Villagers in remote part of Quảng Ngãi pull together in medical emergencies Whenever someone has a medical emergency in a small hamlet in central Quảng Ngãi Province, villagers put the patient in a hammock and carry them 10km to reach an ambulance or the nearest clinic.

Households around Dầu Tiếng Lake polluting water

Many households have come to live on raise fish and live on rafts the reservoir of the Dầu Tiếng Lake, polluting the water resources over the years.

Hà Nội to ease population density in four inner districts

More than 215,000 people living in four inner districts of Hà Nội will be relocated under an urban planning project which aims to decrease population density and upgrade infrastructure.

New road near Tân Sơn Nhất International Airport to ease traffic congestion HCM City plans to build a new road to link Trần Quốc Hoàn Street and Cộng Hòa Street in Tân Bình District to reduce traffic congestion around Tân Sơn Nhất International Airport.

HCM City to clean more of its polluted canals, relocate poor people living along them HCM City plans to clean up more of its canals in 2021-25 and relocate people living in utter poverty along them. 

HCM City vows to get rid of oddly shaped tiny houses

Land along new road projects in HCM City will be reclaimed for auction and resettlement as part of the city’s effort to get rid of or reduce the number of oddly-shaped tiny houses that have appeared as a result of road-expansion projects.

Hope for a community devastated by landslides

Last October, a serious landslide hit the area, burying their houses and killing a dozen of their family members and neighbours.

Bạc Liêu to build more erosion-prevention projects

The Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta province of Bạc Liêu will spend nearly VNĐ19.3 trillion (US$835 million) to build erosion-prevention projects in the 2021 - 30 period.

Families in Nghệ An still waiting for houses after three years Tết (Lunar New Year) is approaching and more than 60 households in Lượng Minh Commune of the central province of Nghệ An will be forced to spend the holiday in makeshift huts because two projects to resettle the people in proper houses lack capital.

More than $217 million compensated to locals in Long Thành airport project site

The southern province of Dong Nai has paid more than VNĐ5 trillion (US$217.12 million) as ground clearance compensation and resettlement support to 2,200 households affected by the construction of Long Thành International Airport project.