Mekong Delta farmers wait for floodwaters

Farmers in the Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta’s upstream areas are waiting for the flood season, which brings sediment to rice fields and other areas of aquatic resources. 

Former drivers of Vietnam News Agency recall daring days

In a small room on the second floor of the Vietnam News Agency (VNA) fleet headquarters located in Mai Hương Zone, Hai Ba Trung District in Hà Nội, former "soldier drivers" of the VNA meet again every year.

HCM City restores polluted canals one by one

The 10-kilometre Nhiêu Lộc-Thị Nghè Canal running through districts 1, 3, Tân Bình, Phú Nhuận, and Bình Thạnh in HCM City has become a popular place for sightseeing, taking photos and doing exercises.

Downpour killing one man in Lào Cai A man has died after his house was swept away by a landslide caused by heavy rain in Sa Pa.

Seven dead as floods hit Greek island A baby was among seven people who died as torrential rains and floods swept the Greek island of Evia, damaging dozens of houses and blocking roads, authorities said Sunday.

Trà Vinh expands production-forest areas

The Cửu Long (Mekong) province of Trà Vinh plans to shift 3,800ha of protective forests to production forests to increase income for households assigned to protect forests.

Đà Nẵng rolls out the red carpet for US investors

To mark the 25th anniversary of the resumption of Viet Nam-US diplomatic relations (July 12, 1995), Hồ Kỳ Minh, Vice Chairman of the Đà Nẵng People’s Committee gave an interview to Vietnam News Agency on the co-operation between the US and Đà Nẵng City

High-tech shrimp breeding yields high profits

More farmers, co-operatives and companies in the southern province of Bà Rịa – Vũng Tàu are seeing much higher profits by using advanced farming techniques to breed shrimp.

Japan issues fresh rain disaster warnings as toll hits 54 Japan issued fresh landslide and flooding warnings on Wednesday as torrential rain moved over the centre of the country and the death toll from days of downpours rose to 54.

Desperate searches as dozens feared dead in Japan floods Rescue workers in Japan on Monday combed through the wreckage of houses shattered by deadly floods and landslides in a desperate search for survivors as the death toll rose and more torrential rain loomed.