HCM City to have 80% of waste sorted at source

The HCM City Department of Natural Resources and Environment has taken steps to ensure that 100 per cent of its domestic solid waste is collected and treated and at least 80 per cent of solid household waste is classified at source by 2025. 

Farmers reap rewards thanks to bumper crops, high prices

Farmers in the south – central and Tây Nguyên (Central Highlands) regions are getting high prices from a bumper harvest of the winter – spring rice crop, partly due to use of certified seeds and preventive measures against disease.

Đà Nẵng focuses on environmental protection

Environmental protection will be placed at the centre of decisions and policies in Đà Nẵng City under a project aiming to build the locality into an environmentally-friendly metropolis in 2021-2030.

Hùng Kings festival commences in Phú Thọ Province

The main festival day commemorating the Hùng Vương (Hùng King), considered the founders of Việt Nam, starts on Wednesday with a solemn incense offering ceremony conducted at the main temple in the northern province of Phú Thọ.

More than 100,000 people vaccinated against COVID-19: health ministry

A total of 14,386 people, mostly frontline medical staff, received COVID-19 vaccine shots on Tuesday, bringing the total number of vaccinated people in the country to 106,929 in 27 localities in the two phases of the vaccination drive, according to a report released on Wednesday by the health ministry.

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