There has yet to be a definitive conclusion on the cause of mass fish deaths in the central region, but nonetheless, local residents whose diets rely on seafood and fishermen living along the coast from Hà Tĩnh to Thừa Thiên-Huế have been suffering.
Việt Nam has been making strong efforts to secure equal rights for women and men, but violence against women and girls in the country was still a severe issue, experts stated in a workshop on gender equality launched yesterday in Hà Nội.
Ministers, Government officials and People’s Committee leaders should improve management of food safety and hygiene, Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc said in a recent directive.
The Mekong Delta province of Bến Tre has called for greater support from international NGOs in areas like healthcare and education and combating the impacts of climate change.
The recent massive fish deaths and waste water discharge in the central coastal region has demonstrated that industrial waste management is a worrisome problem, an official told a workshop held yesterday in Hà Nội.
A fire that broke out at noon yesterday damaged three cars and several pieces of machinery at Tam Tiến Garage in Tân Bình District.
The body of Hoàng Khánh Tùng, an 11th-grade student who drowned along with his two classmates while swimming near Quất Lâm Beach in this province on Sunday, was discovered today.
Engineers from the Military Command in Hải Phòng City, in co-ordination with the relevant units and the local authority, successfully removed four bombs to a safe place to defuse them.
The three provinces of Phú Thọ, Thái Nguyên and Bắc Giang have recently been added to the Hà Nội Capital Region Master Plan by 2030. The move was approved by Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc.
The Ministry of Transport has discovered a number of transport violations related to management, transport trading licensing, vehicle safety conditions and speeding after the ministry’s inspection in Quảng Ninh, Phú Thọ and Nghệ An provinces.
The online passport application system has made administrative procedures simpler and reduced waiting times and overcrowding at government offices, according to the HCM City Public Security Department’s Immigration Management Office.
The HCM City Emergency Centre 115 on Saturday opened a satellite emergency aid station at Xuyên Á General Hospital in Củ Chi District.
Le Courrier du Vietnam (CVN), a weekly French language newspaper under Vietnam News Agency, is calling for young reporters living in Việt Nam who speak French to participate in a writing contest called "Young Francophones Reporters –Việt Nam 2016".
Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc yesterday signed a decision to provide urgent assistance to farmers in the central provinces of Ha Tinh, Quang Binh, Quang Tri and Thua Thien-Hue, who suffered losses from the unusual fish death that occurred in early April.
As the proportion of pregnant women with diabetes has risen in Việt Nam in the last 20 years, doctors are urging early screening to detect gestational diabetes.
A Vietnamese male worker was stabbed to death at the Arab Malaysian Industrial Park’s (Nilai) steel production plant located in Seremban city in Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia.
Localities in the Mekong Delta region have improved their rankings in the Provincial Competitiveness Index (PCI), particularly in the business environment, according to the Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry (VCCI).
Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc has just isued an official note regarding the draft blueprint for a transportation and hydroelectric project on the iconic Hồng (Red) River of Hà Nội, affirming that the Government has not started the process of approving the project yet.
The Bạch Mai General Hospital will provide free check-ups and consultations, as well as free medicine, to newly diagnosed asthma patients on May 21, in recognition of Global Asthma Day.
The police of northern Nam Định Province have arrested Phạm Văn Tú, 26, from central Hà Tĩnh Province, for illegally trafficking and trading four frozen tiger cubs.
