Vietnam aims to narrow rich-poor gap
Vietnam aims to narrow rich-poor gap

VOV.VN -The Vietnamese Party and State have yearned for a fair society where all citizens have the right to contribute and enjoy benefits. Vietnam is now set to narrow the wealth gap to realize the long-term goal of social fairness. 

Vietnam aims to narrow rich-poor gap
Hanoi to remove another 130 trees to make way for metro line
Hanoi to remove another 130 trees to make way for metro line

Around 35 trees would be cut down and another 95 relocated as the long-delayed Metro Line 3 moves ahead.

Hanoi to remove another 130 trees to make way for metro line
Vietnam adds cameras, brake valves following series of train derailments
Vietnam adds cameras, brake valves following series of train derailments

Speedy drivers and poor infrastructure were blamed for a number of incidents last month.

Vietnam adds cameras, brake valves following series of train derailments
Cold spell to bring heavy downpours to northern Vietnam
Cold spell to bring heavy downpours to northern Vietnam

Northern Vietnam is forecast to be dampened by torrential rain this Sunday (September 10), when a cold front enters the region.

Cold spell to bring heavy downpours to northern Vietnam
Vietnam pushes for Digital Transformation in Fourth Industrial Revolution
Vietnam pushes for Digital Transformation in Fourth Industrial Revolution

VOV.VN -The 4th Industrial Revolution is taking place with the convergence of information technology and communications and the rapid development of internet-based services and technologies.

Vietnam pushes for Digital Transformation in Fourth Industrial Revolution
Rat-hunting in Mekong Delta's flood season
Rat-hunting in Mekong Delta's flood season

During the flood season in the Mekong delta, field rats are a not-to-be missed specialty.

Rat-hunting in Mekong Delta's flood season
Talking gloves support communications for the deaf
Talking gloves support communications for the deaf

VOV.VN - Two students from HCM City have successfully developed a product called talking gloves to support the communications of deaf and mute people.

Talking gloves support communications for the deaf
Google organises mobile hackathon
Google organises mobile hackathon

More than 100 programmers have recently joined the “Vietnam Mobile Hackathon” programme organised by Google.

Google organises mobile hackathon
Coast Guard rescues Chinese sailor off Nha Trang coast
Coast Guard rescues Chinese sailor off Nha Trang coast

VOV.VN - The Vietnam Coast Guard on Friday, September 8, coordinated successful evacuation of a sick Chinese sailor, Zhongyunxiao, aboard a ship around 35 nautical miles northeast of Nha Trang.

Coast Guard rescues Chinese sailor off Nha Trang coast
HCM City boosts youth cooperation with Laos, Cambodia
HCM City boosts youth cooperation with Laos, Cambodia

Vice Secretary of Ho Chi Minh City’s Party Committee Tat Thanh Cang had separate meetings on September 8 with youths from Laos and Cambodia who were in the city to attend the Vietnam-Laos-Cambodia Youth Cooperation Conference.

HCM City boosts youth cooperation with Laos, Cambodia
Security Bootcamp 2017 to take place in Khanh Hoa
Security Bootcamp 2017 to take place in Khanh Hoa

The Security Bootcamp 2017 event is being held in south central Khanh Hoa province on September 9-10.

Security Bootcamp 2017 to take place in Khanh Hoa
Another book street to open this Oct. in HCM City
Another book street to open this Oct. in HCM City

VOV.VN - It was unveiled on Friday, September 8, that a second book street is preparing to open this October on Nguyen Dong Chi Road in District 7 of Ho Chi Minh City, reports the Zing Online newspaper. 

Another book street to open this Oct. in HCM City
Forest Service officer shoots dead suspected illegal logger
Forest Service officer shoots dead suspected illegal logger

VOV.VN - One Vietnamese person has died after being shot by a Thai forest ranger at the Mae Wong National Park in Nakhon Sawan Province while three others remain jailed, according to multiple Thai news outlets.

Forest Service officer shoots dead suspected illegal logger
Fabric warehouse in northcentral Vietnam burns to the ground
Fabric warehouse in northcentral Vietnam burns to the ground

VOV.VN - A fabric warehouse in northcentral Thanh Hoa Province burned to the ground on Saturday, September 9, as more than 15 fire trucks and crews attempted to extinguish the blaze, reported local officials.

Fabric warehouse in northcentral Vietnam burns to the ground
New “One Storm” insurance protects against typhoons
New “One Storm” insurance protects against typhoons

Bao Viet Insurance Corporation (Bao Viet Insurance) and Munich Reinsurance Company officially launched their new insurance product "One Storm" that protects against damage caused by typhoons in Vietnam.

New “One Storm” insurance protects against typhoons
Experts sound the alarm over counterfeit drugs in Vietnam
Experts sound the alarm over counterfeit drugs in Vietnam

No report exists about the scale of the counterfeit drug market in Vietnam, but experts believe that the market is large and that many drugs are easily faked.

