Instead of being wary about investors, tourism management authorities should collaborate with them in preserving the natural environment, says Dr Nguyen Hoang Tri, Secretary of the National Committee for UNESCO’s Man and the Biosphere Programme (MAB) in Vietnam.

There will be a boom in green buildings in Vietnam if the community’s awareness of environmental protection improves, an expert told a symposium in Ho Chi Minh City on October 5.

Vietnam needs to implement policies of climate change mitigation in an inclusive and comprehensive way. Of that, mitigation actions might benefit the most disadvantaged and vulnerable people, experts have said.

VOV.VN - Toyota Vietnam Foundation (TVF) and the National Traffic Safety Committee have granted scholarships worth VND405 million to nine students who are children of road traffic accident victims in the Central Highlands province of Dak Lak as part of its “Arm Caring” scholarship program.

Parking garage managers in Ho Chi Minh City buildings have been asked to take preventative measures against potential flooding at their facilities.

The Vietnam Farmers’ Union (VFU) Central Committee on October 5 announced the list of 63 excellent farmers in 2017 and 24 typical individuals in agricultural production during the country’s three-decade reform process.

An exhibition entitled “Doi moi (Reform) – Journey of dreams” and “Kim Ngoc – Pioneer in the reform journey” was kicked off in the northern province of Vinh Phuc on October 5.

The outcomes of a cooperation project on vocational training between the Vietnam Farmers’ Union (VFU) and the German Farmers’ Union (DBV) were reviewed at a seminar in Hanoi on October 5.

The national flag carrier, Vietnam Airlines, has announced that it will operate nearly 110 additional flights with over 20,000 seats from October 5 to November 13 on Hanoi/Ho Chi Minh City-Da Nang routes to serve activities of the APEC Year 2017 that Vietnam is hosting.

Despite a raft of applications for nine lecturer vacancies announced in July, HCM City University of Transport has been unable to fill any of the positions.

The Ministry of Health has launched a project wherein by 2020, all pharmacies will be required to sell antibiotics only to patients carrying doctors’ prescriptions.

Conjoined twins joined at the coccyx area were successfully separated at the Children’s Hospital 2 in Ho Chi Minh City, announced the hospital officials at a press conference on October 4. 

The provinces of Long An and Dong Nai have been unable to use high-quality research findings to boost agricultural development because they lack funds and are unable to match what farmers want, officials said.

Vietnam and Japan co-organised a training conference on countering counterfeit products and enforcing intellectual property rights in northern Lang Son province on October 5.

In the context of rapidly growing power demand, it is necessary to revise the planning and development of renewable energy, otherwise renewable energy sources may not be able to meet demand, heard a workshop in Hanoi on October 5.

As many as 57,000 ethnic minority people in Vietnam’s north-western provinces of Lai Chau and Son La have been equipped with knowledge about natural disaster and catastrophe prevention, and gender equality under a project funded by several foreign agencies. 

VOV.VN - Miss Vietnam 2016 Do My Linh joined a Mid-Autumn Festival together with poor children in Phuc Xa fishing village, Ba Dinh District, Hanoi.

Millions of Cao Dai followers and visitors nationwide flocked to the Cao Dai Tay Ninh Church in Hoa Thanh district, the southern province of Tay Ninh, to attend “Hoi Yen Dieu Tri Cung”, the biggest festival of the sect.

A delegation of 84 former Vietnamese teachers living in Thailand began an eight-day trip to their home country on October 5.

The 239 Vietnamese freed by Indonesia are set to return home on October 6.

Mekong Delta, the rice granary of Vietnam, is facing three big challenges due to the impact of climate change, unsustainable development and hydropower plants on the Mekong River, according to Nguyen Huu Thien, an independent expert on Mekong Delta ecology.

The firefighting forces of central Da Nang city launched a 45-day special operation on fire prevention in a ceremony on October 4 to ensure safety for the APEC Economic Leaders’ Week slated from November 5 to 11.

The Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency said it has captured two Vietnamese fishing vessels found in its territorial waters.

The northern province of Tuyen Quang has planted 12,323 hectares of forest, exceeding its 2017 plan by nearly 1,200 hectares, raising forest coverage to 60%, one of the highest rates in the country.

Vietnam now records over 18 million unofficial workers who account for 57.2% of non-agricultural workforce, according to a report announced at a seminar held in Hanoi on October 4. 

Twenty percent of HCM City’s population with no health insurance have been hit with a 30% increase in fees.

Nguyen Van Cao, Chairman of the People’s Committee of the central province of Thua Thien Hue, has pledged that the locality will speed up the implementation of Truong Son Xanh, a US Agency for International Development (USAID)-funded project on climate change response in the locality.

Authorities of the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho have asked the local health sector and relevant agencies to work to prevent the spread of dengue fever in the locality.

The number of children infected with hand, foot and mouth disease in the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho has sharply increased since last month, according to the municipal Preventive Medical and Heath Care Centre.

VOV.VN - Archdaily, one of the world's most popular architecture websites, recently showcased a house in Ho Chi Minh City on its website.