More than 600 people and officers of the central coastal city of Đà Nẵng were mobilised yesterday to clean up Phần Lăng Canal in An Khê District, following efforts made by the city’s Department of Natural Resources and Environment to dredge all canals and drainage systems.

The use of native English-speaking teachers at kindergartens would improve children’s speaking skills, participants at a seminar held in HCM City on July 27 said.

Việt Nam has honoured eight outstanding works at a programme entitled “Việt Nam Glory” held by the Việt Nam General Confederation of Labour (VGCL) in Hà Nội on Saturday.

Vietnamese students won nine medals at the 50th International Chemistry Olympiad (ICO) and the 49th International Physics Olympiad (IPO), the Ministry of Education and Training announced yesterday.

Huế is to install surveillance cameras at 200 sites around the city to supervise traffic circulation and security as well as to help emergency response.

The HCM City People’s Committee has imposed fines on a number of pharmacies and health clinics for violations of health care regulations.

A group of student nurses from Birmingham are currently in Hà Nội to check out how the Vietnamese health services operates. Hear their thoughts on nursing in the UK 🇬🇧compared to Việt Nam.

HCM City has called for investment in environmental protection projects from now through 2025 and announced incentives for such investment as it seeks to resolve certain problems soon.  

About 4,000 owners of vehicles in the provinces of Hưng Yên and Hải Phòng will receive a fee exemption or reduction when they travel through two Build-Operate-Transfer (BOT) toll stations installed along the National Highway No 5 starting August 1, the Việt Nam Infrastructure Development and Finance Investment Joint Stock Company announced on Thursday.

Hà Nội is the leading country in terms of rural development and is setting an example for the nation with 294 out of 386 districts and communes meeting or exceeding the Government’s new rural development standards.

NGO Newborns Vietnam and VNG IT Company on July 26 launched an annual charity run to raise funds to combat neonatal mortality, promoting the health of newborns and their mothers in Southeast Asia with a focus on Việt Nam.

The Automobile Association Vietnam is carrying out a campaign in Hà Nội called #3500LIVES featuring training and public awareness initiatives focused on key “golden rules” for road safety to reduce deaths of people aged 15 to 29 in traffic accidents.  

Hà Nội plans to introduce buses that run on compressed natural gas (CNG) on a trial basis along three routes from August 1 as the city marks 10 years of the expansion of its administrative boundary, the city’s Department of Transport has said.  

The Swiss-Vietnamese Medical Association on July 26 presented awards to four winners of the Alexandre Yersin Prize for Outstanding Publication.

A group of five foreign tourists has received help from a cruise ship company on Hạ Long Bay in Quảng Ninh Province after being abandoned by a travel agent at Tuần Châu International Port on Thursday.

Rescue forces on Thursday night recovered the bodies of two pilots whose military aircraft crashed in the central province of Nghệ An’s Dừa Village, according to the High Command of Military Region 4.

The Investigation Police Agency of the Police Department of the northern mountainous province of Sơn La on Thursday started criminal proceedings on July 26 on the violation case related to school exam fraud in the locality.   

In the context of the relentless global integration, trade unions need to modernise their organisation and functions to better represent workers through collective bargaining, labour officials have said.

Việt Nam has gradually improved its legal framework to control persistent organic pollutants but there remain challenges in tackling environmental problems, according to experts.

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc on Thursday granted certificates honouring the fallen soldiers’ service to the country to 442 families on the occasion of the Vietnamese War Invalids and Martyrs’ Day (July 27).