Experts sound the alarm over counterfeit drugs in Vietnam
National programme focuses on early childhood development
National programme focuses on early childhood development

Ensuring comprehensive development for children in early years at home and in the community is the goal of a national programme introduced at a consultative workshop in Hanoi on September 8.

National programme focuses on early childhood development
Vietnam shares policies at Asia-Pacific environment meeting
Vietnam shares policies at Asia-Pacific environment meeting

Vietnam has shared its policies to cope with arising environment challenges facing Asia-Pacific countries at the Asia-Pacific Ministerial Summit on the Environment which took place in Bangkok, Thailand, from September 5-8. 

Vietnam shares policies at Asia-Pacific environment meeting
Vietnamese, Lao, Cambodian youths seek stronger cooperation
Vietnamese, Lao, Cambodian youths seek stronger cooperation

More than 30 delegates representing the youth of Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia gathered at a conference in Ho Chi Minh City on September 8 to share experience in organising activities of youth unions.

Vietnamese, Lao, Cambodian youths seek stronger cooperation
Vocational training aids HCM City’s rural folk
Vocational training aids HCM City’s rural folk

Many people in Ho Chi Minh City’s rural areas have stable jobs thanks to a city programme to provide free vocational training.

Vocational training aids HCM City’s rural folk
Former deputy governor of State Bank prosecuted
Former deputy governor of State Bank prosecuted

Former Deputy Governor of the State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) Dang Thanh Binh has been prosecuted in relation to an economic crime worth US$666 million at the Vietnam Construction Joint Stock Commercial Bank (VNCB).

Former deputy governor of State Bank prosecuted
Students who join health insurance to get life-long code
Students who join health insurance to get life-long code

Each student who joins the medical insurance programme would be provided with a social insurance code which could be used for all their lives, according to a new regulation for medical insurance, social insurance and unemployment insurance.

Students who join health insurance to get life-long code
Vietnam plans to release more anti-dengue mosquitoes into wild
Vietnam plans to release more anti-dengue mosquitoes into wild

The Ministry of Health (MoH) is planning to expand the pilot release of Wolbachia-infected mosquitoes in some southern areas of Vietnam in the next few years to prevent dengue fever.

Vietnam plans to release more anti-dengue mosquitoes into wild
Food poisoning at wedding leaves 33 people in hospital
Food poisoning at wedding leaves 33 people in hospital

VOV.VN - Thirty-three people were admitted to Bac Ha General Hospital on Thursday, September 7, in northern Lao Cai Province after they had eaten contaminated food at a wedding, local health officials reported.

Food poisoning at wedding leaves 33 people in hospital
Seminar acquires feedback on 2019 population, housing census
Seminar acquires feedback on 2019 population, housing census

A seminar to acquire feedback on the 2019 population and housing census, the fifth of its kind, took place in Hanoi on September 7. 

Seminar acquires feedback on 2019 population, housing census
Artificial intelligence: Life-saving technology for tomorrow’s Vietnam.
Artificial intelligence: Life-saving technology for tomorrow’s Vietnam.

VOV.VN - Artificial-intelligence technology surrounds our everyday lives, in the form of voice assistants like Apples’ Siri, Microsoft’s Cortana or Amazon’s Alexa, say the computer experts.

Artificial intelligence: Life-saving technology for tomorrow’s Vietnam.
Train carrying 214 passengers derails in northern Vietnam
Train carrying 214 passengers derails in northern Vietnam

VOV.VN - A Vietnam Railway train carrying 214 passengers derailed today (September 8)while entering the Bim Son Railway Station in northern Thanh Hoa Province, reported Vietnamnet.

Train carrying 214 passengers derails in northern Vietnam
Vietnam, UK experts talk to fight wildlife trafficking
Vietnam, UK experts talk to fight wildlife trafficking

Experts from government and law enforcement agencies of Vietnam and the UK met at a conference in Hanoi on September 7 to discuss measures to combat the illegal wildlife trade.

Vietnam, UK experts talk to fight wildlife trafficking
‘Vietnam Night’ opens int’l tourism expo, impresses foreign tourism businesses
‘Vietnam Night’ opens int’l tourism expo, impresses foreign tourism businesses

International Travel Expo HCMC 2017 (ITE HCMC 2017) is running from September 7- 9 at the Saigon Exhibition and Convention Center.

‘Vietnam Night’ opens int’l tourism expo, impresses foreign tourism businesses
Highway Dept ready to implement 2nd Thai-Myanmar Friendship Bridge
Highway Dept ready to implement 2nd Thai-Myanmar Friendship Bridge

The Department of Highways is ready to begin constructions for the border control facilities at the second Thai-Myanmar Friendship Bridge to promote the Special Economic Zone in Mae Sot district, Tak province. 

Highway Dept ready to implement 2nd Thai-Myanmar Friendship Bridge