Việt Nam News

Every day at 4pm an old man with white hair dressed in a faded army uniform is seen walking along Nguyễn Trãi Street in the capital city of Hà Nội.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs launched Việt Nam’s Diplomatic Bluebook 2015, the first of its kind, at a ceremony in Hà Nội yesterday.

HCM City is carrying out a cyber security drill even as the city and country are grappling with a grave deterioration in online security.

Keeping close-control of emission sources discharged from thermal power plants, industrial factories and traffic was an urgent task in the coming years, the National Action Plan on Air Quality Management until 2020 reported.

Sitting at the foot of a tree in the National Institute of Mental Health, under the Hà Nội-based Bạch Mai Hospital, Lê Thị Thanh casts her eyes around to search for her son in the crowd queuing up to park their vehicles in the hospital’s parking lot.

State management of food safety and hygiene should be restructured as it remains ineffective in monitoring unsafe food sold in the market, experts have said.

The Government’s Inspectorate has uncovered violations relating to land use planning and management as well as budget expenditure in southern Sóc Trăng Province during the 2010-2014 period.

A technical assistance project funded by the Dutch government has been successful in enhancing training capacity for the Water Resources University and the Hanoi University of Natural Resources & Environment.

The central provinces of Hà Tĩnh and Quảng Trị are planning to destroy more than 80 tonnes of heavy metal-contaminated fish.

Two fishing vessels with 26 fishermen on board were successfully rescued by the border guard in the central province of Quảng Trị yesterday and today.

Police in the central province of Thừa Thiên Huế have broken up an online soccer gambling ring responsible for place bets of nearly VNĐ200 billion (US$8.9 million).

HCM City’s Department of Transport has proposed the installation of pumpers to increase water drainage capability at a canal close to the Tân Sơn Nhất International Airport.

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced at the UN Summit for Refugees and Migrants held on Monday in New York City that Canada would provide CA$5.5 million for a project to protect migrant workers in the ASEAN region.

Many farmers who depended on catching fish and other aquatic creatures during the flood season in the Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta have switched to other jobs since the delta has not seen major flooding in recent years.

The use black boxes in vehicles, and the data extracted from them, has proved to be effective in detecting traffic violations.

The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development is drawing up plans for a project on sustainable forest protection, restoration and development in the Central Highlands in an effort to stop the loss of forest coverage.

Deputy Prime Minister Vũ Đức Đam has urged ministries and agencies to enhance measures to prevent and control HIV/AIDS, drugs and prostitution from now to the end of the year, according to the Government Office’s announcement.

A fuel cell laboratory inaugurated at the Việt Nam National University-HCM City Laboratory for Nanotechnology yesterday is expected to help sustainable rural development by producing highly efficient fuel-cell technologies to generate electricity from bio-waste.