Seven communes of the Mekong Delta province of Tra Vinh have freshly been recognised as new-style rural areas, said the Steering Board for National Target Programme of the province on January 30.

The Vietnam Veterans of America (VVA) on January 30 handed over records related to remains of Vietnamese soldiers who laid down their lives in 1971 at Khe Gio bridge in Cam Thanh commune, Cam Lo district, the central province of Quang Tri.

The northern province of Tuyen Quang on January 30 reviewed the implementation of the Agriculture, Farmers and Rural Areas Support Project (TNSP) in the province in 2011-2017.

The “Provisional National Government of Vietnam” is a terrorist organisation in accordance with Vietnamese and international law, the Ministry of Public Security of Vietnam has announced.

The People’s Committee of central Quang Nam province has temporarily suspended Le Phuoc Hoai Bao from his post as Director of the provincial Department of Planning and Investment, according to Chief of the committee’s Office Nguyen Hong Quang.

The People’s Committee of Ho Chi Minh City held a reburial ceremony for remains of six martyrs who laid down their lives during the 1968 General Offensive and Uprising at Cu Chi district’s martyr cemetery.

VOV.VN - In 2017 Ho Chi Minh City reported 1,007 fires, which claimed 26 lives over the year, tripling 2016’s fatality rate, and causing damage of around VND92.5 billion.

VOV.VN - Lao Minister of Labor and Social Welfare Khampheng Saysompheng handed over more than US$20,000 to Vietnamese Ambassador Nguyen Ba Hung on January 30 as a donation to the Vietnamese victims of Storm Damrey.

The Central Highland province of Dak Nong spent nearly VND52 billion (US$2.33 million) on poverty reduction in 2017, helping bring the poverty rate among local households down by 2.63% from 2016 to 16.57%. 

Authorities in the northern province of Quang Ninh are working to complete a project building an underwater tunnel in the gateway of Ha Long bay, which will be submitted to Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc for approval.

President Tran Dai Quang and a delegation of officials on January 30 visited and presented Tet gifts to workers in the southern province of Binh Duong. 

Making effective use of waste from thermal power plants to save natural resources and protect the environment is urgent given Vietnam’s increasing demand for electricity.

Vietnam saw decreases in the number of new HIV infections, people living with AIDS and AIDS-related fatalities for the tenth consecutive year in 2017, according to the Ministry of Health.

VOV.VN - Vietnam had 134,751 guest workers employed abroad last year, exceeding the set target by 28.3% and equivalent to 106.7% of 2016’s figure. 2017 set a record as the fourth consecutive year that Vietnam has had more than 100,000 workers in foreign job markets.

Ensuring adequate and timely supply of medicines, especially for the prevention and treatment of rare diseases and to specialised departments at hospitals, will be the central aspect of HCM City’s Strategy on National Pharmaceutical Development.

VOV.VN - Three student teams from schools in Ho Chi Minh City and Hanoi will represent Vietnam at the FIRST LEGO League in Houston, the US in late April.

Vietnamese expatriates in Germany on January 28 gathered to welcome Vietnam's traditional Tet holiday at a celebration held in Rostock and adjacent areas, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern State. 

One hundred gifts on January 29 were presented to underprivileged children in Chan Hung, Thuong Trung, Van Xuan communes, Vinh Tuong district, the northern province of Vinh Phuc ahead of the Lunar New Year (Tet).

VOV.VN - A centre for women and children repatriated from Vietnam-Korea multicultural families has been inaugurated in Can Tho City.

Many Vietnamese people are seeking to buy sets of multi-national bank notes as the Lunar New Year lucky money for their friends and relatives.

Vietjet Air CEO, Nguyen Thi Phuong Thao, has apologised for the use of models wearing bikinis on the plane welcoming the local U23 football team home on January 28.

Police in Bac Giang Province in northern Vietnam has arrested a man for allegedly stealing more than VND1 billion (US$44,000) from a major bank.

The year 2017 led to an increasing number of maritime mishaps involving fishing and cargo ships in the seas around Vietnam, highlighting the perils seafarers face.

Residents in Vinh Cuu and Dinh Quan districts, the southern province of Dong Nai, have proposed local authority construct additional 20 kilometres of electric fence to prevent wild elephants from wandering into residential areas.

Hanoi set to expand health insurance coverage to 100% of HIV carriers in 2018, heard a recent conference on HIV/AIDS prevention hosted by the municipal Department of Health. 

National Assembly Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan has complimented Vietnam’s U23 football team – the runner-up of the Asian Football Confederation U23 Championship (AFC), on their excellent performance and historical achievements at the continental sport event. 

Mechanisms should be rolled out promptly in order to prevent corrupt acts, said Deputy Prime Minister Truong Hoa Binh at a conference in Hanoi on January 29. 

Transport departments from HCM City and southern provinces have started a campaign to better control unauthorised buses, coaches and bus terminals. 

A high-ranking delegation from the Royal Cambodian Armed Forces (RCAF) on January 29 offered incense to Vietnamese volunteer soldiers, who died when supporting the Cambodian people to fight the Pol Pot genocidal regime, at the martyrs’ cemetery in Duc Co district, the Central Highlands province of Gia Lai.

VOV.VN - Tree branches, grass, and houses around the top of Mau Son Mountain in northern Lang Son province were frozen under a white layer of hoarfrost in the early morning of January 29, creating a stunning winter landscape.