Country’s largest coconut growing province manages to control imported pest The Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta province of Bến Tre has basically controlled the spread of the coconut black – headed caterpillar after local authorities and farmers took intensive measures to destroy it.

Ministry wants to support domestic steel market The Ministry of Industry and Trade has proposed the Government consider policies to tighten exports of steel products to stabilise the domestic market amid soaring steel prices in recent months.

'Nature - based' farming a winner in Delta

All of the delta’s 12 provinces and its major city, Cần Thơ, have been able to turn more unproductive rice fields into fruit tree and other crop growing areas, or for aquaculture.

Harmful chemical still widely used in fridges, air conditioners

A refrigerant chemical that is harmful to the environment and has ozone depletion potential is still being used in many household and industrial air conditioners and refrigerators in Việt Nam.

Young lecturer is passionate about forecasting the weather

Bùi Minh Tuân, lecturer at the Meteorology and Oceanography Faculty under the Hà Nội University of Natural Sciences, has been nominated for the Tạ Quang Bửu Award this year for his research on weather forecasting.

High-tech shrimp farming brings high profits in Bạc Liêu Province

The Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta province of Bạc Liêu plans to expand super - intensive shrimp farming as it is sustainable and offers high production value.

Increase in road fatalities this year The number of people killed in traffic accidents on Việt Nam’s roads in the first three months of 2021 increased by more than 30 per cent compared to the same period last year.

Perseverance, Partnership, Progress

One of the signature events during Viet Nam's presidency of the UN Security Council will be a high-level open debate on Mine Action on April 8, to be presided by Deputy Prime Minister Phạm Bình Minh. On this occasion, UNDP Resident Representative would like to exclusively provide Việt Nam News an op-ed on the issue.

Be a good person before a good player

A horror tackle by HCM City FC midfielder Ngô Hoàng Thịnh left Hà Nội FC midfielder Đỗ Hùng Dũng with a broken leg and the prospect of at least six months on the sidelines.

League leaders Hoàng Anh Gia Lai keeping feet on ground

Striker Nguyễn Công Phượng opened the scoring just four minutes after being brought on as a substitute in the second half.