Việt Nam News

As many as 748 sets of remains of Vietnamese experts and volunteers have been repatriated from Cambodia during the 2015-2016 dry season, as heard at the 15th meeting of the Vietnamese and Cambodian special task committees in HCM City yesterday.

Five pedestrian overbridges will be built in HCM City’s Districts 3, Gò Vấp, Phú Nhuận, and Bình Thạnh and on Highway 1A this year, according the city’s Urban Traffic Management Zone No.1.

In a small house used for cultural, social and educational activities in Bình Thạnh District’s Ward 26, a group of young people was initially embarrassed when a young doctor explained how to use condoms. They were reluctant to answer questions about safe sex, causes for childlessness, reproductive health care and contraceptive methods.

The country needs nearly VNĐ825 billion (US$36.7 million) to ensure waterway traffic safety and upgrade waterway infrastructure by 2018, the latest report of the Vietnam Inland Waterways Administration (VIWA) said.

The charity blood drive “Giọt hồng đất lửa” (Red drops of blood on heroic land), held in the central province of Quảng Trị yesterday, collected nearly 450 units of blood.

Tân Sơn Nhất International Airport’s customs officials said yesterday that they arrested a Vietnamese-Australian passenger for allegedly transporting 14 cakes of heroin from Việt Nam to Australia.

The 27th International Biology Olympiad (IBO) has wrapped up in Hà Nội after a week of numerous activities.

The Việt Nam Farmer’s Union (VNFU) and the Japanese Institute of East Asian Studies (TOA) have signed an agreement on co-operation in agriculture, forestry, fisheries and rural development in Hà Nội.

A mud waste product of manganese mining and exploitation has allegedly polluted the environment and threatened the lives of local residents in Chiêm Hóa District in northern Tuyên Quang Province.

The southernmost province of Cà Mau over the next five years plans to raise the incomes of workers at craft villages that make fishing nets, repair fishing boats, and produce dried sea shrimp and fish.

Flood-prevention projects in HCM City will require an additional expenditure of at least VNĐ72 trillion (US$3.22 billion) over the next five years, according to a report from the city’s Department of Planning and Investment.

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc has presented certificates of merit and gifts to outstanding individuals who rendered their service to the country’s revolution during a ceremony in the Mekong Delta city of Cần Thơ.

Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Phạm Bình Minh have requested Vietnamese representative agencies in Germany work with local authorities to provide updates on the latest situation of Vietnamese citizens following a gun attack in Munich city on Friday.

Many British business executives will visit HCM City this year to explore the investment environment and co-operation opportunities, the country’s envoy in the city has said.

Residents living near the polluted Nhiêu Lộc – Thị Nghè Canal in HCM City are performing a public service as they take turns spinning the wheels of a bicycle system designed to clean the canal’s dirty water.

A floating restaurant in southern Ninh Thuận Province’s Vĩnh Hy Bay suddenly sank on Saturday morning, knocking hundreds of tourists into the sea, of which two were killed and four others injured.

The large-scale farm model, which has achieved great success since being adopted in the Mekong Delta five years ago, could produce even better results with closer co-operation between farmers and enterprises. 

Tourism inspectors in HCM City have fined more than 130 travel agents and hospitality enterprises a total of VNĐ2 billion (US$89,300), according to a report of the city’s Department of Tourism.