The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) agreement offers opportunities and better working environments for female entrepreneurs and workers, but also poses several challenges for them, participants heard in Hà Nội this week.
“As a minister, I am sorry,” Minister of Natural Resources and Environment Trần Hồng Hà told local media yesterday as he led an inspection team to take samples of water and sediment in the sea off of Vũng Áng in the central Hà Tĩnh Province.
Subdividing land into housing-sized pieces to sell off is rampant in HCM City, especially in suburban areas, but according to analysts and officials, it is a violation of the law and undermines urban planning.
High scallop density is one of the reasons behind the recent mass deaths of the creature in this northern province’s Hải Hà District, an official said yesterday.
The Hà Nội Sewage and Drainage Company has announced three plans to reduce heavy flooding in the city during the upcoming rainy season.
Residents in old dormitories of Hà Nội’s Thành Công, Ngọc Khánh, Ba Đình and Cống Vị wards will be relocated following a decision by the capital city’s People’s Committee.
Gia Lai Province General Hospital today confirmed the death of a fifth-grade girl, raising the death toll of the drowning accident in Đắk Đoa District to three.
One in every four Vietnamese children under five years suffered from anaemia last year, according to data released by the National Institute of Nutrition (NIN) yesterday.
The ditch running through Trung Liệt Ward in the city’s Đống Đa District gives off a foul odour as all manner of household waste is being thrown into it.
Health experts exchanged experiences at a workshop today in Hà Nội on the application of the microarray-based Comparative Genomic Hybridization (aCGH) technique in reproductive health support and genetic disease detection.
The Vinaconex Water Supply Joint Stock Company (Viwasupco) has decided to release Bùi Minh Trường from the post of director of Đà River Water Pipeline Project second phase.
A fire occurred in the parking area of building No. 1B in Hà Nội’s Linh Đàm residential quarter around 1.20 this morning.
Doctors of Mỹ Tho City’s health centre in the Mekong Delta province of Tiền Giang saved 16 local workers from food poisoning yesterday.
An increase in the number of students in the Central Highlands province of Đắk Nông are posing challenges for the education sector as the demand for school facilities and teachers increases, said Nguyễn Văn Hòa, deputy director of the provincial Department of Education and Training.
Trafficking of women and children has been on the rise in recent years in the northern border province of Lào Cai, making it a hotspot for this crime.
Central Huế City has been selected to join 45 other cities worldwide in a global social media campaign called “We Love Cities”, part of World Wildlife Fund’s Earth Hour City Challenge.
Along the canals andr lakes in Hà Nội and HCM City, passers-by are used to men gathering in large groups for hours with their fishing rods, patiently waiting for the fish to come.
Demographic changes in Asia and the Pacific region are occurring at unforeseen rates. An explosion in the working age population and a fall in birth rates - changes that are expected to take a century in Europe and North America - could occur here in just 30 years.
Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc has underlined the need to identify the responsibilities of agencies concerned with food safety management, especially the role played by their chiefs.
A 12-month project to improve the governance of immunisation programme for children aged 0-23 months in Việt Nam was launched at a workshop today in Hà Nội.
