New partnership aims to put bicycles back on city streets

Vietnamese cities are set to benefit from greener transport after the Ministry of Construction and German Development Cooperation (GIZ) signed a Memorandum of Understanding on the development of technical guidelines for the design of cycling infrastructure.

Dutch Lady donates books, milk to students in flood-hit province

FrieslandCampina Việt Nam’s Dutch Lady brand has collaborated with the Department of Education and Training of the flood-hit central province of Quảng Trị to donate books, backpacks and dairy products to more than 1,700 students in five primary schools.

From teacher to rose farmer

Phạm Thị Hồng Nga is proud of the roses she grows in the northern city of Thái Nguyên using organic farming methods.

HCM City marks World Diabetes Day

More than 60 per cent of adults with diabetes remain undiagnosed in Việt Nam and only 30 per cent of people living with diabetes follow plans to monitor and manage diabetes at health facilities, according to the HCM City Centre for Disease Control.

HCM City focuses on nursery schools in industrial parks, export processing zones

HCM City has seen the decrease in violence against children at small private nurseries in industrial parks and export processing zones thanks to a project to develop private small nurseries in 2015-20, Dương Anh Đức, vice chairman of the city People’s Committee, told a conference held to review the project on November 12.

Major power line suffers multiple setbacks

Bùi Văn Kiên, deputy director general of the National Power Transmission Corporation (EVNNPT) under Việt Nam Electricity (EVN), talks to the Government Portal about the risks of falling behind schedule on the North-South 500kV power line in the central region.

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