New applications of stem cell and gene technologies as well as nanotechnology will be the focus of HCM City’s bio-tech programme to 2020, the deputy head of the city’s Department of Sciences and Technology has said. 

Vietnam ranked second in the number of trainees fleeing from their workplaces in Japan in 2015, according to a report from the Japanese Ministry of Justice’s Immigration Bureau.

Floods triggered by torrential rains have killed four people, injured 12 and left one missing in the central provinces of Ha Tinh, Quang Binh and Quang Tri as of November 3 morning.

The third Vietnam-China Youth Festival will take place in Vietnam from November 7-10 to cement friendship, mutual understanding and trust between the two countries’young people. 

Ho Chi Minh City is offering more advice and tests for pregnant women amidst fear of the Zika virus, with 17 cases reported in the southern city by October 31. 

The Government has issued a number of policies in investment, finance, budget and management decentralisation specifically designed for the central city of Danang. 

PetroVietnam’s Nhon Trach 2 Power JSC has reported that the firm will produce about 1.35 billion kWh of commercial electricity in the fourth quarter of 2016, raising its output for the year to 5.5 billion kWh. 

The Vietnam Red Cross Society (VRS) has provided additional VND4.2 billion (US$188,160) in goods and cash to locals in the central provinces of Ha Tinh, Quang Binh and Quang Tri help them overcome consequences of the recent devastated flood. 

Local authorities in Ho Chi Minh City on November 2 decided to confiscate a large amount of guns illegally transported to Vietnam, said the Customs Office of the Tan Son Nhat International Airport. 

The HCM City People’s Committee has approved a project piloting an electricity-powered bus service in the downtown area, using 12-seat electric cars. 

VOV.VN - An exhibition on Vietnam’s foreign trade achievements and improved investment environment opened November 2 at Intercontinental Hotel in Ho Chi Minh City within the framework of Vietnam Summit 2016.

With women facing increased risks of HIV infection, greater emphasis is necessary to address the needs of females in the national HIV response, experts have said.

HCM City authorities have agreed a pilot project to operate three electric bus routes in the city centre as part of efforts to improve the city’s tourism development.

A university education may not be the only route to success in life, but it is a very popular one, especially among people with hearing impairment. 

The administration of a northern Vietnamese province bordering China has called on the government to consider its plan to build a new high-speed railway, compatible with the rail in the Chinese province of Guangxi.

The life of a five-year-old child whose chest was punctured by a steel bar after he fell from the third floor of a building was saved by doctors last week who took part in Ho Chi Minh City’s Red Alert emergency procedure. 

Several effective measures have been implemented to control the gender imbalance over the years, but in many areas of Vietnam the ratio of male to females at birth is still skewed. 

Mekong Delta localities should further enhance connectivity to promote strengths and address challenges in order to achieve stronger socio-economic development, Chairman of Can Tho municipal People’s Committee Vo Thanh Thong said at a conference in the city on November 1.

The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) and the People’s Committee of southern Dong Nai province have reached consensus on the funding for a drainage and wastewater treatment project in Bien Hoa city after 10 years of negotiations.

Laos has conferred orders and medals to 358 Vietnamese former voluntary officers and experts for their services in Laos’ national liberation cause. 

A Vietnamese delegation has attended the Indo Defence Expo and Forum 2016 at the invitation of Indonesia’s Ministry of Defence.

The police and relevant agencies of Ho Chi Minh City have intensified crackdowns on drug crimes this year, seizing a large volume of drugs, including 10kg of heroin and over 110kg of synthetic drugs in the last ten months. 

Hanoi’s fire department will conduct safety checks on all 1,204 karaoke bars in the capital city following the deadly blaze on November 1 at a karaoke bar at 68 Tran Thai Tong Street that claimed 13 lives.

VOV.VN - Instructors from Honda Vietnam have won high prizes at the 17th International Safe Driving Contest recently held in Japan. 

VOV.VN - An American bomb dropped during the past war has been found in the Quang Thuc Commune of Dak Nong Province, the second such bomb detected in the region this year, reports the military command.

Fish sauce made in the country is generally safe for consumption despite recent public confusion and apprehension about its ingredients, a new report said. 

Ethnic minority groups with the least populations in 194 villages in 37 mountainous provinces nationwide will be supported to improve their living conditions and catch up with other ethnic groups in terms of development. 

Central Da Nang city and Khanh Hoa province have been taking measures to fight dengue fever as infections are rising rapidly.

The Hanoi Police Department has commenced criminal proceedings against violations of regulations on fire prevention and fight at a karaoke bar in Hanoi.

VOV.VN - The warship HMAS Warramunga (FFH 152) made a port call at Vietnam's strategic naval base at Cam Ranh Bay, the Australian Navy said on November 2, beginning a six-day visit.