Minister of Planning and Investment Nguyen Chi Dung has stressed the urgent significance of improving labour productivity in promoting growth, overcoming the middle-income trap, avoiding falling behind and narrowing down development gap with other countries.

The Ho Chi Minh City Department of Transport has told contractors to complete procedures and speed up work on four underground parking projects.

The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) and the World Bank (WB) on August 7 jointly launched a knowledge-sharing programme to assist policymakers in Vietnam with developing new models of care services for the elderly as Vietnam’s population is aging at a pace faster than any of its regional peers.

New technologies and the rise of Industry 4.0 call for more creative and effective solutions to develop Vietnam's tourism industry, experts said during a conference in Hanoi on August 6. 

VOV.VN - The Mekong Delta province of Ben Tre has reported over 900 cases of dengue fever as of early August, a sharp increase of 148 per cent in comparison with last year.

Deputy Prime Minister and Public Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul has emphasized that the authorities would continue to develop and liberalize the use of cannabis for medical purposes.

VOV.VN - A tropical depression has formed in the East Sea with strongest winds near its centre reaching up to 40 to 50km per hour, according to the National Centre for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting.

The Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs will propose that the Government reduce the eligible age for social welfare benefits from 80 to 75, said Minister of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs Dao Ngoc Dung.  

The path to Minh Khai Village is typical of the countryside in Vietnam. Green trees and rice fields run alongside.  

The Vietnam Posts and Telecommunications Group (VNPT)’s branch in Ho Chi Minh City has proposed to pilot the fifth generation (5G) technology from September 2019 to May 2020.  

The Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs (MoLISA) and the International Labour Organisation (ILO) held a policy dialogue in Ho Chi Minh City on August 6, discussing international standards on child labour towards supply chain transparency amid global integration. 

Ethics and lifestyle education was among the issues Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc requested the Ministry of Education and Training (MoET) to focus on in the approaching new academic year, while addressing a meeting in Hanoi on August 6.

Hanoi will continue to implement the school milk programme at its pre-school and primary schools in the 2019-2020 academic year which will start in early September.   

The Central Steering Committee on Natural Disaster Prevention and Control’s Office on August 6 reported that so far, Storm Wipha has claimed 10 lives and left 11 people missing, destroyed 91 houses and caused great property losses.

The Saigon Union of Trading Cooperatives (Saigon Co.op), the Ho Chi Minh City Hospital of Odonto-Stomatology and the Seoul Medical Service Foundation on August 5 signed a memorandum of understanding to fund free medical operations on children born with cleft lips and palates.

The first Halal certification centre in the Mekong Delta province has been established in Can Tho city. 

Traffic police imposed penalties on nearly 6,424 drivers with alcohol levels exceeding the permitted level and 74 drivers under the influence of drugs during nationwide traffic inspections last month.  

VOV.VN - More than 140 wild animals, including several rare species, have been rescued and reintroduced back to nature during the previous seven months, according to the Education for Nature-Vietnam (ENV).

VOV.VN - Two outbreaks of A/H5N6 avian influenza have been discovered in flocks of chickens belonging to two separate breeding households from Phuoc Thuan commune in Xuyen Moc district in the southern province of Ba Ria Vung Tau. 

VOV.VN - Hundreds of soldiers, officials, and rescue forces have resumed their search for the Vietnamese and Laotian victims who remain missing following storm Wipha.

When operational, the Long Thanh International Airport will receive planes flying 1,000 kilometers and more.  

VOV.VN -A Vietnamese woman has been arrested by border guards at the Huu Nghi International Border Gate following her attempts to sell a one-week old newborn baby boy to a contact in China.

The Mekong Delta province of Dong Thap sent over 1,300 workers to work abroad in the first seven months of 2019, equivalent to 131 percent of the yearly target, according to the provincial Department of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs.

More than 95 percent of students graduating from vocational training schools in Ho Chi Minh City have got jobs, said a local official.

The Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee has instructed the Management Board of Urban Railway (MAUR) to send the changes to the first two metro lines’ cost estimates to the municipal People’s Council for approval.  

The Military Libraries of Vietnam and Laos held a conference in Vientiane on August 5 to review their cooperation over the past years and seek future collaboration orientations.

As the National Day on September 2 falls on Monday, State employees will be given three days off work from Saturday, August 31 to Monday, September 2.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has asked ministers, heads of ministry-level and Government agencies, and Chairpersons of People’s Committees of centrally-run cities and provinces to improve the efficiency of citizen reception and settlement of petitions and complaints. 

A delegation of the Bangladeshi Government led by Md. Shahidul Alam from the Ministry of Expatriates' Welfare and Overseas Employment, had a working session with officials of Ha Nam province on August 5 to learn about administrative management experience in the northern locality. 

The commute to or from downtown Hanoi during rush hours can be stressful to say the least.