Experiences of social economic development program (SEDP) reforms from various donor funded programmes and projects in over 30 provinces across Việt Nam highlights that successful community based planning using the SEDP process will not only create opportunities to improve the effectiveness of public investment, but also strengthen the capacity of local communities and government agencies at the local level, a policy dialogue heard yesterday in Hà Nội.
A bus route from HCM City’s District 8 to Tiền Giang Province’s Gò Công Town was launched on Monday.
Two students died of diphtheria at a boarding school in the mountainous Tây Giang district of Quảng Nam province, director of the provincial health department, Nguyễn Văn Hai, confirmed to the Việt Nam News on Tuesday.
An automobile slid off the road and fell into a ditch and another crashed into a mountain when three trucks collided with another truck on Tuesday night on the Bảo Lộc Overpass in the Central Highlands province of Lâm Đồng.
Nearly VNĐ7.7 trillion (about US$340.7 million) of French governmental development assistance will be poured into the ongoing Nhổn-Hà Nội Station Urban Railway.
The central city of Đà Nẵng plans to limit the number of personal cars and motorcycles in an effort to ease traffic congestion.
Deputy Prime Minister Trương Hòa Bình on Sunday visited and presented Tết (Lunar New Year) gifts to ethnic Chăm who live in HCM City.
Motorbikes will have access to the 4-km slip road connecting the HCM City – Long Thành – Dầu Giây (HLD) expressway beginning next Friday, according to the city’s Department of Transport.
The Hà Nội People’s Court on Monday sentenced four people to 15-24 months imprisonment for illegally taking people abroad.
The National Traffic Safety Committee (NTSC) has announced 11 hotlines to receive traffic complaints during the Tết (Lunar New Year) holiday.
The Bình Thuận People’s Court announced that it would give Huỳnh Văn Nén a compensation of VNĐ10 billion (US$444,400) for jailing him for 17 years on two wrong murder convictions.
A workshop which kicked off on Tuesday for the Danish-Vietnamese Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) project promises new opportunities for schools, companies and workers.
Vũ Văn Viện, director of the city's Transport Department, said the second BRT (bus rapid transit) would begin operations this year if it received early approval from the People’s Committee.
The Đồng Tháp Province People’s Committee has approved a project to control flooding and regulate freshwater in Đồng Tháp Mười (Plain of Reeds).
Aquaculture farmers directly affected by natural disasters and epidemics will receive compensation totaling as much as VNĐ60 million (US$2,600) per hectare, according to Decree No. 2 issued by the Government last week.
Net houses cover a vast hillside in Phúc Xuân Hamlet of Sóc Sơn District where thousands of plants are being grown. Each plant is marked with its name and a number.
While a pending draft law would require all Vietnamese to donate blood at least once a year, HCM City has set a target to have at least 220,000 citizens donate blood voluntarily this year.
Forty-three per cent of the country’s young labour workforce is still underutilised, while low quality employment remains a strong hindrance to the country’s productive transformation.
Deputy Prime Minister Vũ Đức Đam yesterday said vocational training schools need to be made autonomous to improve their quality.
Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc yesterday called a meeting with Hà Nội authorities, urging them to work out immediate solutions to address the worsening traffic jams in recent days.
