HCM City has proposed to retain all surplus budget revenue from 2026 to 2030 to fund urban railway projects. 

Ensuring safety of foods sold by street vendors in HCM City is challenging due to their mobility, lack of licences and food safety certificates, which poses health threats and complicates food poisoning investigations, the municipal Food Safety Department has admitted.

Vietnamese students will have opportunities to enjoy scholarships and academic studies in China following a recent Việt Nam-China Education Conference 2024 connecting educators of both countries in Hà Nội.

Cần Thơ Bridge 2 project is crucial for completing the North-South expressway route in the eastern region of the Mekong Delta, connecting the Mỹ Thuận-Cần Thơ expressway with the Cần Thơ-Cà Mau expressway.

A month has passed since Typhoon Yagi triggered the devastating flood in Làng Nủ Village of Lào Cai Province, leaving 60 people dead and seven missing in its wake. While search and rescue operations were agreed to cease, the 14 days spent in Làng Nủ remain an unforgettable memory for the soldiers of Regiment 98 (under Division 316, Military Region 2) who were assigned to the mission.

In the 2024 Global Innovation Index (GII) report released by the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO), Việt Nam climbed two places, now ranking 44th out of 133 countries and economies. Minister of Science and Technology Huỳnh Thành Đạt speaks to Vietnam News Agency about the country’s progress and solutions to improve the ranking.

Eleven component projects of the 2017-2020 North-South expressway, including rest areas, are still missing after the route being opened to traffic for more than a year.

A 48-km railway line linking HCM City to the under-construction Long Thành airport in neighbouring Đồng Nai Province will be built between 2026 and 2029, costing VNĐ84.7 trillion (US$3.42 billion).

Hà Nội on Monday launched a measles vaccination campaign and expects to deliver about 70,000 vaccines to children and adults in the capital.

The award winners are to be selected based on three criteria that include their action plan and specific programme on environmental protection; curriculum and main and extracurricular activities on the environment; facilities and environmental protection activities in the community.

Saint Paul General Hospital in Hà Nội has arranged a screening and surgery programme for children under 16 years old with birth defects and musculoskeletal diseases.

The policy will not apply to those who began residing illegally after September 30, 2024 and individuals involved in illegal immigration, those using fake travel documents, criminals or those failing to comply with deportation orders.

Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Lê Minh Hoan announced that the ministry will hold further discussions with the State Bank and commercial banks in the coming week to ensure that funding reaches farmers as soon as possible.

The Việt Nam Coast Guard Region No. 3 Command rescue ship in collaboration with local fishing boats have successfully rescued three fishermen from a boat that sank off the coast of the central province of Khánh Hòa.

The Government of the Republic of Korea (RoK) has committed US$1 million to the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) to support Việt Nam's recovery efforts under the “Inclusive early recovery and reconstruction programme after Typhoon Yagi”.

The Government had identified the implementation of a "dual goal" of developing a digital government, digital economy, and digital society at a high level, and forming Vietnamese technology companies capable of competing globally.

Girl Takeover 2024, an initiative to empower young women to step into leadership roles and promote gender equality, was launched on Friday by the Embassy of Sweden and Plan International Việt Nam.

Việt Nam has a lot of lakes and rivers, putting people at risk of drowning. The Global Health Advocacy Incubator (GHAI), a programme of Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids, under the financial support of Bloomberg Philanthropies, has helped train more than 1,000 teachers in safe swimming instruction and thousands of students on water safety skills.

On October 10, 1954, the Capital Liberation marked a pivotal victory after nine years of resistance against French colonial rule, a moment forever etched in the hearts of those who lived it.

The Supreme People’s Procuracy has issued the indictment against Vũ Hoàng Oanh and her associates, accusing them of smuggling and distributing illegal drugs from Cambodia into Việt Nam, targeting key cities including HCM City, Hải Phòng, Nam Định, Hà Nội, and surrounding areas.