Enhancing competitiveness for agricultural products

More than 500 Buddhist monks, nuns and followers registered for blood donation while 150 people put their names on the list of organ donors at a festival in Hanoi on August 4.

Police of Dien Bien Dong district in the northern border province of Dien Bien on August 4 arrested two men who were illegally transporting six bricks of heroin (about 2.1 kg).

Vietnamese textile and apparel firms are facing tough times expanding their businesses, especially in terms of human resource development, experts said on Friday.

As the sun sets, Le Son Hai carefully opens the petals of a fresh blooming lotus flower and stuffs dried green tea leaves inside. Then he covers the petals with a lotus leaf and ties it tightly shut.

Rescuers today managed to reach Sa Na village in Na Meo commune in Quan Son district of Thanh Hoa province, which was isolated by floodwater from August 3 due to impacts of Wipha, the third storm hitting the country this year.

Many localities have issued preferential policies in an attempt to attract and retain doctors at local public hospitals. However, the efforts have seemingly been ineffective as the shortages of doctors remain unsolved.

He has cycled across the country four times, covering thousands of kilometres, and has conquered four of the most daunting passes in Vietnam’s northwestern region by bicycle.

Dinh Nguyen Binh in Ho Chi Minh City has a beautiful home where all of the furniture and decorative items are made from glass bottles and plastic caps.

Hanoi Gift Show 2019 to feature handicraft products

The train between Hanoi and Ha Long in the northern province of Quang Ninh often leaves the station without any passengers.

Improved international regulations and standards to protect the rights and welfare of migrants, including thousands of Vietnamese guest workers, are needed in today’s globalised world.

The Ministry of Industry and Trade is seeking feedback for a draft circular specifying the criteria for recognizing products and goods that are made in Vietnam.

About 10,000 families in the central province of Quang Tri are in a shortage of water for daily use due to a prolonged drought, according to the province’s Department of Agriculture and Rural Development.

One person was dead while 15 others went missing in the north central province of Thanh Hoa early August 3 due to landslides and floods triggered by rains brought by storm Wipha, which landed in northern Vietnam the previous night.

“We eat a meal for just VND2,000 (US$0.09) at Tiệm cơm An Phúc (An Phúc Charity Restaurant) on Hanoi’s Giai Phong Road every Saturday afternoon,” said Nguyen Thi Phuong. 

FDI into Vietnam falls 13.4 percent in seven months

Prof. Tran Thuc, chairman of the Vietnam Association of Meteorology and Hydrology, told the Voice of Vietnam online newspaper that Vietnamese central provinces are likely to suffer from severe drought and salt intrusion in the 2019-20 dry season.

An old truck, a water tank, an engine and some hosepipes are everything that a group of residents in Phu Tan Island in Mekong Delta An Giang Province need to make their own fire truck.

Eight talented young footballers selected from the 2018-19 School Football Tournament in HCM City are taking part in the first Milo Champions Cup being held in Barcelona, Spain, from July 30 to August 5.