Việt Nam News

339 new COVID-19 cases reported on Friday

As the COVID situation in Vietnam has stabilised, we will no longer be publishing daily updates. Any important news on COVID in the future will still be published on our website.

HCM City to build transshipment port in Cần Giờ

HCM City is coordinating with investors and the Ministry of Transport to build a US$6 billion international transshipment port in its coastal Cần Giờ District, chairman of the municipal People's Committee Phan Văn Mãi said at a recent conference.

Village heads and prestigious elders help reduce poverty

The province’s Standing Party Committee last month launched a campaign “Parentage, village without poor families” in which village heads and elderly are given key roles in promoting poverty reduction activities

Solutions required for long-delayed housing projects

The Bình Quới-Thanh Đa urban area is located roughly 10 kilometres from downtown HCMC. It was planned to be a modern ecological urban area with an ecological park combining commercial centres and public areas to serve about 80,000 people.

Vietnamese scientist discovers anti-cancer agents from rice husks

These findings provide novel insights into the anticancer property of Momilactones, which can be a premise for future studies and the development of Momilactone-based anti-cancer medicines.

Progress made but more needs to be done to end IUU fishing: official

Associate Professor Nguyễn Chu Hồi, Permanent Vice Chairman of Việt Nam Fishery Association talks about the progress and further solutions for Việt Nam to end illegal, unreported and undocumented fishing (IUU).

Mekong Delta needs more investment in waterway transport infrastructure

The degradation of the Quan Chánh Bố and Chợ Gạo canals are considered “bottlenecks” for the transportation of agricultural products in the Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta region, experts said.

Rainfall this year above average, more typhoons possible

The total rainfall from the beginning of this year up in the north-east, north central and southern coastal areas has also been higher than usual, by 10-20 per cent.

Three ministries, one locality fail to submit spending plans for disbursement on time

According to the Ministry of Planning and Investment by the end of last month VNĐ66.3 trillion from the programme was disbursed.

819 new COVD cases recorded on Nov 3

Police bust million-dollar illegal invoice trading ring

According to the investigation, the total value stated on the illegal invoices is more than VNĐ25 trillion ($1 billion), resulting in VNĐ2.5 trillion ($100.5 million) of tax invasion.

Long An plans to set up more agricultural co-operatives

The Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta province of Long An has established more agricultural co-operatives with links to companies to secure outlets and stable incomes for farmers.

Hà Nội seeks to further accelerate tourism recovery

The capital city welcomed 15.38 million visitors in the first ten months, rising by over five-fold from the same period last year

Đại Ngãi Bridge to bring Mekong Delta nearer to HCM City

The Đại Ngãi Bridge will start construction in the first quarter of 2023, a project that will shorten the travel time between the Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta and HCM City by 1.5-2 hours.

Cát Linh - Hà Đông metro line welcomes 7.2m passengers in a year of commercial operations

The metro line is seeing on average 32,000 passengers daily.

Measures needed to ease the nursing shortage

Figures from the Ministry of Health estimate that around 9,680 medical workers have quit their jobs in the first six months of this year. Of them, 2,874 are nurses.

President Nguyễn Xuân Phúc meets representatives from Hà Giang

President Nguyễn Xuân Phúc expressed pleasure to know that the representatives in Hà Giang Province are leading people in patriotic campaigns, making many contributions to economic development and maintaining security and order.

Celebrating the death of a man thought to be involved in the dog meat trade isn't a good look

As a former vegetarian, I am happy to admit that I have no love for the dog meat industry, but I was shocked at the rhetoric posted online, particularly by expats living in Việt Nam.