Students from engineering technology universities in Vietnam have developed innovative projects following the Engineering Projects in Community Service (EPICS) model to provide engineering solutions for real world problems, including supporting the vulnerable, sustainability, agricultural productivity, plastic recycling, reducing CO2 emission and green energy.

Ho Chi Minh City has taken the lead in the voluntary blood donation movement for many years, accounting for one-fifth of the donated blood nationwide, President of the city’s Red Cross Society Tran Truong Son said on April 7.

Caring for and protecting the children is the responsibility of not a particular agency but the whole political system and society, ensuring that children get the best access to their rights, stated Nguyen Thi Thanh Hoa, Chairwoman of the Vietnam Association for the Protection of Child Rights.

Besides State capital, the northern province of Bac Giang will attract non-State capital for investment in the field, particularly that from businesses to develop transport services infrastructure like inland waterway ports, bus stations, parking lots, and roadside rest stops.

Border guards in the central coastal province of Nghe An have strengthened patrols and tightened control over fishing activities at sea as part of efforts to prevent fight illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing, contributing to persuading the European Commission to remove the “yellow card” against Vietnamese seafood.

The northern province of Ninh Binh has been selected by US magazine Forbes as one of the 23 best places to travel around the world in 2023.

The body of the last victim in the helicopter crash was found on April 7 morning, two days after the incident occurred in the sea area between Hai Phong city and Quang Ninh province.

The Son Tay ancient fortress pedestrian zone in the suburbs of Hanoi has been in operation for one year, and is an attractive destination for visitors both in and outside the city.

Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha on April 6 signed a decision approving the strategy for digital transformation in journalism by 2025, with a vision to 2030.

Hundreds of poor households and students of the Khmer ethnic minority group in Ho Chi Minh City on April 6 received gifts from the Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee of Ho Chi Minh City and Nguoi lao dong (The Labourers) newspaper on the occasion of their traditional Chol Chnam Thmey festival.

Starting on May 15, visitors to Hoi An ancient town in the central province of Quang Nam will be required to purchase entrance tickets to explore the Old Quarter and other destinations.

Competent forces have so far recovered the “black box” and most pieces from the Bell-505 helicopter that crashed in the sea area between Hai Phong city and Quang Ninh province on April 5.

The Narcotics Investigation Police Department under the Ministry of Public Security held a meeting in Hanoi on April 6 to review the operation of the Safe Mekong Coordination Centre (SMCC), which has been set up in all countries in the Mekong sub-region as part of their joint efforts to fight drug trafficking.

A union of Vietnamese associations in Japan was officially established on April 6, aiming to strengthen the connectivity among the associations and build a growing Vietnamese community in the host country.

The average monthly income of workers in the first quarter of this year was 7 million VND (300 USD) per person, an increase of 197,000 VND quarter-on-quarter and up 640,000 VND year-on-year, according to the General Statistics Office (GSO).

Some 485,000 poor and near-poor households gained access to loans from the Vietnam Bank for Social Policies (VBSP), worth about 21.86 trillion VND (932.17 million USD) in total, in the first three months of this year.

Hai Phong city is focusing on developing new tourism products and enhancing the quality of services to provide best experience to visitors during the upcoming peak tourism season.

The Hanoi Department of Public Security announced on April 6 that the Investigation Police Agency of Tay Ho district have decided to detain and launch criminal proceedings against a local man for violating regulations on road traffic participation in accordance with Article 260 of the 2015 Criminal Code.

Deputy Prime Minister Tran Luu Quang has signed a Prime Minister’s dispatch ordering relevant ministries, agencies and localities to take measures and mobilise forces and vehicles to conduct fastest and most effective search and rescue activities for the victims of a helicopter crash in Ha Long Bay area of northern Quang Ninh province.

A Bell-505 helicopter coded VN-8650, owned by the Northern Vietnam Helicopter Company under the Vietnam Helicopter Corporation, took off at 4:56pm and lost contact at 5:15pm on April 5 while carrying four Vietnamese tourists on a sightseeing tour of Ha Long Bay from above.