Nguyen Van Phuong, Vice Chairman of the Thua Thien – Hue People’s Committee, ordered that the first phase payment of compensation to residents affected by the marine environmental accident should be completed before the Lunar New Year (Tet), which is due to fall on January 27.

'Just propose those projects to me, no matter how bad it is,' Nguyen Ha Dong writes on Facebook.

The Red Sunday programme will take place across 25 provinces and cities nationwide this year, with 40 blood donation events scheduled.

Military Hospital 175, based in Ho Chi Minh City, and the Singapore General Hospital are carrying out joint activities as part of their cooperation programme.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has highlighted the crucial contribution of science and technology to the national socio-economic development at a national conference organized by the Ministry of Science and Technology.

While population growth has slowed, the country is grappling with a slew of problems, including gender imbalance and an aging workforce.

Ho Chi Minh City aims to move all poor and near-poor households out of poverty by 2020. 

It is accepted by everyone that children need plenty of regular physical exercise, but parents in major cities are not doing enough to ensure this, experts say.

Police in Danang recently announced that they will begin fining traffic violators using footage captured by nine newly-installed surveillance cameras in the city.

15,300 cars have joined the popular ride-hailing services since their debut in 2014, aggravating Saigon's traffic woes.

She cheated 100 jobseekers from the impoverished central region out of more than US$80,000.

Bringing the cap to 600 hours a year will allow employers to exhaust their workers and cut back hiring, it says.

The Vietnamese agency in charge of overseeing mass media content has decided to fine three news outlets for publishing stories in favor of an entertainer convicted of child molestation in the US late last year.

Twelve provinces across Vietnam have requested emergency rice supply from the central government in order to assist disaster-struck residents ahead of the Lunar New Year.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has asked the Ministry of Health to inspect the observation of regulations in antibiotic prescription and use in medical facilities.

A new model that sets up satellite emergency stations in all HCM City districts has helped saved many lives, both accident victims and seriously ill patients, over the last two years.

Scientific research must follow reality’s demands, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc said at an online conference on science and technology with provinces and central level cities on January 4.

Stepping up water resources planning is among the core tasks the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment has set for 2017, aiming to complete a national water resources planning by 2020 and others for major river basins.

As many as 178 firms have donated more than VND32 billion (US$1.4 million) to help disadvantaged residents in the central province of Nghe An enjoy the upcoming Lunar New Year (Tet) holiday.

A National Assembly (NA) task force will monitor compensation disbursement and implementation of social welfare policies for fishermen and others affected by the mass fish deaths in central Vietnam last April.

The Central Committee of the Vietnam Farmers' Union (the sixth tenure) held its 10th meeting in Hanoi on January 4 to review the 2016 implementation and set out tasks for 2017.

The Vietnam Young Leader Awards (VYLA), an annual scholarship co-sponsored by the Ministry of Education and Training and the US-based Indiana University Bloomington, is opening for application until January 10.

The military high command in the Central Highland province of Dak Nong, on January 4, defused a 226kg bomb unearthed in the local Dak Song district.

Ho Chi Minh City will continue exerting efforts to improve living conditions for poor households and disadvantaged groups needing support, affirmed Nguyen Thi Thu, Vice Chairwoman of the municipal People’s Committee.

VOV.VN - Deputy Prime Minister Truong Hoa Binh has emphasized leader’s accountability in securing traffic safety at a January 4 online meeting hosted by the National Committee on Traffic Safety in Hanoi.

VOV.VN -  Minister of Public Security To Lam has urged Hanoi police force to crack down on crimes to ensure a peaceful Tet (Lunar New Year) holiday for the public.

VOV.VN -A multilevel office building in the city of Danang collapsed on January 4, killing at least two people Vietnam police and rescuers said, as rescue teams worked frantically to locate others believed trapped under the rubble.

The Mekong Delta province of Tien Giang aims to build more large-scale rice fields towards a total acreage of 11,070ha, 3,500ha more than last year, a local official has said.

The People Committee of Can Tho city has approved a project to preserve and develop the Cai Rang floating market with the aim of making it a favourite destination for international and domestic tourists in the Mekong Delta region, a local official has said.

The Central Highlands province of Dak Lak has fulfilled universal preschool education for five-year-old children, Director of the provincial Department of Education and Training Pham Dang Khoa said on January 4.