Việt Nam has assigned HCM City the country’s largest social housing target through 2030, tasking the southern metropolis with building more than 181,000 subsidised homes as the government steps up efforts to ease housing shortages and support low-income workers.
Police in HCM City have stepped up inspections and enforcement against violations related to food safety, as the production and sale of food of unknown origin has become increasingly widespread and complex, according to the municipal Department of Economic Police.
According to HCM City’s department of construction, three social housing construction projects are expected to launch this January to build 5,568 total housing units.
A group of students from FPT University is transforming the way children learn history. By combining augmented reality with storytelling, Vietnamese Female Heroes brings legendary women from Vietnam’s past to life on the screen through vivid animations and sound. Designed specifically for young readers, the project makes history interactive, memorable, and inspiring, helping children connect with their national heritage freshly and excitingly.
The HCM City traffic police are cracking down on pick-ups and drop-offs by buses at unauthorised spots and on unlicensed coaches during the runup to Tết in mid-February.
The Traffic Police Department calls on agencies, transport enterprises, armed forces, officials, workers and drivers to support the traffic police forces in fulfilling their tasks.
The 108 Military Central Hospital, on January 12, announced that it had successfully performed a multi-organ transplant from a brain-dead donor, a health care worker.
Statistics show that the country recorded 190,040 dengue fever cases, up 28.4 per cent compared with 20244, and 107,249 cases of hand, foot and mouth disease, up 28.9 per cent year on year.
Officials say the campaign translated common online fraud tactics into practical guidance to help young users recognise and disengage from digital threats.
For someone who has never seen sunlight, reaching out to touch a swarm of honeybees was a daunting challenge.
The Ministry of Construction has ordered the Mỹ Thuận Project Management Board and contractors to urgently accelerate work on unfinished sections of the Cần Thơ-Cà Mau expressway, warning that continued delays could jeopardise traffic safety and disrupt operations on the key Mekong Delta transport corridor.
Under the 2019 Labour Code, workers in Việt Nam are entitled to a total of 11 paid public holidays each year.
Accelerating the restructuring of agriculture towards higher added value and sustainable development is an urgent requirement.
Residents have revived the area's acid sulphate soil and saline land, creating a new landscape with row upon row of sturdy houses and aspirations for lasting prosperity.
The railway sector will add more Thống Nhất (reunification) trains and regional services to meet the sharply rising travel demand of people and tourists during the 2026 Lunar New Year (Tết), Việt Nam’s largest traditional festival.
All 27 houses were completed, and by January 9, they had been fully handed over for use, earlier than the January 15 deadline.
Police forces from Lâm Đồng, Cà Mau, An Giang, Cần Thơ, Vĩnh Long, Đồng Tháp and HCM City held a joint review on Monday in Xuân Hương - Đà Lạt ward, Lâm Đồng province, strengthening efforts to combat organisations and individuals arranging or brokering illegal border crossings for illegal fishing overseas.
By the end of 2026, the agriculture and environment sector will build and pilot an agricultural product traceability system, with durian selected as the first product for origin tracking.