Việt Nam News

Fragile suspension bridges in the mountainous districts of Yên Bái Province are threatening the lives of residents who cross them on a daily basis.

The Vietnam Baptist Churches (Southern) opened its 3^rd general congress in HCM City on Wednesday, with the participation of 500 Baptist dignitaries and followers from 22 localities.

A new project is being carried out to combat child malnutrition among ethnic groups living in the north of the country.

Hà Nội Health Department reported that it will recall three kinds of unqualified medicines sold in the city’s market following the directive of the Drug Administration.

Traffic police in central Thừa Thiên-Huế Province this morning stopped a passenger bus travelling on National Highway 1A and found two big boxes containing internal organs of cows on board.

Rangers in Thừa Thiên-Huế Province’s preventive forest have discovered a population of some 78 red-shanked doucs (Pygathrix nemaeus), listed as endangered species by the International Union for Conservation of Nature.

The People’s Committee of northern Quảng Ninh Province has officially launched self-driven tours from Móng Cái City to bordering Donxing in China through the Móng Cái International Border Gate.

The Ministry of Health will build an endocrinology hospital with 100-beds capacity in HCM City to meet the increasing demand, minister Nguyễn Thị Kim Tiến has said.

Chư Păm Bridge in in the Central Highland province of Đắk Lắk collapsed due to the recent flooding, blocking traffic between Krông Bông District and National Highway 26.

Nearly 500 primary school students in HCM City yesterday took part BASF Kids’ Lab 2016, an interactive education programme, which emphasises the critical role of water in daily lives and how chemistry can be used to help water conservation.

Việt Nam can improve public-sector integrity and efficiency by strengthening laws addressing conflicts of interests, according to a report conducted by the Government and the World Bank, with support from the United Kingdom Government.

The HCM City Department of Transport has urged relevant agencies to hasten land payments to speed up projects to prevent landslides, especially in Bình Thạnh District.

In HCM City, there are 474 severely degraded apartment buildings that threaten the lives and properties of their occupants, authorities said.

HCM City expects to spend VNĐ 1.23 trillion (US$54.38 million) to subsidise buses next year, up VNĐ 231 billion ($10.24 million) against 2016, the Transport Department said on Tuesday (Nov 8).

A new bridge in Hà Giang Province's Xín Mần District connects residents with a future that teems with development potential

Two people were killed and 14 others injured when a sleeper bus overturned on the Hồ Chí Minh Trail in a section of Quảng Nam Province at around 1.45am yesterday morning.

The survey of Việt Nam Standards and Consumers Association (Vinastas) which released misleading test results of fish sauce and caused public fear does not ensure independence, reliability and transparency, Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) said.

The Most Venerable Thích Chơn Thiện, the deputy head of the Buddist Sangha of Việt Nam, passed away on Tuesday morning in Huế city.