Việt Nam News

 A shortage of classrooms in HCM City primary schools is the main barrier keeping students from day boarding, which includes staying at the school from early morning until late in the day, including lunch.

The health ministry announced the detection of Việt Nam’s first two Zika cases in the central Khánh Hòa Province and HCM City at a press conference yesterday.

Đắk Mi hydropower joint stock company has been fined VNĐ810 million (US$36,000), following a recent decision made by inspectors of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (MONRE).

The Quảng Ninh Province Police on Saturday seized 55-year-old Chen Chunying, from China’s Fujian Province, for allegedly smuggling automobile spare parts.

The Việt Nam Ship Building Industry Corporation (SBIC) has promised to solve all issues raised by fishermen from Đà Nẵng and Quảng Ngãi pertaining to broken steel-hulled fishing boats, according to a corporation representative.

Hà Nội People’s Committee is considering giving transport allowances to government officials or senior leaders to use public transport for their work.

Hailstorms hit Tuyên Quang Province early yesterday causing serious damage to houses and large areas of vegetable crops.

Two drivers were killed when their trucks collided into each other early yesterday morning in the southern province of Bình Phước’s Đồng Xoài Township.

Six workers suffered serious burns caused by a gas fire at the Hà Ráng coal mine in the northern Quảng Ninh Province on Sunday.

Photo of the day - Fishing village little boy

Phụng Hiệp District’s agriculture department has officially noted the fungal disease called bệnh gỉ sắt (uromyces appendiculatus) that is destroying local sugarcane crops.  

In their fight against drought and saline intrusion, farmers in Tiểu Cần District of the southern Trà Vinh Province have contributed their own money to build canals and ditches.

The revised Law on Child Protection, Care and Education will be voted on this Tuesday, during the ongoing final meeting of the 13th National Assembly. Much attention has been focused on raising the legal age of a child in Việt Nam from 16 to 18. Việt Nam News spoke to child specialists about this issue.

A project that will support university students with disaiblities in their studies was launched by the HCM City Disability Research and Capacity Development Centre on Thursday (March 31)

HCM City wants to co-operate with Microsoft on e-government to improve the city’s management, the secretary of HCM City’s Party Committee, Đinh La Thăng, said at a meeting held Thursday in the city.

A school security guard in Lào Cai Province has been arrested after being accused of sexually assaulting several children.

The government of HCM City plans to invest VNĐ480 billion (US$21 million) to plant trees covering a total of 1,613 hectares, with the target of having 40 per cent of the city with green cover by 2020.

The 2016 Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) Youth Week in conjunction with the Model ASEM opened in Hà Nội yesterday.