Ministers questioned over expressway projects and social networks

All 15 cabinet ministers and leaders, including Deputy Prime Minister Vương Đình Huệ, Transport Minister Nguyễn Văn Thể and Minister of Information and Communications Nguyễn Mạnh Hùng had to take the hot seat.

Green Summer volunteers clean up canals, build roads and houses Bà Lựu Canal, one of the most polluted canals in HCM City,  was cleared of waste and an invasive growth of hyacinth by young volunteers during this year's Mùa Hè Xanh (Green Summer) campaign, which ended last week.

VN’s logistics firms remain small despite potential There are 4,000 Vietnamese businesses operating in the logistics field but most of them are small-scale with weak human resource quality, the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) reported.

A small action can enact big change

The Principal of Marie Curie primary school in Hà Nội, Nguyễn Xuân Khang, received a letter on July 25 from a 5th-grade student named Nguyễn Nguyệt Linh with a question: "Can our school give up releasing balloons into the sky on its opening day, or limit the number of balloons?"

Cà Mau takes action to consolidate eroded dykes A working delegation of the Vietnam Disaster Management Authority will be sent to the southernmost province of Cà Mau to help the locality cope with erosion along the western part of its waters.

An Giang declares emergency state of erosion

The An Giang People’s Committee has declared a state of emergency due to land erosion along the Ông Chưởng River in Chợ Mới District.

Việt Nam seeks foreign investment in ports Việt Nam is encouraging investors from all around the world to develop its ports, according to the Việt Nam Maritime Administration.

Boat tours in HCM City lack passengers Boat tours along HCM City’s canals, which were expected to boost water tourism, have failed to attract tourists because of a lack of facilities and waste discharge in waterways.

Southern transport network needs better planning: experts

Developing the transport network in the south needs closer regional linkages and solutions to respond to climate change threats, Dương Như Hùng of the HCM City University of Technology has said.

Illegal sand mining should be criminal violation: official A high-ranking city official has demanded much stricter punishment for illegal sand mining activities, saying the violation must be considered a crime.