completed building an electronic fence around the reserve campus to protect the habitat of elephants.

The HCM City Council’s standing board will work with the city's Department of Natural Resources and Environment to identify suspended construction projects that could be breeding grounds for the spread of the Zika virus.

For the first time in years, Lương Văn Hữu feels happy after completing procedures for land use right certificates. in the past, the processing of certiificates attesting to land and house rights could take as long as a month. People had to travel great distances in order to hand in documents and get the required papers.

Labour departments in provinces and cities will continue to work with local authorities to carry out community-based social evils prevention in an aim to eliminate sales of recreational drugs and prostitution in wards and communes.