Việt Nam News

Storm Dianmu has made landfall from the northern Hải Phòng port city to the northern Ninh Bình province this afternoon, the National Hydrometeorological Forecast Centre said.

Hà Nội will use electronic school records instead of hard copies to manage 1.7 million students in the city from September 5, People’s Committee Chairman Nguyễn Đức Chung said.

The United States Agency for International Development has provided a five-year grant to Việt Nam’s Centre for Promotion of Quality of Life to strengthen community-led approaches to HIV prevention, care and treatment.

Public hospital services and products in 16 provinces and cities have become 18 per cent more expensive since the middle of August, as patients pay for health staff’s basic salaries.

Public preschools and primary schools in HCM City are struggling to recruit enough teachers to meet enrolment this year, according to the city’s Department of Education and Training.

The Việt Nam Air Traffic Management (VATM) yesterday launched two so-called sky highways on the country’s north-south route that shortens travel time between Hà Nội and HCM City by about 10 minutes.

More and more companies in Việt Nam have shown advancements in the human resources field, and “are on their way to be change agents with disruptive HR management strategies and policies,” according to Edward Foong, an HR expert in the Southeast Asia region.

Pokemon Go players are highly recommended to not catch virtual creatures in areas near agencies of Party, State as well as military and national defense sites.

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc has requested the National Centre for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting to provide the most correct and timely forecasts to help localities and people effectively carry out preventive measures against storm Dianmu.

Racers are trying their best during their performance at the Ngo Boat Race Festival in the Mekong Delta’s Sóc Trăng Province last year. The annual Ngo Boat Race is one of the highlights of the many traditional historical and cultural events of the Khmer ethnic minority group. Ngo boats (Ghe Ngo) are considered sacred objects of the ethnic Khmer people. The special boat is made of wood by artisans and Khmer Buddhist monks. The boat is decorated with images of dragons, tigers, elephants, lions and peacocks representing the power of the boat. — Photo Tăng Hùng Sơn

Hà Nội Police Department has proposed banning all vehicles from operating in the area around Hoàn Kiếm Lake during weekends to create more space for pedestrians.

People living around Ea Dier stream are concerned about the local environment, as the stream's water has turned black, smells foul and has left many fish dead. 

The Committee for Disaster Prevention and Search and Rescue in the central Bình Định Province has said three local fishing boats off Hoài Nhơn District were in distress at sea.

Over 1 million people at working age remain unemployed in the second quarter of this year, Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs  (MoLISA) has announced in its latest labour market bulletin. 

The Việt Nam Road Administration has asked for the transport ministry’s permission to use the central road maintenance fund to repair Việt Trì Bridge.

Việt Nam Inland Waterways Administration has asked the transport departments of cities and provinces nation-wide to strengthen the supervision of floating restaurants on waterways.

Vietnamese nurse Nguyễn Thị Minh Hồng has been honoured by the International Neonatal Nursing Excellence Awards for her efforts to save newborns in a poor work environment over the past 30 years.