NA chairman inspects polling station in Hải Phòng City National Assembly (NA) chairman Vương Đình Huệ visited a polling station in Tiên Lãng District, the northern city of Hải Phòng, on Tuesday to inspect the city’s preparations for upcoming elections.

Hà Nội needs to be proactive in coping with natural disasters: official Director of Hà Nội’s Deparment of Agriculture and Rural Development Chu Phú Mỹ talks to Hà Nội Mới (New Hà Nội) newspaper about the city’s plan to mitigate the consequences of natural disasters and cope with the impacts of climate change.

Việt Nam attends ASEAN Defence Senior Officials’ Meeting

Vietnamese Deputy Minister of Defence Sen. Lieut. Gen. Hoàng Xuân Chiến attended the ASEAN Defence Senior Officials’ Meeting which was held via videoconference yesterday.

VN’s hydro-meteorological sector continues improving capacity, international co-operation in the future Improving the capacity of hydro-meteorological monitoring and forecasting as well as strengthening international co-operation are identified as two major tasks of the national hydro-meteorological sector in the future.

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.

PM sees positive signs for economic recovery There were positive signs for Việt Nam's economic recovery in the first month of 2021 amid fluctuations in the world economy, said Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc.

Border guard force urged to step up work to stop illegal entries1 Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc urged the border guard force to continue to prevent illegal entries to the country in the fight against COVID-19.

Extreme cold weather kills over 540 cattle in the north

The extreme cold weather, between January 7 and January 12, has killed over 540 cows and buffaloes as well as damaged about 93 ha of crops in northern mountainous provinces of Cao Bằng, Lào Cai, Điện Biên, Sơn La, Lai Châu, Lạng Sơn and Yên Bái.

PM assigns funding to rebuild houses in central VN The beneficiaries consist of Nghệ An (VNĐ1.26 billion), Hà Tĩnh (VNĐ8.43 billion), Quảng Bình (VNĐ4.89 billion), Quảng Nam (VNĐ69.81 billion), and Bình Định (VNĐ4.72 billion).

Cold spell in north could bring snow A new strong cold spell will begin to affect northern and central regions from January 7-12, with snow and frost forecast to appear in northern mountainous provinces, according to the National Centre for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting.