More than 2.2 million eligible households in the northwestern region received loans totaling more than VNĐ44.9 trillion (US$2 billion) from the Bank for Social Policy over the past five years.
The bird’s eye photo catching a second out of the two-and-a-half-hour of traffic jam in the area around Hà Nội’s Tó bridge on Tuesday morning was the latest one added to a never-ending album of how disastrous the capital’s traffic can become.
Staff at Tân Sơn Nhất International Airport had to check in customers manually after the computer system developed problems yesterday .
Increased number of personal vehicles, limited bus stops and unattractive ticket prices made bus passengers decreased during the past years, said transport experts.
The Anti-smuggling Department under Việt Nam Customs will prosecute a Hà Nội-based company for allegedly smuggling and trading over 100 containers of ceramic tiles worth some VNĐ3.2 billion (US$ 143,300)
The investor of a hydropower plant in central Quảng Nam Province has refuted the local authority's claims of wrongdoing following an accident last week that left two workers missing.
Rains from noon until the late afternoon turned Thua Thien-Hue Province’s Huế City into a river.
A whirlwind that swept across this central province early this morning blew away the roofs of 45 houses, while five people with injuries were admitted to hospital.
The high volume of soil from road construction works in the upper part of the Hương River in this central province has turned the colour of the water to red.
Residents in mountainous districts of central Nghệ An Province are witnessing the rampant construction of hydropower plants, which have had a negative impact on their daily life and production.
Pregnant women, lactating mothers and clinical patients will benefit from two nutrition improvement projects signed between the Ministry of Health and Abbott Company at a ceremony today in Hà Nội.
Southern coastal Bà Rịa-Vũng Tàu Province is planning to relocate its airport from the central area of Vũng Tàu City to the suburb due to safety reasons and usage inefficiency.
Doctors have warned of possible outbreaks of seasonal diseases such as pinkeye, viral fever and respiratory tract infections.
Hà Nội authorities are planning to launch a campaign to crack down on thousands of taxis that have licences from other provinces but operate in the city, the municipal Department of Transport has said.
Local authorities play a particularly important role in implementing health programmes at their localities as well as co-ordinating with different sectors to help people easily access and efficiently use quality healthcare services at a reasonable cost.
The partnership between Government, enterprises and civil society is vital to achieving the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) in Việt Nam, experts have said.
The central city of Đà Nẵng has decided to prosecute officials allegedly responsible for illegal logging in a nature reserve on Sơn Trà Peninsula.
Việt Nam Social Security (VSS) will provide data as evidence for labour unions to sue enterprises that tried to avoid paying insurance for their employees.
Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment inspectors are working with six factories that own 200cu.m and above daily capacity wastewater discharge systems in the Central Highlands (Tây Nguyên)
