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.

VOV.VN - A horrific crash on the morning of January 4 in Ho Chi Minh City has left 1 person dead and 17 more injured after two tour buses collided forcing one into the path of a semi-truck and trailer.

The Mekong Delta province of Ben Tre plans to convert 6,000 hectares of low-efficient rice production to high-value crops in order to adapt to the increasingly severe impacts of climate change, a local official said.

Thirty-two public hospitals in Ho Chi Minh City carried out their own bids for the first time last year, helping reduce shortages of medicine.

The Management Authority for Urban Railways (MAUR) of Ho Chi Minh City estimates nearly VND42 trillion (nearly US$1.85 billion) is needed to build phase I of metro route No. 5.

Permanent Deputy Prime Minister Truong Hoa Binh joined in launching the Traffic Safety Year 2017, which focuses on building traffic culture among young people, in a ceremony in Hanoi on January 4.

The Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union's chapter in Ho Chi Minh City has honoured ten outstanding young citizens of the city in 2016, chosen 131 nominations, double the number of nominees last year.

A number of highways have been opened for public use recently, benefiting the country’s socio-economic development. But ensuring traffic safety along these roads is difficult due to drivers’ low level of awareness and slack infrastructure management, transport experts say.

The Vietnam Buddhist Sangha (VBS) has more than 53,900 member monks and nuns at present.

Deputy Prime Minister Trinh Dinh Dung has urged the Ministry of Transport to accelerate finalizing the pre-feasibility study on the north-south express railway project.

VOV.VN - Dubai’s Emirates airline has announced a promotional program with discount tickets on flights running through November 2017.

The US$450-million system is much faster than the current unreliable Asia America Gateway.

The 49-year-old fencing coach has been accused of assaulting a 9-year-old student.

VOV.VN -  Risk management caused by natural disasters and response to climate change are the biggest challenges for many countries in the 21st century. Vietnam is not exceptional. 

The city, which has canceled its plan for fireworks shows, hopes that the sounds of the bells will create a meaningful moment.

Many elderly people have been living without a home on the streets of Hanoi, struggling to survive each day and not knowing how they will welcome the Lunar New Year under such harsh circumstances.

Science-technology is one of the key solutions to restructuring agriculture and building new rural areas, Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Nguyen Xuan Cuong told a workshop in Hanoi on January 3.

Hanoi’s Traffic Police Division has proposed installing 3,000 additional cameras to supervise traffic, but experts think installing so many cameras at once should be considered carefully.

Health insurance covered 81.7% of Vietnam’s population in 2016, 2.7% higher than the target set by the Prime Minister, according to the Vietnam Social Security (VSS).

National Assembly Vice Chairwoman Tong Thi Phong and other officials paid homage to martyrs at the Ancient Citadel of Quang Tri on January 3.

The Electricity of Vietnam (EVN) should continue promoting its key role as a State-run company in national power supply, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc said at a conference in Hanoi on January 3.

The northern province of Bac Ninh will make most of its potential and advantages as well as overcome difficulties and challenges to continue creating strong breakthroughs in social-economic development and become a centrally-governed city by the 2020s.

Binh Dinh, the worst-hit province by flood in the central region, is set to receive more assistance from the Government to address flood consequences.

VOV.VN -  Promoting the strength of national unity will be one of key tasks the Vietnam Fatherland Front will focus on this year, VFF President Nguyen Thien Nhan recently told the press to mark the New Year 2017.

VOV.VN - On January 3, a refurbished friendship statue located in the province of Kompong Chhnang was officially unveiled to the public by high-ranking government officials of Vietnam and Cambodia.

The bullets were hidden inside a large amount of smuggled garment and footwear.

VOV.VN - Water from a flood control sluice submerged hundreds of houses in district 12 after the cover was blown out by high tides, seriously damaging people’s property.

More than VND64 trillion (over US$2.81 billion) was spent on the upgrading and construction of transport infrastructure in the Central Highlands over the last five years, significantly contributing to the local socio-economic development.

Vietnamese representative Pham Thuy Linh won the best costume award at the 19th Miss Tourism International which has recently taken place in Malaysia. 

The Central Highlands provinces have more than 100 communes and one district recognised as new-style rural areas, according to the Steering Committee for the Central Highlands Region.