The Singapore International Foundation (SIF) and Ho Chi Minh City’s General Sciences Library jointly launched the second phase of the Words of Wheel (WoW) project on March 29, aiming to benefit 7,000 students in primary and secondary schools in the city.

The Hanoi People’s Court on March 29 handed down an 18-year jail sentence to Dinh La Thang, former Chairman of the Member Council of the Vietnam Oil and Gas Group (PetroVietnam), for “deliberately violating State regulations on economic management, causing severe consequences.”

The visit of a delegation of US Senate Staff Assistants is meant to show US congressmen’s deep interest in boosting the broader and deeper affiliation between the law-making bodies of Vietnam and the US as well as the two countries’ ties.

Danang City authorities will distribute one million stamps at no charge for food vendors at Han market in Danang City this year in a bid to control the origin and quality of food.  

VOV.VN - Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc called for greater efforts to make Vietnam resilient to natural disasters at a conference of the Central Steering Committee on Natural Disaster Prevention and Control in Hanoi on March 29 to evaluate natural disaster prevention work.

Chairman of the Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee Nguyen Thanh Phong has updated foreign consuls general on information concerning the implementation of special mechanisms and polices to promote the city’s development.

VOV.VN - Just 12 Vietnamese workers have so far registered to work legally in Thailand, according to the Thai Ministry of Labour (MoL).

The Ho Chi Minh City police will collect and versify demographic data from all 24 districts starting next month for creating a national population database at the Ministry of Public Security.

Vietnam’s education sector has been ordered to shape up and improve its public image.

Leaders of police of the southern province of Tay Ninh and its three neighboring Cambodian provinces – Svay Rieng, Tboung Khmum, and Prey Veng – signed a cooperative pact on border crime prevention on March 28.

More than 100 experts from Vietnam’s government agencies and international and domestic organisations gathered in Hanoi on March 28 to discuss how to create a better environment for female migrant workers to access decent work.

Months after the sidewalk cleanup in Ho Chi Minh City's District 1 lost steam, the man behind the revolutionary campaign has returned with a new mission to tackle fire safety violations in the downtown district.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc on March 28 had the final word in the prolonged debate on how to expand the overcrowded Tan Son Nhat airport, deciding to build another terminal south of the airport.

Travel firms are thinking of developing astrotourism activities to attract domestic and foreign travelers.

The Ministry of Transport (MoT) will remove hundreds of below-standard level crossings countrywide to improve rail travel and reduce accidents.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc on March 28 visited the Bat Trang ceramics village in Hanoi’s Gia Lam district, one of the famous trade villages in the capital city and the country.

VOV.VN - The central Da Nang city’s People’s Committee held a ceremony on March 28 for inaugurating a new exhibition centre for the display of documents, photos, and artefacts affirming Vietnam’s sovereignty over the Hoang Sa (Paracel) and Truong Sa (Spratly) archipelagos.

VOV.VN - On March 28, Binh Duong province’s Department of Natural Resources and Environment signed a cooperation agreement with FrieslandCampina Vietnam for launching communications activities and raising public awareness about environmental protection among young local people.

Two more artesian wells have just been found in Bach Long Vy island district in the port city of Hai Phong by the Northern Division of Water Resources Planning and Investigation.

Vice Chairman of the Hanoi People’s Committee Nguyen The Hung has suggested Hanoi and the Indonesian capital of Jakarta expand cooperation in urban planning, smart city construction, public transport and environmental protection.

Police in the southwestern province of Tay Ninh are teaming up with relevant forces to investigate the trafficking of 11kg of methamphetamine.  

A centre for exhibiting documents and images on Hoang Sa (Paracel) archipelago of Vietnam was inaugurated in the central city of Da Nang on March 28.

A software development centre will be developed by ETC Technology Systems SJC (ETC) at Hoa Lac Hi-tech Park in Hanoi with an investment of nearly VND1.48 trillion (some US$65 million).

The results of a pilot survey have shown the average patient satisfaction index (PSI) in Vietnam reached 3.98/5 that is some 79.6% of their expectation.

A three-day regional collaboration drill beginning on March 26 at Hoa Xuan Stadium in the central city of Da Nang drew more than 200 members of emergency medical teams (EMTs) from 10 ASEAN countries and Japan to test medical response to disasters.

A number of young Vietnamese people tend to forgo the use of plastic drinking straws in a collective effort, NoStrawChallenge, to alleviate negative impacts on the environment.  

VOV.VN - Miss Universe Vietnam 2015 Pham Huong and Miss Asia Beauty 2017 Tuong Linh have presented gifts to impoverished people in Phuc Xa fishing village, Hanoi’s Long Bien District.

The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) launched the US$24 million Green Annamites Project in Tam Ky city, the central province of Quang Nam on March 27 to help it preserve local biodiversity and improve people’s livelihoods.

Pham Huy, a 12th grader in the central province of Quang Tri, has created a low-cost robotic arm for the disabled. His product won third prize at the Intel Int’l Science and Engineering Fair 2017. Huy has been voted among the top ten outstanding Vietnamese youngsters of 2017.

The central city of Da Nang has asked the government to plan part of Da Nang Bay as an ‘urban area in the sea’, in an effort to meet the demands of a rising population and to attract tourism investment.