Việt Nam News

Soon after the Ministry of Education and Training (MoET) proposed that Chinese and Russian be taught as first foreign languages from next year, a controversial discussion followed.

More and more policies and programmes for development of the country’s rural labour market, which account for 70 per cent of Vietnamese workers, should be implemented, according to Associate Prof. Dr Nguyễn Lan Hương of the Institute of Labour Science and Social Affairs.

Border guards in the mountainous northern province of Lai Châu today charged two people with human trafficking, after they were caught trying to cross illegally into China with two women.

The Hà Nội Police have decided to prosecute Đinh Ngọc Thạch, 52, for violating driving regulations after the sharp plates he was carrying on his cyclo caused the death of a nine-year-old.

Minister of Information and Communications Trương Minh Tuấn yesterday requested the revocation of the journalist card of Nguyễn Như Phong, editor-in-chief of news website petrotimes.vn.

A forest fire broke out yesterday  in Ha Long city’s Hùng Thắng ward in the northern province of Quảng Ninh, destroying more than five hectares of pine trees.

A major fire razed a one-floor house on Nguyễn Văn Quá Street in HCM City’s District 12 and killed three members of a family at about 3am this morning.

Vietnam Recycles (VR) has launched a door-to-door campaign to collect e-waste in several districts in HCM City and wards in Hà Nội, starting October 8 through December 2016.

Switzerland has pledged to continue its support to Việt Nam through overseas development assistance (ODA) projects, which focus on achieving sustainable economic growth.

Experts have recommended that the Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta, the country’s largest producer of fruit, set up concentrated fruit cultivation areas and apply advanced farming techniques.

Several main streets in HCM City were flooded yesterday afternoon after rain fell for several hours as forecasted.

Birds crashed into the engines of two aircraft of national flag carrier Vietnam Airlines (VNA) Sunday evening, a representative of the airline said.

Green trees have been mentioned in poetry, painting, music and have became a special feature of Hà Nội.

President Trần Đại Quang yesterday beat the drum to open the 2016-2017 academic year at Việt Nam National University-HCM City.

Challenges related to inter-country water resources have existed throughout the history of human development, but recently the problems have become more urgent, posing a serious global and strategic problem, said Deputy Minister of Natural Resources and Environment, Chu Phạm Ngọc Hiển, at a conference in Hà Nội yesterday.

 President Trần Đại Quang requested the business community in HCM City take a pioneering role in the development of the private sector, especially small-and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) during a meeting in the city yesterday. 

A man committed suicide by exploding a homemade bomb while in a taxi, killing himself and the driver, announced Quảng Ninh Province authorities yesterday evening.

Project Management Unit 7 under the Viet Nam Road Administration has proposed that the Ministry of Transport upgrade part of National Highway 53 and build an additional road.