Việt Nam News

President Trần Đại Quang on Saturday urged the country’s education authorities to focus on developing a high quality work force and to train “global citizens”, especially in information and nano technology, automation, telecommunications and the use of new materials and energy.

Steep rise in the number of accidents occurring at railway crossings as well as accident scale during the Tết (Lunar New Year) holidays has prompted Deputy Prime Minister Trương Hòa Bình to issue an urgent message calling for actions taken.

State healthcare workers are not allowed to register as heads of private hospitals or medical facilities established and operated following the enactment of the Enterprise Law and Co-operative Law, according to a newly-issued Government decree.

The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment has asked four central provinces to provide regular reports on marine environment quality.

Fishermen in central Việt Nam netted a bumper catch during the first days of the Lunar Year of Rooster, earning them profits due to high market prices.

Hoàng Thị Mọn has been providing family planning advice for the residents of Bắc Lanh Chang Village for more than two decades. For 20 of the 22 years that Mọn has been on the job in the northern province of Bắc Kạn, none of the couples in her commune, most of them members of the Tày ethnic minority, have given birth to a third child.

Director of Việt Nam National University-HCM City, Huỳnh Thành Đạt, talks to chinhphu.vn about the role of universities in encouraging students to start their own business and promoting startups

Mekong Delta provinces have taken measures to counteract drought and salinisation as weather forecasts say that the region could face shortages of water due to a serious drought early in 2017.

The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (MoNRE) responded to the World Wetlands Day with a ceremony in northern Thái Bình Province on Sunday, stressing the role of wetlands in disaster risk reduction.

Police in the northern province of Hưng Yên arrested 27 gamblers over the past weekend and seized over VNĐ130 million (US$ 5,750) in winnings.

A fire broke out at Kông Chro Trade Centre in Gia Lai Province, destroying many kiosks and stalls, in the early hours of Monday.

HCM City Party Secretary Đinh La Thăng requested all commune Party secretaries increase their leadership capabilities and promote the role of Party organizations in local authorities to better serve local residents.

HCM City Party Secretary Đinh La Thăng has asked the city’s People’s Committee for permission to use Vinamilk’s technology in a dairy renovation project that is expected to offer stable income for poor farmers.

Storing cooked food and leftovers in refrigerators after Tết (Lunar New Year) holiday is a cause of food poisoning, health experts said.

Residents of Mekong Delta provinces such as Bến Tre and Long An have complained about being bombarded with noise over the Tết holiday this year. The Tuổi Trẻ (Youth) newspaper reported that locals suffered from the excessive use of neighbors’ karaoke systems.

The Việt Nam Register Agency plans to finish upgrading camera systems for supervising activities at vehicle registration centres throughout the country before June.

In the run up to Tết, Thanh Niên Road, sandwiched between West Lake and Trúc Bạch Lake, is usually overcrowded with vehicles carrying kumquat trees and peach blossoms to and from the capital’s most famous flower markets - Tứ Liên, Nhật Tân, Xuân La or Phú Thượng.

The Government is determined to maintain the trust it has received from people and the whole political system since it began the 14th tenure nearly 10 months ago, Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc has said.