VOV.VN - Just recently construction of the Phu Luong (Ha Dong) depot was completed and the Cat Linh-Ha Dong railway project in Hanoi is really starting to take shape.

VOV.VN - Samsung Connect has donated US$31,600 (VND720 million) for the support of children at the Hoa Mai Orphanage Centre located in the central coastal city of Danang.

VOV.VN - Leaders of top golf organizations from throughout Asia will gather in the beach city resort of Danang on May 7-13 for their annual golf course industry and tourism conference.

The Prime Minister’s Office has issued instructions from PM Nguyen Xuan Phuc, Secretary of the Party Delegation to the Government, requesting relevant agencies’ prompt coordination in verifying news stories on Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade Ho Thi Kim Thoa.

For the first time Vietnamese doctors successfully performed a lung transplant from two living donors. The transplant was conducted at the Military Hospital 103, in co-ordination with doctors from the Vietnam Military Medical Academy and Japanese experts.

Deputy Prime Minister Trinh Dinh Dung has urged the ministries of Transport and Defence to finalise a plan to expand Tan Son Nhat International Airport in HCM City and report to the Government next week.

Authorities in Ho Chi Minh City have proposed a project to fix degraded sewers in downtown areas, with the cost estimated at more than VND323 billion (US$14.1 million).  

VOV.VN - ARECO Japan has signed a memorandum of understanding with Dong Thap provincial People’s Committee on cooperation in clean agriculture, health care and education and training.  

A delegation of the Vietnamese Ministry of Transport (MoT) is visiting Geneva, Switzerland, from February 20-24 at the invitation of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE).

Many breakthrough healthcare innovations have helped solving health challenges in Vietnam, improving life quality of many Vietnamese people.

The Ministry of Information has expressed concern over YouTube videos that violate Vietnamese laws.

An automatic toilet cabin has been piloted in downtown Ho Chi Minh City and is expected to provide convenience for local residents and tourists.

Vietnamese police have attributed the explosion of a sleeper bus on February 21 to explosives following a preliminary probe.

A Japanese-funded project on building a health care model for women has brought remarkable benefits for the beneficiary community after two years of implementation in central Thua Thien-Hue province.

Vietnamese and foreign experts working at embassies and international organisations in Vietnam on February 23 received the insignia “For the Development of Vietnamese Women” of the Vietnam Women’s Union (VWU) for their contributions to gender equality and the advancement of Vietnamese women.

A Polish tourist and a Vietnamese tour guide lost their lives while ziplining Hang Cop waterfall in Xuan Tho commune, Da Lat city in the Central Highlands province of Lam Dong.

VOV.VN - On February 23, Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc, Chairman of the Central Committee on Emulation and Rewards chaired a meeting to review the Committee’s activities last year and decide this year’s plan.

The northern border provinces of Lao Cai and Lang Son have intensified measures to prevent A/H5N1, H5N6 and H7N9 avian influenza from entering Vietnam as the viruses are spreading in neighbouring China.

A Tet atmosphere was brought to overseas Vietnamese as well as international friends at a gala night recently held in Montpellier, France, by the Association of Vietnamese Students in Montpellier (AEVM).

The Central Highlands province of Dak Nong will allocate more than VND200 billion (US$8.7 million) to expand its clean water system and sanitation projects in rural areas in 2016-2021.

More than 200,000 people participated in voluntary social insurance after nine years since the policy was launched.

Police of the northern mountainous province of Son La arrested two men for illegally transporting 30 packs of heroin on February 22.

The Department of Animal Health and Livestock Production of the Mekong Delta province of Long An has increased preventive measures against A/H7N9 and other virus strains entering its border gates with Cambodia, said Phan Ngoc Chau, head of the department.

Muong Te district in the northern mountainous province of Lai Chau has improved the lives of local people under a sustainable poverty reduction project funded by the World Bank (WB). 

Vietnamese women who are unable to breast-feed their children for health reasons are increasingly using donated breast milk from other women, sparking warnings from physicians.

Russia’s National Research Nuclear University (MEPhI) has granted graduation certificates to 28 Vietnamese students, who completed a six-year course on nuclear technology. 

The five Central Highlands provinces of Dak Lak, Dak Nong, Gia Lai, Kon Tum and Lam Dong are actively taking measures on forest fire prevention in dry season.

The Consulate General of Australia in Ho Chi Minh City inked an agreement on February 22 on providing aid worth nearly AUD204,000 (US$156,670) for 11 community projects in Vietnam.

The Government needs to work out comprehensive solutions to control population and labour migraton in the Mekong Delta region to ensure security and defence, officials have said.

Infringements and defects committed by the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment’s Party Civil Affairs Committee and individuals involved in the Formosa fish deaths were serious and must be punished, announced the Party Central Committee’s Inspection Commission.