Việt Nam News

Lightning killed a farmer last Saturday afternoon as he was on the field preparing for a new crop in central Thừa Thiên - Huế Province.

A line-up of voluntary activities, including the Green Summer and the Red Flamboyant campaigns, are included in the 2016 Summer Youth Volunteer Campaign launched in the central province of Nghệ An yesterday.

A two-day festival for disabled children ended yesterday in the Hòn Tằm Island Tourism Site in Nha Trang Bay, in the central province of Khánh Hòa.

The People's Committee of the southern Bình Thuận Province has confirmed the cause of a horrific traffic accident which killed 13 and injured 39 people on National Highway 1 session through the province early this week.

Hundreds of households in Dương Quang Commune, in Bắc Kạn Town, are still waiting to be resettled as part of the Nặm Cắt Reservoir Construction Project while the storm season approaches.

The Hà Nội People’s Committee yesterday kicked off construction of a flyover connecting Ô Đông Mác and Nguyễn Khoái to ease traffic congestion on the Ring Road 1.

A manufacturing base in central Khánh Hòa Province was fined VNĐ85 million (US$3,800) for using banned chemicals in food colouring.

Children aged 6 months to 36 months and new mothers nation-wide will be given free vitamin A supplements during a national campaign to be launched this week on Micro-Nutrient Day.

Residents in Hà Nội’s Sóc Sơn District dismantled barriers to let lorries go in and out of the Nam Sơn Rubbish Dump after a dialogue with Chairman of the municipal People’s Committee Nguyễn Đức Chung.

As many as 70 outstanding journalism works were presented the National External Information Service Awards 2015 in Hà Nội on Saturday.

Sài Gòn Railway Transport Joint-stock Company will reduce ticket prices on some railway routes: Vinh-Sài Gòn ; Sài Gòn-Quảng Ngãi-Sài Gòn; Nha Trang-Quy Nhơn-Nha Trang, said Đỗ Quang Văn, the company’s director yesterday.

A series of activities focusing on the environment was held in the central province of Thanh Hóa’s Vĩnh Lộc District yesterday.

National Assembly Chairwoman Nguyễn Thị Kim Ngân has asked the UN to continue assisting the Vietnamese legislative body to fulfill its role during the process of realising sustainable development goals (SDGs).

Building social housing for workers and improving infrastructure at industrial zones were among issues raised by more than 300 workers at dialogues with Hà Nội authorities on Thursday.

The World Bank (WB) announced it recently approved additional funding of USD$119 million for the ongoing Urban Water Supply and Wastewater Project in Việt Nam.

 All public schools in HCM City will be required to teach swimming beginning in the 2016-17 school year under a new directive from the city’s Department of Education and Training.

Seven million customers in 21 southern cities and provinces, except for HCM City, can now call the hotline 19001006 to submit complaints or request electricity registration and galvanometer attachment services.

Leaders from across major sections of Vietnamese civil society are taking on a new role in a nation-wide campaign to promote zero tolerance of wildlife crime through consumer behaviour change.