Society Bắc Ninh Province declares state of emergency over dyke incidents Under a decision issued by the Chairman of the Bắc Ninh Provincial People’s Committee, emergency status has been announced for multiple cases of overflow, seepage, leakage, and landslides on both the left and right banks of the Cầu River. 11 minutes ago | Vietnam news PM attends ground-breaking ceremony for border boarding school in Thanh Hóa 31 minutes ago | Vietnam news Bright Future Fund launches campaign to enhance the community’s breast cancer awareness 1 hours ago | Vietnam news Flood map 3 hours ago | Vietnam news 1 Vietnam news | 08/17/2020 13:31 Child killed due to landslide in Sơn La Local authorities visited and provided financial support to the victim's family. 2 Vietnam news | 08/17/2020 11:55 Bird flu detected on Buôn Ma Thuột farms About one week ago, chickens at two farms in Ea Kao Commune’s village 2 and 3 suffered from diarrhoea and died. 3 Vietnam news | 08/17/2020 11:49 'Lucky' Chinese phone number fetches $300,000 at online auction A "lucky" mobile phone number has sold for a whopping 2.25 million yuan (US$300,000) after hundreds of people vied online for the right to use the apparently auspicious string of digits. 4 Vietnam news | 08/17/2020 10:11 Locarno hails hybrid-format film festival Switzerland's Locarno Film Festival said on Sunday it hoped to have set the bar for future international film festivals, having adopted a new semi-virtual format due to the coronavirus crisis. 5 VietnamPlus | 08/17/2020 09:01 340 Vietnamese citizens brought home from Canada A total of 340 Vietnamese citizens from Canada were brought home safely on August 15 and 16. 6 Vietnam news | 08/17/2020 09:00 Tiền Giang's use of IT in public administration increases efficiency, customer satisfaction The Mekong Delta province of Tiền Giang is using information and communications technology to improve public administration as well as its management and competitive capacities. 7 Vietnam news | 08/17/2020 08:59 Cải lương star releases MV to encourge people in COVID-19 fight People’s Artist and cải lương star Lệ Thuỷ will release an MV on YouTube next week to inspire people during the fight against COVID-19. 8 Vietnam news | 08/17/2020 08:43 HCM City’s District 2 to become financial centre HCM City's District 2 will become a financial centre and an important part of a planned "innovative urban area" in the eastern part of the city, Nguyễn Thiện Nhân, general secretary of the HCM City Party Committee, has said. 9 Vietnam news | 08/17/2020 08:38 Colleges, vocational training schools face new enrollment quotas Many universities have changed enrollment methods, including higher enrollment quotas that will be based on students' high school records. 10 Vietnam news | 08/17/2020 08:34 H’re ethnic minorities in Quảng Ngãi adapt to pandemic life H’re ethnic people in mountainous districts of the central Quảng Ngãi Province have an improved awareness of measures to combat the COVID-19 pandemic thanks to the efforts of local officials. 11 Vietnam news | 08/17/2020 08:25 Social distancing observed in Hải Dương Social distancing is being observed in Hải Dương City, 57km east of Hà Nội, after a 63-year-old local man (known as Patient 867) was confirmed positive with SARS-CoV-2 last week. 12 Vietnam news | 08/17/2020 08:23 XOM exhibition features artistic dreams and future of life A special painting exhibition entitled XOM by a group of Vietnamese artists and a foreigner will open this week in the centre of Hà Nội. 13 Vietnam news | 08/17/2020 07:49 More opportunities for Vietnamese to work seasonally in South Korea The Ministry of Labour, War Invalids and Social Affairs has sent letters to city and provincial People’s Committees to guide signing and implementing agreements with South Korean localities on sending Vietnamese workers there for seasonal work. 14 Vietnam news | 08/17/2020 07:45 HCM City’s power lines go underground The HCM City Power Corporation (EVNHCMC) said that it has placed 675km of medium-voltage grids, 1,160km of low-voltage grids and 34.5km of power grids underground over the past five years. 15 Vietnam news | 08/17/2020 07:41 Detailed history of Hà Nội patient released by authorities A detailed timeline of the travel history of a COVID-19 patient from Hà Nội has been released, as the authorities attempt to track and trace everyone he came into contact with. 16 Vietnam news | 08/17/2020 07:26 Family and community help ex-prisoners restart their lives Chu Minh Đức, deputy chairman of Bình Lục District's People's Committee, said helping people who made a mistake was the responsibility of local authorities, but society needed to help too. 17 Vietnam news | 08/17/2020 06:55 Two new cases of COVID-19 confirmed on Monday morning Two new locally transmitted COVID-19 cases were announced Monday morning, one in Hải Dương Province and one in Quảng Nam Province. 18 Vietnam news | 08/17/2020 06:08 Two new COVID-19 cases reported on Monday morning COVID-19 latest figures 19 Vietnam news | 08/16/2020 18:27 Việt Nam records 11 new COVID-19 patients, nine recoveries Sunday evening A two-month-old baby girl is among 11 new cases of COVID-19 announced Sunday evening, bringing the national total to 962. 20 Vietnam news | 08/16/2020 18:07 11 new cases of COVID-19 reported on Sunday evening 1374 1375 1376 1377 1378