Vietnam’s Deputy Prime Minister Truong Hoa Binh has asked a number of state agencies to accelerate building of a national population database which has received the prime minister’s approval for a year. The database will largely contribute to...
Vietnam’s Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has approved a national program on ensuring the supply of safe water with a goal to bring safe water to at least 95% of population by 2025. The goal partly aims to manage risks and problems from water...
Authorities in Vietnam’s capital city of Hanoi plan to grow about 45,000 trees along Thang Long Avenue, the longest of its kind in the country, said a senior leader of the city. Speaking at a meeting with voters in Hoan Kiem district on Aug 15,...
Police in Vietnam’s southern province of Dong Nai will launch a criminal investigation if the discharged waste of Malaysia-invested Chin Well Fasteners Vietnam Co., Ltd is classified as hazardous, according to the state-run Lao Dong newspaper. The...
A group of 33 Vietnamese transport and logistics companies across Vietnam, especially those in big cities of Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City, and Haiphong have pledged to say no to wildlife trading, state media reported, citing state officials at a meeting...
Observers and activists in Vietnam believe that an amount of money which Taiwan-invested Formosa Hung Nghiep Ha Tinh Steel Corporation fined to compensate damage it causes to environment in four Vietnamese central provinces is totally trivial to...
Vietnam’s legislative body National Assembly (NA) will start its 2nd session in October, focusing on lawmaking affairs, state media has reported. The 494-member parliament will adopt four draft laws and give opinions on 14 others while the Standing...
Vietnamese students have earned two bronze medals at the 2016 World Mathematical Olympiad (WMO) held in South Korea’s Seoul last week, state media reported. A team of 12 Vietnamese primary school students whose were chosen from 700 students in the...
A ceremony was held in the Central Highlands province of Kon Tum on August 8th to mark the 55th year of the Agent Orange calamity in Vietnam (August 10th). Being the first locality sprayed with the toxic chemical by the US troop during the war in...
An international conference on Agent Orange/dioxin opens in Hanoi with the participation of both domestic and foreign scientists, ambassadors, head of international organizations in Vietnam, state media reported. The event, chaired by Vietnamese...
