Việt Nam News

The number of dengue fever cases has soared in the southern province of Ninh Thuận and HCM City, although the disease often peaks in the rainy season.

After being unable to sell their catches for many days due to the mass fish deaths, fishermen in the central provinces of Hà Tĩnh and Quảng Bình have been thrown a lifeline by businesses coming forward to buy from them.

An influx of people returned to big cities, particularly Hà Nội and HCM City, after enjoying the four-day holiday for the Reunification and Labour Day celebrations, causing some traffic congestion along cities’ entrance routes.

US Ambassador Ted Osius and Senior Lieutenant General Nguyễn Chí Vịnh, the deputy minister of Defence, announced yesterday the successful treatment of dioxin-contaminated soil at Đà Nẵng International Airport under a project managed by the US Agency for International Development (USAID) and the Ministry of National Defence.

Two Vietnamese women scientists have been honoured in Asian Scientist Magazine's The Asian Scientist 100.

A total of 55 traffic accidents occurred during the nationwide holiday, the National Traffic Safety Committee has reported.

Specific measures must be deployed to deal with the consequences of massive fish deaths, and to avoid similar environmental disasters, Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc said this afternoon in central Hà Tĩnh Province.

The Ministry of Industry and Trade (MIT) has set up a hotline to help fishermen in the coastal central provinces sell fish caught offshore. The move also aims to eliminate problems for fishermen who suffered losses due to massive fish deaths along beaches in the region over the past weeks.

The Hà Nội Transport Corporation (Transerco) put into operation a new bus route connecting downtown Hà Nội with Nội Bài international airport, costing only VNĐ30,000 (US$1.35) per leg, today. 

The Party, State and the entire government system always consider caring for workers’ lives as a top priority task, as they wish to see the force become strong in number and capacity in the context of intensive international integration, said Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc. 

A 10-year-old child was killed and ten passengers were injured in a coach accident in Nghệ An Province early this morning.

Farmers in the central province of Quảng Ngãi have been happy to see chili prices soaring over the past few days.

Consumers drawn to shops advertising “clean” vegetables and fruit are beginning to question if the stores’ claims are valid.

Experts have warned of more severe weather conditions this year, particularly a drought and heat wave.

The Mekong province of Bến Tre has called off all fruit exhibitions and festivals scheduled for this year, with authorities saying drought and saline intrusion have decimated its orchards and there is nothing more to show.

Many farmers in Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta provinces have switched from growing rice to drought-resistant crops to cope with the region’s worst drought in 100 years.

The government’s national power development plan that calls for a higher proportion of power generation from renewable energy by 2030, including water, wind, solar and biomass, has not met its targets or the country’s potential, according to the Việt Nam Sustainable Energy Alliance (VSEA).

The former general director and chairman of PetroVietnam Manpower Development and Services Company (Petromanning), 42-year-old Đào Thành Long of Hà Nội, was sentenced to nine years in prison yesterday.