Việt Nam News

Free medical check-ups and surgeries were provided for 20 children born with cleft lips and palates yesterday in Hà Nội.

The UN Women Việt Nam, in co-ordination with the Việt Nam Women's Union, has provided 3,000 packages of hygiene products for disadvantaged women and girls in the Central Highlands province of Kon Tum.
 

HCM City’s steering committee for the smart city project hosted a meeting on Friday to approve a draft plan of the project, which aims to develop the southern metropolis into a smart city.

Việt Nam’s vocational education system must undergo reform to produce workers who can compete with their counterparts in other countries, the head of Institute of Vocational Education Studies has said.

The Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam (CAAV) has instructed airlines to warn passengers against putting Samsung Galaxy Note 7 phones in their luggage due to the risk of battery fires.

Japan’s Official Development Assistance (ODA) co-operation in Việt Nam had been successful, said President of the Japan International Co-operation Agency (JICA) Shinichi Kitaoka in a press conference in Hà Nội on Saturday as part of his official visit to Việt Nam.

Thousands of lives have been put at risk due to many newly built high rise apartment blocks in Hà Nội that fail to meet fire safety standards.

Deputy Prime Minister Vũ Đức Đam presents the Trần Đại Nghĩa Award to scientists yesterday in Hà Nội.

Strides have been made in Việt Nam to eradicate illiteracy over the last seventy years, and efforts to promote literacy continue today. 

Waterway accidents have been increasing with great losses to human life and property because ship owners and crew aren’t following safety regulations.

Four provinces in the Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta sub-region, located between the Tiền and Hậu rivers, plan to establish linkages to increase production of green-peel and pink-flesh grapefruit as well as coconuts, key fruits grown in the area.

The HCM City People’s Court has upheld a 30-year prison sentence for Phạm Công Danh, a former bank executive, for his wrongdoings and violations of banking rules.

The chairperson and vice chairperson of district and commune level People’s Committees in Hà Nội have been ordered to conduct weekly food hygiene and safety inspections.

The Việt Nam-Japan University under the Việt Nam National University-Hà Nội (VNU-Hanoi), launched the academic year 2016-17 and officially started its first training courses at a ceremony yesterday. 

To ensure safe meals for her two-year-old daughter, Trần Mai Linh, twice a week goes to a clean food supply store to buy vegestables and pork to cook for her child.

Sustainable development has become a topic of concern, in the context that both the world and Việt Nam are facing problems of environmental pollution, depletion of resources, ecological imbalances, the gap between the rich and poor and its implications in the development process.

The lives of thousands of farmers in the Mekong River Delta that depend on “rising-water” season are threatened by the possibility that the floods will not come this year.

Violations of government low-income housing policies are increasing, despite authorities' efforts to tackle the issue.