Hà Nội wants to shorten the approval time and create conditions for it to implement transit-oriented development projects that maximise the amount of residential, business and leisure space within walking distance of public transport.

Professor Châu Văn Minh, President of Việt Nam Academy of Science and Technology (VAST), speaks to Vietnam News Agency about the academy’s outstanding scientific and technological research that caught public attention recently.

The province hopes to develop local aquaculture towards adapting to climate change, enhancing productivity, and providing jobs for locals, especially in coastal and Đồng Tháp Mười alum-intruded areas which have extreme weather conditions.

The total capital mobilised to implement the initiative over the past three years came to nearly VNĐ9.5 trillion (US$387.83 million)

The Vietnamese Embassy in China held a get-together on January 12 for overseas Vietnamese living, working and studying in China ahead of the Lunar New Year (Tet) Festival, which falls on February 10 this year.

The Hanoi People’s Court on January 12 sentenced former Minister of Health Nguyen Thanh Long to 18 years in prison for taking bribes in the COVID-19 test kit case involving in the Viet A Technology JSC.

More than 1.5 million units of blood were donated nationwide in 2023, with 99% of which came from voluntary blood givers who account for 1.5% of the total population, heard a conference to review the voluntary blood donation work in Hanoi on January 12.

Captain Đức managed to divert the Su-22 aircraft away from residential areas before safely parachuting out.

Sixty international cruise ships with a total of some 80,000 passengers aboard have registered to dock at Ha Long International Port in the northeastern province of Quang Ninh this year, according to the provincial Department of Tourism.

The Sóc Sơn racecourse is expected to become an international sports centre and to host the Asiad or Olympics in the future.

Vietjet opens a direct route between Hanoi and Dien Bien, shortening travel time for people and tourists between the two localities, expanding trade and tourism opportunities between the Northwest region and the capital city Hanoi, as well as Northern delta provinces.

HCM City will continue to pay attention to improving the spiritual and material lives of ethnic minorities in the city, vice chairman of the municipal People's Committee Ngô Minh Châu said at a conference on Wednesday (January 10).

A delegation from the Indonesian Travel Agents Association (ASTINDO) is visiting the central city of Da Nang from January 8-12, aiming to scope out the local tourism market.

The mobilisation of private resources for education has also been stepped up while curricular and extracurricular activities reformed to include contents related to child care and protection such as life skills, HIV/AIDS prevention, and childhood accident prevention.

Ha Long Bay in the northern province of Quang Ninh and Sa Pa township in the northern mountainous province of Lao Cai have been listed among the world’s trending destinations by the renowned travel site TripAdvisor.

Now Luận Văn pomelos have made a name for themselves nationwide and can be found in supermarkets in big cities.

Recruiting doctors to work in commune health centres and district hospitals in mountainous regions has become more successful.

Agencies had to develop measurable assessment criteria when implementing the goals at the regional and local levels, and in many important sectors of health, education, and labour, providing correct solutions.

The plan would help turn the province into a nexus of the north-south economic and traffic corridor, and the East-West Economic Corridor connecting Laos, Thailand, Myanmar and Việt Nam.

The embassy and the honorary consul office in Dublin are working with police in Dublin to verify the identities of the stowaways and ensure that they are treated humanely and lawfully.