Việt Nam News

A new double decker bus has begun providing tours of HCM City's Chinatown this week.

A nationwide charity programme to support children with disabilities in ten border provinces was launched in Hanoi on May 31.

The Ministry of Science and Technology has officially launched the Centre for Scientific-Technological Services and Infrastructure Development (CSID) in HCM City.

Heavy rains that began on Thursday evening were triggered by a tropical low-pressure system that formed in the East Sea earlier Thursday, said the National Centre for Hydro-meteorological Forecasting.

Phạm Công Minh, a 12th grader from the High School for Gifted Students under the Vietnam National University, Hà Nội’s University of Sciences won a gold medal, while six remaining members earned silver.

Issuance of Criminal Record Certificates via the VNeID application is implemented for Vietnamese citizens with level-2 electronic identity accounts.

A nationwide charity programme to support children with disabilities in 10 highland border provinces was launched on May 31 in Hà Nội.

Receiving Director of UNICEF’s Public Partnerships Division June Kunugi in New York on May 30, Ambassador Đặng Hoàng Giang, Việt Nam’s Permanent Representative to the UN affirmed that as child care and protection are a leading priority in its socio-economic development strategy, Việt Nam has devoted necessary resources for child development.

At the event, the Vietnamese delegation explored the product development trends, technological advances, and solutions in the defence sector of countries around the world, enabling it to make advice to the Ministry of National Defence in building and developing the domestic defence industry.

Massive thunderstorms brought tornadoes along with heavy rain and lightning to Lào Cai Province on Thursday night into Friday morning, with rainfall estimates ranging from 40 to 50mm.

The health ministry's campaign not only aims to raise awareness but also to take concrete actions to prevent and reduce the use of new tobacco products in the community, particularly among teenagers, who are the most vulnerable group.

According to statistics from the health sector, Việt Nam has gained a lot of important achievements. The maternal mortality rate decreased by over five times, from 233/100,000 live births in 1990 to 44/100,000 live births in 2023.

The North-South railway, spanning from Quảng Bình province to Khánh Hòa province, includes 27 tunnels constructed nearly a century ago (between 1926 and 1936) under the standards and technology of that time. These tunnels, lined with concrete or stone, have deteriorated significantly, exhibiting cracks and water leaks that pose safety risks to train operations.

It imposed disciplinary measures against 68 Party organisations and 104 Party members including 20 officials under the management of the Party Central Committee.

The Vietnam News Agency (VNA)’s bureau in the Mekong Delta province of Soc Trang in collaboration with the provincial association for victims of Agent Organge (AO)/dioxin and benefactors handed over a house to an AO victim in An Thanh Nam commune, Cu Lao Dung district on May 30.

Nguyễn Văn Chiến, Vice Director of Bình Thuận's provincial Department of Agriculture and Rural Development, said that the province has mobilised the engagement of the whole political system in the work, focusing on urgent solutions following the Prime Minister’s directions.

In anticipation of the inaugural International Day of Play on June 11, the UN agencies in Hà Nội celebrated the occasion early on May 30, following the March 25 approval of the UN General Assembly’s resolution initiated by Việt Nam and co-sponsored by 138 countries.

The forecast is that by 2050, the total demand for rail passenger transport will be 120 million users a year.