Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has requested the authorities of the central province of Binh Dinh to urgently support residents in rebuilding houses and repairing those on the verge of collapse.

The Ministry of Planning and Investment (MoPI) held a seminar in Hanoi on December 21 discussing the United Nations 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and its implementation in Vietnam. 

The Binh Duong southern industrial hub has devised a working plan to implement its programme on preventing and minimising child labour for the 2017-2020 period.

Vietnam’s defence attaché agency in Laos held a ceremony in Vientiane on December 20 to mark the 72nd founding anniversary of the Vietnam People’s Army (December 22, 1944).

VOV.VN -Public security forces uncovered 42,558 criminal cases and arrested 80,210 offenders this year, the Ministry of Public Security told a press conference in Hanoi on December 21.

VOV.VN - On December 21, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc inspected post-flood clean-up activities in An Xuyen hamlet, Phu My district, Binh Dinh province.

The Institute for Nanotechnology-Vietnam National University HCM City said on December 20 that it has made a system to automatically monitor salinity in rivers in the Mekong Delta and set off an alarm if the level is too high.

The Ministry of Health has given the green light to Hospital E in Hanoi to open four hi-tech centres to meet patient demand.

The Vietnam Fatherland Committee in the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho on December 20 held an international conference to highlight the importance of people-to-people and cultural diplomacy as well as the overseas Vietnamese (OV) community to the city’s growth.

The HCM City People’s Committee has asked the Ministry of Planning and Investment for official development assistance funds to build its metro line No 3A from Ben Thanh Market in District 1 to Binh Chanh district’s Tan Kien commune.

The Vietnam Red Cross Society (VRCS) is striving to provide at least one million gifts for needy people on the Lunar New Year holiday (Tet), VRCS Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Xuan Thu stated at a fund-raising event in Hanoi on December 20.

VOV.VN - Former Miss Ethnic Vietnam, Truong Thi May, looked absolutely elegant while arriving at a charity dinner on December 20 for the Australian Consulate General in Ho Chi Minh City.

VOV.VN - Streets, commercial centres, churches and entertainment places in the capital city are beautifully decorated with lights, Christmas trees, reindeers and decorations to welcome upcoming Christmas.

The department for external affairs in the north central province of Thanh Hoa on December 20 held a conference to call for international non-governmental funding.

Car drivers in HCMC may be required to pay a small toll to enter districts 1, 3, 5 and 10 next year.

Days of unseasonably torrential rains have killed at least 24 people in central Vietnam, authorities said on December 20, inundating swathes of the region including the tourist draw town of Hoi An.

Drivers of cars might have to pay a fee to be able to enter downtown Ho Chi Minh City in the near future, according to a new plan aimed at alleviating traffic jams.

The final phases of the construction of Vietnam’s first observatory are being carried out in the south-central province of Khanh Hoa in preparation for its inauguration next year.

Deadly floods, which killed at least 24 people in the central region the past week, left depressing scenes in their wake.

The first-ever bus rapid transit (BRT) in Hanoi will offer free rides for one month after its inauguration on New Year’s Day, as local authorities seek to familiarize city dwellers with the new means of getting around.

Protecting, maintaining and restoring ecosystems, especially water systems, is among the most urgent tasks for strengthening the country’s resilience to climate change, said Dr Tran Van Giai Phong, technical specialist at the Institute for Social and Environment Transition (ISET).

Deputy Prime Minister Truong Hoa Binh on December 20 extended Christmas greetings to Catholic dignitaries and followers while visiting the Centre for Pastoral Care of My Tho Diocese and the Jesus Lao Cong Parish in My Tho city in the Mekong Delta province of Tien Giang.

The People’s Committee of the Mekong Delta province of Vinh Long on December 20 met officials of the Cambodian province of BanTeay Meanchey to exchange experience in socio-economic development.

Vietnam’s Ministry of Public Security and the Royal Thai Police held the first high-level dialogue on security issues in Bangkok on December 20.

VOV.VN - The Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) has launched a fund-raising program to help flood victims in the south central region.

VOV.VN - Ho Chi Minh City has 141 reported cases of Zika virus through December 20 in 23 districts, 18 of which are pregnant women who have contracted the mosquito-borne disease, reports the City Preventive Medicine Centre. 

Hanoi’s Book Street will open on April 21 - the Vietnam Book Day on December 19 street, which links Hai Ba Trung and Ly Thuong Kiet streets in downtown Hanoi.

Deputy Prime Minister Truong Hoa Binh extended his Christmas greetings to Catholic and Protestant dignitaries and followers in Ho Chi Minh City on December 20.

VOV.VN - In the wake of the historic flooding in the Central Region that has left tens of thousands of families displaced and homeless, reigning Miss Vietnam, Do My Linh, is stepping up and leading efforts to help children.

VOV.VN - A two-day roundtable aimed at discussing how to enhance cooperation between the key justice institutions of the Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam Development Triangle (CLV) has opened in Nha Trang.