VOV.VN - President of the Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) Nguyen Thien Nhan has suggested establishing a website on overseas startups involving young Vietnamese, and organizing an annual dialogue to attract Vietnamese students from abroad.

VOV.VN - Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has asked Vietnamese scientists to work harder to ensure that Vietnam can actively integrate into the global intellectual value chain.

Typhoon Nock-ten, the 10th storm to hit the East Sea in 2016, will gradually abate in the next 12 hours, according to the National Centre for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting.

The Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology (VAST) should spare time studying the application of scientific achievements into reality, especially in production, business and start-up.

An unexploded bomb weighing 225kg has been defused in Hoa Xuan Tay commune, Dong Hoa district, the south central coastal province of Phu Yen.

All communes, wards and towns and over 97% of the total households in rural areas in the Central Highland province of Dak Lak have been connected to the national grid. 

Local authorities of the Mekong Delta province of Ben Tre on December 27 kicked off a project to build an integrated storm shelter and fishing port in Ba Tri district, with total investment of VND253 billion (US$11.1 million).

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc urged the Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences (VASS) to become a trustworthy address to solve social concerns during a conference in Hanoi on December 27 to launch its 2017 tasks. 

VOV.VN - Emergency crews responded to a midday fire on December 27 at residence Number 81 on Phung Hung Street in Hanoi, which quickly spread to adjoining residences Number 83 and 85.

Deputy Prime Minister Truong Hoa Binh has asked four central provinces to speed up disbursement of compensation for mass fish deaths earlier in April so as to complete the first payment phase before the Tet (Lunar New Year) Festival.

Population quality increased remarkably as the infant mortality rate for children aged under five years old and the fatality rate for mothers reduced, while average life expectancy rate started to rise.

Deputy Prime Minister Truong Hoa Binh has requested the Ministry of Home Affairs (MoHA) to press ahead with reducing the size of its workforce and eradicating family member employment and appointment to promote staff’s performance.

VOV.VN -National Platform “Women’s Economic Empowerment in Agribusiness to promote gender equality”aims to identify gender gaps, solution development, and policy recommendation to facilitate start-up female entrepreneurs in agribusiness.

The Reproductive Health Care Centre of Hanoi reported that 99.9% of pregnant women have received pre-natal care, thus reducing the city’s maternity mortality rate to below the national level. 

The Vu A Dinh Scholarship Fund has granted about 75,000 scholarships worth VND75 billion (US$3.2 million) for thousands of ethnic groups and island students since its establishment in 1999.

The Prime Minister has directed the designation of a specific mechanism for Long Thanh International Airport in the southern province of Dong Nai.

The southern province of Tay Ninh and its Cambodian neighbouring province of Svay Rieng will host the first border friendship exchange between Vietnam and Cambodia on December 28-29.

VOV.VN - The O Dong Mac – Nguyen Khoai flyover at Belt Road No.1 in Hanoi was opened to traffic on December 26, expected to ease traffic jam in the eastern part of the capital city.

Authorities of the northern mountainous province of Bac Kan have devised a range of measures to improve spiritual and material lives of locals from ethnic minority groups, thus narrowing the gap between the rich and the poor as well as between geographic areas.

President of the Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) Central Committee Nguyen Thien Nhan has lauded millions of people in 110,000 residential areas, religious and mass organisations for their environment protection efforts over the past years. 

The August shooting of two high-level officials in Yen Bai was motivated by personal cause, said the local police on December 26.

A master plan to develop the physical strength and height of Vietnamese people in the 2011-30 period is expected to help improve the quality of human resources for the cause of national modernisation and industrialisation, and gradually enhance the quality and longevity of  the Vietnamese people.

The Prime Minister has agreed to allocate VND165 billion (over US$7.2 million) from the budget reserves fund to eight provinces to help them tackle the consequences of storms and floods from October 13-18. 

VOV.VN - Uzbekistan has decided to unilaterally exempt visa for Vietnamese tourists as from April 1, 2017, according to the Uzbekistan Embassy in Hanoi. 

Two patients died soon after doctors administered anesthesia prior to surgery.

Vietnamese Agent Orange (AO) victims have had their first cultural house for the first time after a ceremony handing the Cultural House of the Rehabilitation and Nursing Centre to AO victims took place on December 26 in Hanoi.

Typhoon Nock-ten has entered the East Sea, becoming tenth storm this waters in 2016, according to the National Centre for Hydro-meteorological Forecasting.

Major changes in the bus routes from the capital are to go into effect on January 2, said the deputy director of the city’s Transport Department, Ha Huy Quang. The changes are intended to reduce congestion.

Up to 60 Cambodians with diseases related to muscular, skeletal and joint system received free health check-ups and treatment by Vietnamese doctors in Phnom Penh on December 26. 

Vietnam lacks control over non-fired brick quality despite the large number of such bricks produced in the country over the last five year, the Ministry of Construction said.