Việt Nam News

Principal Tình expressed deep gratitude for the aid, saying that the school is always on edge during rainy seasons due to its landslide-prone location.

The committee has distributed two rounds of funds to affected localities, totalling VNĐ1.03 trillion ($41.8 million), with VNĐ385 billion ($15.6 million) allocated in the first round and VNĐ650 billion ($26.9 million) in the second.

German chemical company BASF has broken ground on a building at the Phương Ninh Primary & Secondary School in the Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta province of Hậu Giang, which will benefit around 150 students.

Farmers in Trà Vinh Province are expanding the cultivation of seedless limes as they have high export demand and profits.

The planning of resettlement zones in mountainous regions requires the involvement of multiple ministries.

The 2024 Vietnam Industrial Architecture Awards have honoured eight outstanding architectural projects at a prestigious event held in HCM City.

The Vietnam National University, Hà Nội (VNU) said the rankings, compiled by a group of researchers at the US-based Stanford University, use citations from Scopus, an international scientific database.

The Red Cross Society of China has released an emergency aid package of US$100,000 to help the Vietnamese Government and people overcome the consequences of Typhoon Yagi.

The trains, popular with visitors, will run at slower speeds due to safety reasons.

Typhoon Yagi has passed but farmers in northern regions are still reeling from the devastating loss it caused to their crops. The total damage to rice, fruits and other plants is estimated to be over $170 million, which will likely slow down the GDP growth rate by 0.15 per cent. Financial support has poured in from many countries, international organisations, and domestic businesses.

A fact-finding trip from September 19 to 21, led by Consul General Nguyễn Thành Văn and VCBA Chairman Oknha Leng Rithy, aimed to serve the building of a support programme for classroom repair and upgrade as proposed by the Pursat branch of the Khmer-Vietnamese Association.

Local authorities are being urged to implement response plans for heavy rainfall, which poses risk of landslides and floods, which have already claimed lives.

Bình Thuận Province is enhancing the development of new-style rural areas to improve the lives of its rural residents.

The HCM City People’s Committee has issued a plan on personal data protection outlining measures to safeguard citizens’ rights to personal privacy and address the illicit trade of personal data in the city.

“Any attempts to conceal or overlook infractions will not be tolerated,” the directive recently signed by Prime Minister Phạm Minh Chính noted.

Flight delays have been significant over the past eight months, with 26 per cent of total flights, nearly 46,000, running behind schedule, according to reports from the Civil Aviation Authority of Việt Nam (CAAV). 

Vietnamese embassies and communities in Slovakia, Poland, the Czech Republic, Japan and Tanzania have raised fund to help affected people in Typhoon Yagi in Việt Nam.

This shipment includes 2,750 solar-powered flashlights, 2,748 kitchen kits, and 5,520 fleece blankets, transported from the US to Việt Nam by air.