Leaders of the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho held a working session with a business delegation from the Japanese prefecture of Hiroshima on February 15, focusing on the building of urban waste water management software. 

An increase in drug- resistant malaria cases in many regions nationwide is of growing concern to community health, experts have warned.

The epidemics abroad are likely to break out in Vietnam unless preventive measures are taken, head of the Health Ministry’s Preventive Medicine Department Tran Dac Phu warned at a seminar in Hanoi on February 15 to launch tasks against epidemic infection in the north. 

The Ministry of Health has asked people across the country to take protective measures against hand, foot, and mouth disease after data from the ministry’s General Department of Preventive Medicine showed that over 2,100 people had contracted the disease in 57 localities this year.

Names, designations, telephone numbers and email addresses of spokespersons should be submitted in writing to the press state management agency, as per a new government decree.

VOV.VN - The Phu Quoc Island ‘smart district’ development requires careful planning to maintain a critically important balance between conventional and modern technology, says the Vietnam Post & Telecommunications Group.

Cambodia held a ceremony on February 15 to mark the completion of the restoration of a Vietnam-Cambodia friendship monument in Takeo city of Takeo province.

Two sea dykes in the Mekong Delta province of Bac Lieu have been badly damaged by high tides, huge waves and strong winds, threatening the lives and properties of local residents.

Vietnam aims to develop the environmental industry into an important economic sector by 2025, which meets the demand for protecting the environment and gradually exports eco-friendly and competitive technologies, services and equipment. 

The Ministry of Transport has submitted three architectural plans for the passenger terminal of Long Thanh International Airport to the Government for approval.

Forest rangers were ramping up efforts to protect the seven-elephant herd which recently showed up at the forest edge in Quang Nam province’s Que Lam commune, the unit head said.

Unplanned migration from northwestern provinces to the Central Highlands has fallen thanks to State policies on ethnic minority and mountainous areas.

VOV.VN - A mother and her six-year-old son were killed when their shoe store in a night market in Dong Xoai Commune, Binh Phuoc Province burst into flames at 1:00a.m on February 15.

A program launched in January allowing Ho Chi Minh City residents to trace the origin of vegetables via a QR code scan is raising eyebrows over who really provides the QR-coded labels.

Air pollution fatalities in Vietnam are the second highest in Southeast Asia, a new study has found.

The government is considering another environmental fuel tax hike even though spending on the environment has barely kept pace.

VOV.VN - Vietnam has so far received six 636 kilo-class submarines from Russia to modernise and enhance the capacity of its navy forces to defend the country's territorial waters.

VOV.VN - Names of celebrity ambassadors for the Vietnam Earth Hour 2017, a worldwide volunteer movement dedicated to saving the planet, have been announced, reports the Phap Luat online newspaper.

Three other crewmen were also rendered unconscious by the toxic fumes.

A weekly market will be held at a park along the Saigon River in downtown Ho Chi Minh City, as municipal authorities look to revitalize the weather-beaten historical site.

A delegation of World Bank experts had a working session with Binh Dinh authorities on February 14 seeking to address consequences of natural disasters in central provinces.

The Prime Minister has approved a national programme to control rabies in pet dogs and humans by 2021 with the aim of stamping out the disease.

The central coastal province of Quang Nam has deployed a plan to ensure safety and security for the organisation of APEC events.

The Prime Minister has approved a non-refundable aid package from the US Agency for International Development (USAID) to strengthen community links in HIV prevention.

The broadcasting of analogue terrestrial television will be ceased in several northern and southern localities before July 1.

The main water supply company in  Da Nang city, Dawaco, has proposed that it raises funds on its own to build the Hoa Lien Water Plant instead of using non-refundable Official Development Assistance (ODA) funds from Japan.

The Vietnamese government faces a messy situation when it comes to issuing and monitoring the current regulations on construction.

The People’s Committee of northern Quang Ninh province on February 14 decided to halt all activities of the boat fleet, along with sightseeing and accommodation services, of Bhaya Legend Co. Ltd following a fire on one of its tourist ships. 

VOV.VN -Officials confirm that one person was killed and two injured in an explosion at a construction shop in the city of Nha Trang in Khanh Hoa Province.

VOV.VN -Thousands of young people across the country voluntarily departed for military service today (Feb. 14), the Vietnam Military High Command has said.