Helping people with disabilities integrate into the community has always been a priority in Vietnam’s policies towards this disadvantaged group, and the nation will continue to focus on this task in the 2016-2020 period. 

The Department of Natural Resources and Environment of Binh Dinh province has ordered three titanium exploitation companies to suspend operations, which have continued for the last three years despite expired licences.

Most fishermen in the central province of Thua Thien-Hue have effectively used their compensation from last year’s Formosa-caused marine environmental incident.

An exhibition of 65 aerospace paintings by Vietnamese children opened in Hanoi on April 17 to mark Russia Cosmonaut Day (April 12).

The Central Highlands has become a major agricultural production hub of Vietnam, producing many high-demand products and bringing home multi-billion-USD export revenue.

Vietnamese Ambassador to the US Pham Quang Vinh and his spouse extended their wishes to Lao Embassy’s diplomats and staff on their traditional New Year festival, Laos Boun Pi May. 

Vietnamese and Cuban writers met at an exchange held in Hanoi on April 17 on the occasion of a visit by a delegation of the Cuban Institute for Friendship with the Peoples.

Vietnam needs to improve the quality of weather forecasting and enhance international co-operation to prepare for natural disasters, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc said at a meeting held in Hanoi on April 17 to review disaster prevention and control in 2016 and lay out tasks for 2017.

Two young Vietnamese sold as brides to China have been rescued and returned home last week, South China Morning Post reported.

Up to 15 typhoons and tropical depressions are forecast to hit Vietnamese waters this year.

The country’s wild bear population has declined sharply over the past 20 years, according to recent surveys carried out in 22 protected areas.

 A two-day international conference on information science and technology opened in central Danang city on April 17. 

Permanent members of the Central Steering Committee for Anti-Corruption convened a meeting in Hanoi on April 17 under the chair of Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong, who is also head of the committee.

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has extended his condolences to the family of Le Thi Nhat Linh, a nine-year-old Vietnamese girl murdered in Matsudo city, Chiba prefecture, in late March.

VOV.VN - Nineteen year-old Dinh Thi Huong Thao has been awarded a US$300,000 scholarship to attend the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in the US. 

VOV.VN - Bridgestone, a co-organizer of Earth Day (April 22) for the fourth consecutive year in a row, has announced it will donate 100 smart trash bins to Ho Chi Minh City as part of an effort to promote a cleaner environment.

Deputy Prime Minister Truong Hoa Binh has asked authorities of the central province of Quang Nam to investigate reports of illegal gold exploitation in the Bong Mieu mine area.

VOV.VN - The US not for profit Build a School Foundation got some star support from Miss Vietnam runner-up Thuy Dung at a recent charity walk raising money to help fund the cost of building schools in Vietnam.

Bomb disposal experts destroyed 130 cluster bombs and a grenade in Vietnam's central province of Quang Ngai on April 15, but said hundreds still remain hidden in the former battlefield.

VOV.VN - Taiwan (China) received 47,000 Vietnamese people during the first two months of this year, up 90% against last year’s January-February period.

A project to develop the Buon Ma Thuot coffee brand is expected to benefit more than 15,000 farmers who live in a poor commune in the Central Highlands province of Dak Lak.

The Union of Vietnamese Students in France (UEVF) held its 7th Congress at the Embassy of Vietnam in Paris ​to review its performance from 2015-2017 and elect a new executive board to represent about 6,500 Vietnamese students across France for the next two years.

In Vietnam, a trip across the country is a dream for many young people. When it comes to this trans-Vietnam trip, most youths turn to motorbikes, but some even take bicycles.

CCTV footage of traffic violations on the Ho Chi Minh City - Long Thanh - Dau Giay Expressway in southern Vietnam will be provided to local police for off-site citation starting May 1.

Hundreds of trees were planted at Ben En National Park in the central province of Thanh Hoa during the forest planting festival held by Canon Vietnam in the locality on April 16.

The customs at Tan Son Nhat international airport in Ho Chi Minh City, in coordination with the police, has seized seven pieces of rhino horn weighing nearly 5 kg.

The Civil Aviation Administration of Vietnam (CAAV) and the US’s Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) will join hands to make an overall assessment on the CAAV’s aviation safety supervision next month, which is essential to Vietnamese airlines’ plan to open direct flight to the US.

The Quang Tri chapter of the Association for the Support of Vietnamese Handicapped and Orphans will present gifts to the disabled and orphans living in need from April 16-20 on the occasion of the 37th Vietnam Day of Persons with Disabilities (April 18). 

Ho Chi Minh City’s Department of Transport plans to build a road parallel with Cong Hoa Street in Tan Binh district in an aim to reduce traffic congestion around Tan Son Nhat International Airport.

A five – year project on disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation, launched by Oxfam organisation, has benefited 15 communes in three coastal districts of the Mekong Delta province of Ben Tre.