Vice President Dang Thi Ngoc Thinh visited and offered gifts worth US$5,700 to 108 elderly people, orphans, children with disabilities and staff of the social protection centre in the southernmost province of Ca Mau on June 7.

Both employers and employees need to change their attitude and approach to improve the very low rate of social insurance coverage in the country, experts say.

At least 2,100 families are going to be relocated and more than 8,000 others will also be affected by ground clearance for the first half of the planned north-south expressway connecting Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City, the government said.

Ho Chi Minh City wants to learn from Japan’s experience in administrative reform and developing an urban administration with effective interactions between residents and authorities, a local official has said.

About 690 Vietnamese fishermen detained by Indonesian authorities, the biggest number so far, are set to return to their country on June 9.

The HCM City People’s Committee has instructed district leaders to monitor preventive action taken against dengue fever and Zika as the southern region enters the rainy season.

Various shortcomings still exist in traditional medicine in terms of healthcare and paying health insurance fees.

The central province of Binh Dinh caught nearly 86,670 tonnes of seafood in the first five months of 2017 with the help of steel-coated ships, said Tran Van Phuc, Deputy Director of the provincial Department of Agriculture and Rural Development.

VOV.VN - Miss Beach 2016 Pham Thuy Trang took part in community activities in response to the World Environment Day (June 5) themed ‘Connecting People to Nature’, in the southern city of Vung Tau.

The Ministries of Defence of Vietnam and France shared experience in operating level-2 field hospitals for United Nations peacekeeping missions at a conference in Hanoi on June 6.

VOV.VN - A ceremony to inaugurate a Ho Chi Minh statue was held on June 6 in Russian Ulyanovsk city, the birthplace of Vladimir Ilyich Lenin.

An American couple who protested the American war in Vietnam now finds purpose in helping Vietnamese children born with defects due to Agent Orange.

Many young people can earn thousands of dollars a month just by uploading video clips on Youtube.

The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) has issued a circular on the promulgation of a list of wild fauna and flora species regulated in appendixes of the Convention of International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES). 

The Prime Minister has recently issued a pilot financial mechanism for health care projects using official development assistance (ODA) and preferential loans. 

The Fulbright Vietnam University on June 6 announced the reception of two grants from the US Government worth a total of US$15.5 million.

A book titled “Kyojinka: enhancing national capacity in combating natural disasters in Japan, Asia and the world” has been introduced to Vietnamese readers on the occasion of Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc’s official visit to Japan. 

VOV.VN - A Vietnamese team of 16 students won five silver and one bronze medal at this year’s Asia-Pacific Informatics Olympiad 2017, an online computer programming competition hosted by Australia.

VOV.VN - One person was killed and eight others injured after a bus and a van collided yesterday (June 5) in the town of Madagui in Lam Dong Province, reports the Tienphong Online Newspaper.

VOV.VN - After several days of blistering hot days with temps on the pavement hitting 60C, a little rain moved into Hanoi mid-day today (June 6).

VOV.VN - Two men were indicted in a Vietnamese court yesterday (June 5) on multiple charges alleging the duo conspired to create, market and distribute heroin and illegal synthetic drugs.

VOV.VN - Hundreds of firemen battled smoke and flames for more than four hours in 40C sweltering heat yesterday (June 5) at a rubber tire recycling business in the hamlet of Hoa Binh in Quang Ngai Province.

 Leaders of the Confederation of Labour of central Thanh Hoa province and the Federation of Trade Unions in the Lao province of Houaphanh exchanged experience during their talks in Thanh Hoa on June 6.

Vietnam has taken different solutions to prevent micronutrient deficiency, which is relatively common in the country, especially in rural and mountainous areas.

Public citizens will soon have chance to access National Assembly meetings, said Nguyen Hanh Phuc, Chairman of National Assembly Office.

Children and elderly people were hospitalised in their droves over last weekend in Hanoi as temperatures reached a historic peak.

 The Hanoi People’s Court on June 5 sentenced four defendants from 30 months to 20 years in prison for illegally shipping drugs to Russia.

The Linens for Life project, aiming to recycle used hotel linens and create livelihoods for the poor, was launched in Hanoi this month.

 In a move to relieve traffic pressure and environment pollution, Hanoi is considering banning motorbikes entirely by 2030, as well as other measures like fee collection in rush hours and stricter regulations on app-based ride hailing services.

VOV.VN - A forest fire occurred at 1:30pm on June 5 in Hong Ky Commune, Soc Son Dist., Hanoi. 2,000 local people tried to extinguish the fire.