Three out of water supply projects using loans from the World Bank (WB) have been put into operation in Hanoi.

As many as 2,884 communes or 32.3% of communes nationwide were recognised as new-style rural areas by the end of November 2017, surpassing the target of at least 31%. 

The National Cancer Hospital (K Hospital) is working on a project to set up the first centre in the country to use proton radiation therapy to treat cancer.

A delegation of Hanoi officials led by Secretary of the municipal Party Committee Hoang Trung Hai laid wreaths at the B52 victory monument at Hanoi’s Kham Thien street on December 26 to commemorate those who lost their lives during the US airstrike in December 1972.

Representatives of the Vietnamese Embassy in Indonesia have visited Vietnamese fishermen who have been temporarily detained on the country’s islands for illegal fishing. 

After 13 years of operation, the Steering Committee for Northwestern Region (SCNR) has fulfilled its tasks, contributing to boosting socio-economic growth and ensuring defence-security in the region, said Nguyen Van Binh, head of the committee at a meeting on December 25.

VOV.VN - After a day being evacuated to safer areas, on the morning of December 26 people in the southernmost province of Ca Mau came back to their home and resumed normal life.

The '4 in 1' machine can use heat in the air to produce water to cool and reduce the humidity in the atmosphere.

Typhoon Tembin has weakened into a tropical low pressure, according to the National Centre for Hydro-meteorological Forecasting.

The Ministry of Transport has requested the contractor of the Hanoi’s Cat Linh-Ha Dong metro line to commit to ensuring their behind schedule proposal.

VOV.VN - 45 years have passed, but memories of the 12-day battle against  the US carpet bombing in Hanoi are still fresh in the mind of Lieutenant General Nguyen Van Phiet, who together with his comrades shot down B52 bombers.

An earthquake with a magnitude of 3.2 on the Richter scale occurred at about 3pm on December 25 in the Vietnam-Laos border area, according to Nguyen Thai Son, head of the Dien Bien Phu Seismic Observation Station.

Deputy Prime Minister Trinh Dinh Dung on December 25 made a field trip to the Mekong Delta province of Soc Trang to inspect preparedness for Typhoon Tembin, forecasted to hit Vietnam’s mainland in the evening the same day.

After more than a month of implementation, Saigon river buses carry just some 1,000 passengers a day, too little to be considered an alternative to reduce traffic congestion as was expected.

VOV.VN - The Japanese labour export market is seen as the most successful employment market for Vietnamese guest workers as it offers diverse industries suitable for all working classes.

VOV.VN - The Southern provinces of Ba Ria Vung Tau and Ca Mau have been hastily evacuating locals to safe places as typhoon Tembin is forecast to make landfall in these localities on the afternoon of December 25.  

VOV.VN - A large fire broke out at 12:30pm, December 25 on the top floor of the Golden Westlake at 151 Thuy Khe Street, Tay Ho district, Hanoi. 

VOV.VN - FrieslandCampina Vietnam has recently offered 20 reproductive cows worth VND200 million to poor farmers in Dam Rong District, Central Highland Lam Dong Province.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has decided to impose a ban on the sale of all types of soft drinks at schools across the country.

Construction of a Truc Lam Zen Monastery began in the Mekong Delta province of Soc Trang on December 24.

The Vietnam Register (VR) said it will stop granting safety certificates to diesel cars that fail to meet European emission standard 4 or higher beginning on January 1.

An increase in social insurance premiums that will accompany new rules that take effect next year will benefit workers, officials claimed.

The Mekong Delta city of Can Tho aims to lower the HIV infection rate in the locality to less than 0.3% in 2018, said Deputy Director of the municipal Health Department Cao Minh Chu.

All hospitals in the country are responsible for reporting about patients with infectious diseases through an electronic surveillance system to enable preventive health officials to take timely preventive action against their spread, but many hospitals fail to report accurately.

As many as 150 civilian training slots are offered to Vietnam under the Indian Technical and Economic Cooperation (ITEC) programme every year, according to the Consulate General of India in Ho Chi Minh City.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has urged authorities and people of southern localities to keep a close watch on typhoon Tembin and must not be negligent as this is a particularly dangerous storm accompanied by high tide.

Support service centres for students with disabilities have been set up at the Ho Chi Minh City Pedagogy University and Ho Chi Minh City University of Social Sciences and Humanities.

Brightly lit, bustling streets, bedecked churches and buildings and groups of people enjoying the holiday season, marked the Eve of Christmas across the country.

Protecting internet users’ personal information remains a problem in Vietnam as current laws do not mention the issue, according to Nguyen Quang Dong from the Institute for Policy Studies and Media Development (IPS).

Unable to integrate into the foreign school environment because of language and cultural differences and difficulties with the curriculum, some Vietnamese students overseas have tried to commit suicide.