Việt Nam News

Some 702 solar lanterns have been provided to the northern Yên Bái Province by Panasonic in an integrated environmental event jointly organised by Vietnam Environment Administration and World Vision International Vietnam.

The Đà Nẵng City Association for Victims of Agent Orange (DAVA) inaugurated a house for Agent Orange (AO) victims with polio in Hòa Nhơn Commune in Hòa Vang District yesterday.

Hà Nội City police are coordinating with Customs to escalate the fight against drug smuggling, especially aboard flights.

Some 160,000 meningitis vaccine doses will be imported to Việt Nam in April, according to the Department of Medicine Management under the Ministry of Health (MoH).

A fire at the Hoàng Liên–Văn Bàn Nature Reserve in this northern province's Văn Bàn District took 14 hours to control before being stamped out at 4am today.

Anne Chamfort, an astrologer and psychic of international repute, is visiting Việt Nam for the first time to launch her Great Book of Secrets in the Vietnamese language.

Vietnamese border guards, and other law enforcement forces of the country, always support fishermen when they go fishing legally in traditional Trường Sa (Spratly) and Hoàng Sa (Paracel) fisheries.

Đà Nẵng will supervise travel of dump trucks on main roads in Cẩm Lệ and Hòa Vang district after three people were killed between February 20 and March 3.

The Australian Government has launched its Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment Strategy, reaffirming that Australia will continue to be an active part of the global fight for gender equality and the empowerment of women and girls.

Ba Vì District authorities order Điền Viên Thôn resort to dismantle 17 villas by March 30 for land use violations

Prime Minister Nguyễn Tấn Dũng has asked ministries and sectors to prepare a diplomatic note to China, asking them to release water from hydropower dams upstream of the Mekong Delta to release more fresh water in the dry season.

Urban development statistics in Việt Nam show a relatively bright picture, especially in Hà Nội and HCM City. But there is already a price to pay for burgeoning development: urban social infrastructure overload.

Deputy Prime Minister Vũ Đức Đam asked for improved quality of education and training at a seminar in Hà Nội promoting vocational training yesterday.

Although the proportion of women in leadership roles and management in politics and the economy in Việt Nam has increased in recent years, it is still insufficient compared to their potential, Tôn Nữ Thị Ninh, vice chairwoman of Việt Nam’s Peace Committee, has said.

Finnish and Vietnamese education officials and experts discussed ways for the two nations to co-operate at an education forum in Hà Nội yesterday.

A Thanh Hóa official apologised after fishermen led a 10-day protest over a proposed tourism plan that would have affected their livelihoods.

The Đà River water pipeline broke yesterday afternoon, disrupting water supply to thousands of households in Hà Nội for 10 hours.