Deputy Prime Minister Vuong Dinh Hue has urged the science and technology sector to renovate and restructure to boost scientific and technological research to take advantage of the fourth industrial revolution or industry 4.0 and contribute to development.

The first “book city” in the country opened on in Thuan An town in the southern province of Binh Duong on June 1.

As many as 95 excellent works by journalists throughout the country won the 11th National Press Awards and will receive prizes on June 21, the Vietnamese Revolutionary Journalism Day.

A string of new government policies come into force in June, including the exemption of land use fees for housing projects, specific financial mechanisms for HCM City, increased fees for medical examination and treatment for the insured and reduction of social insurance premiums.

VOV.VN - A friendship club for Vietnam, Spain and Latin American countries made its debut on June 2 in Ho Chi Minh City.

VOV.VN - Hanoi has suffered through some of its hottest evenings ever with temperatures of late reaching a staggering 35C, leaving residents to flock to the Nhat Tan Bridge in search of cool breezes to escape the heat.

A woman from An Giang Province, located in Vietnam’s Mekong Delta, has been running a shop that offers free-of-charge clothes to the disadvantaged.

VOV.VN - Bac Lieu province has held a meeting to mark World Environment Day and the Vietnam Sea and Island Week and launch the Summer Voluntary Youth Month 2017.

There are 18 hospitals qualified for organ transplantation in Vietnam at present, 25 years since the first successful kidney transplant in the country.

Anti-drug forces from Vietnam’s northwestern province of Dien Bien and Laos’ Oudomxay province have uncovered a major drug ring in Oudomxay.

VOV.VN - The central city of Da Nang is gearing up infrastructure for the APEC Economic Leaders’ Week, which is only less than six months ahead.

VOV.VN -Deputy Minister of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs  Doan Mau Diep met on June 2 with Israeli Ambassador to Vietnam Meirav Elon Shahar in Hanoi to discuss cooperation, especially in labor. 

VOV.VN - The ninth Asia Pacific conference on reproductive and sexual health and rights (APCRSHP) is set to take place November 27-30 in the northern province of Quang Ninh.

VOV.VN - World acclaimed British storyteller James Mayhew recently met with students, lecturers and parents at the Apollo English centre in Ho Chi Minh City to share his fascinating insights about storytelling through art. 

VOV.VN - Dong Nai provincial health officials have unveiled that the number of cases of dengue fever since the beginning of the year has hit an alarming 450 with 42 separate outbreaks on record.

Hanoi aims to replace more than 4,000 xa cu (African mahogany, scientific name Khaya senegalensis) trees at risk of falling down, threatening the safety of citizens in the stormy season.

VOV.VN - A crash involving dozens of vehicles and a tractor-trailer shut down National Highway 1 in District 12 of Ho Chi Minh City for approximately two hours on the morning of Friday (June 2).

VOV.VN - Associate Professor Ta Cao Minh from Hanoi University of Science and Technology has been honoured with the Nagamori Awards for his contribution to the study of motor drives. 

Ho Chi Minh City police recently busted two illegal drug rings, arresting 15 suspects and seizing 520,000 MDMA pills and 120 kg of powder drug equal to one million crystal methamphetamine pills worth more than US$8.8 million.

Doctors at Cho Ray hospital in Ho Chi Minh City successfully carried out a heart transplant for the first time, with support from doctors of Hanoi’s Vietnam – Germany Hospital.

 Lieut. Gen. Nguyen Cong Son, deputy head of the General Police Department under the Ministry of Public Security, has highlighted the complexity of tackling drug crimes in the southern region in recent times. 

The central province of Quang Tri marked World Oceans Day (June 8) on Cua Tung beach with the opening of a mobile exhibition on historical and legal evidence affirming Vietnam’s sovereignty over Hoang Sa (Paracel) and Truong Sa (Spratly) archipelagos.

Land clearance for the Long Thanh airport project in southern Dong Nai province should be sped up to prevent price slippage that will affect investment capital and to help people living in the project area stablise their living conditions, said National Assembly deputies on June 1.

A new law on protecting and caring for children became effective on June 1, with a variety of regulations aiming to comprehensively intensify children’s right enforcement.

Family Medical Practice has announced the investment of $800,000 into four new ambulances to augment its state-of-the-art vehicle fleet that services residents of Ho Chi Minh City every day.

The ancient town of Hoi An in the central province of Quang Nam will host a Hoi An Community Eco Market on June 4, showcasing the talents of local creatives, cooks and philanthropists.

Binh Son Refinery (BSR), the operator of Vietnam’s only oil refinery, was valued at VND72.88 trillion (US$3.2 billion) at the end of 2015, with the state holding a 60 percent stake, according to the Ministry of Industry and Trade.

The central province of Thua Thien – Hue has released a decision to allocate more than VND4.96 billion to assist fishermen in offshore fishing.

The Mekong city of Can Tho has finalised a coordination plan on the hosting of the APEC week on food security and high-level dialogue on food security and sustainable agriculture development in response to climate change.

The Central Institute for Economic Management (CIEM) and the German Friedrich Ebert Stiftung (FES) foundation co-organized a workshop on energy transition in connection with social equity in Hanoi on June 1.