Ministries and agencies have proposed simplifying 1,126 out of 1,934 administrative procedures related to population management, heard a meeting held last week to review a master plan on simplifying administrative procedures and the population management database for 2013-2020.

Street vendors in the ancient town of Hoi An in central Vietnam who rip off tourists or solicit them to buy their items will be purged in a campaign to restore order in the tourist hub.

A new station to be constructed in Binh Chanh District will replace the current Western Bus Station as Ho Chi Minh City’s hub for buses going to and from Mekong Delta provinces.

Hundreds of Japanese soldiers left Vietnam in 1954 without permission to bring their families along.

Major Japanese machinery manufacturer Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. is now accepting applications for the second round of its scholarship programme for overseas study at universities in Japan. Eager young scholars are encouraged to apply.

Authorities have been unable to get in touch with the man's relatives in Vietnam or Russia.

The public has voted and shortlisted three designs for Long Thanh International Airport. The government will soon have a final say.

The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) plans to hold more unscheduled inspections of food hygiene and safety in food production and trading this year.

Overseas Vietnamese play an important role in developing Vietnam’s economy by contributing their talent and intelligence in the science and technology field, a deputy minister of Science and Technology said recently in HCM City.

Ho Chi Minh City is now offering online registration for 15 administrative procedures managed by the city’s Transport Department.

The Vietnamese community in Laos gathered in Phat Tich Pagoda in Vientiane on February 11 to celebrate the traditional “Nguyen tieu” (first full moon) festival, organised on every 15th day of the first lunar month.

Belarus’s five-day visa exemption policy applied to citizens of 80 countries, including Vietnam, took effect on February 12.

Two Vietnamese women and their French partner have enriched Ho Chi Minh City’s foodie scene with a chain of bistros specializing in an array of exotic culinary delights.

Vietnam’s first solar-powered bus started picking up passengers in the northern city of Haiphong on February 10.

A social protection center in Nha Trang, the coastal city of the south-central province of Khanh Hoa, is calling for help from other agencies to send a homeless Russian national back to his home country.

VOV.VN - Le hang, former beauty pageant titleholder, has set a precedent that inspires by gifting three houses to needy residents of the Dai Dong District of Quang Nam Province, her childhood home.

VOV.VN - Foreign sector manufacturers at the Vinh Phuc Industrial Park in northern Vietnam report they are facing a chronic shortage of highly skilled apprentices and unskilled production workers.

The Prime Minister has approved a project on providing training to officials and public employees engaged in religious work during the 2017-2020 period.

VOV.VN - Radio, one of the oldest forms of mass media, is being challenged by the growing popularity of social networks.

The People’s Committee of the central city of Danang, which is scheduled to host major activities of the APEC Year 2017, has instructed accelerating preparations for the event to ensure the pace of key projects.

The Mekong Delta city of Can Tho and the Republic of Korea (RoK) have discussed the implementation of a joint project to build a smart city, which was signed in 2015.

The ancient city of Hoi An has debuted its Phan Chau Trinh Institute to boost culture and social science research of the central Quang Nam province, the central and Central Highlands region and Vietnam as a whole.

A digital copy of every news and feature story published on online newspapers must be stored independently and kept unchanged for at least one year for inspection purpose, the government has said.

VOV.VN - The Voice of Vietnam Radio (VOV) and UNESCO’s Hanoi Office will co-host a ceremony to mark World Radio Day 2017 on February 13 in Hanoi, highlighting the role of the audience.

VOV.VN - Biologists have found 22 animal species, including nine endangered ones, through a wildlife supervision programme in the Ba Na-Nui Chua Nature Reserve near the central city of Da Nang.

Chairman of the Czech-Vietnam Association Marcel Winter criticised the arguments against the Czech Republic’s reception of foreign workers, including Vietnamese ones, during a TV debate programme on February 9.

A new species of the shiitake, an edible mushroom native to East Asia, has been discovered by Vietnamese scientists in the forests of the country’s Central Highlands.

Police in China have rescued 32 women trafficked from Vietnam and busted a human trafficking ring after spending more than a year following a suspected victim.

Authorities in Ho Chi Minh City have installed barriers along a number of downtown streets to prevent motorcyclists from entering pedestrian sidewalks.

Fourteen people were rescued from a speedboat sinking off the southern Vietnamese province of Kien Giang while the vessel was attempting to reach the mainland.