As the amount of rubbish continues to rise each year, HCM City authorities are exploring ways to improve the services of the thousands of private garbage collectors operating in the city.

Hoan Kiem (Sword) Lake and its surrounding streets, located in the centre of Hanoi, have always been considered the heart of the capital city as well as its spiritual and cultural hub. 

Ha Noi Department of Natural Resources and Environment has decided to set up an interdisciplinary inspection team to review housing development projects which have not been granted certificates of land use rights, house and land-attached assets.

More than 100 trees that cause a stink in Hanoi during autumn are being cut down, a local has said official.

Vietnam won the most medals at the HCM City Open International Tracks and Field, which closed on Friday.

Prince Souphanouvong (1909 –95) of Laos was not only a supporter of late President Ho Chi Minh but also had a close relationship with Vietnamese people, which is shown at an exhibition that opened on Friday in Hanoi.

Vietnam pocketed two golds in the third day of competition at the 11th ASEAN Schools Games which is ongoing in Semerang, Indonesia.

On Thursday afternoon at the one-floor house of Nguyen Thi Lien’s family in Nghe An Province’s Nghi Loc District, things were a little more crowded than usual.

Vietnam gained the bronze medal at the Asian Women’s U23 Volleyball Championship – Dong Luc Cup - after winning Thai rivals 3-1 at Hanoi’s Gia Lam Gymnasium on July 21.

HCM City authorities have promised that the VND10trn (US$430.8m) anti-flooding project will be operational by mid-2020 if everything goes smoothly.

Experts have expressed concern as younger Vietnamese are increasingly suffering from strokes.

Twenty-seven member Japanese-style girl band SGO48 have launched their first single, Heavy Rotation.

Vietnamese coach Park Hang-seo has called up 26 players for Southeast Asian Games’ three day practice meeting.

The People’s Committee of HCM City is taking measures to restrict groundwater exploitation, which has led to increased water pollution, flooding and subsidence.

Thousands of kilometers of electrical and telecommunications cables have been buried underground in HCM City as part of a project that began nearly 10 years ago.

Vietnam is striving to achieve its goal of welcoming 17.5 – 18 million international tourists by the end of 2019, a year earlier than scheduled.

Ministry urged to be pioneer in economic reform

“Vietnam is shaping up to be Southeast Asia’s next hottest startup ecosystem” is the title of an article recently posted on the website of TechinAsia – the largest English-language technology media company in Singapore.

Vietnam recorded 224 persons dead and missing and economic losses of $859.5 million in natural disasters in 2018, according to the Central Steering Committee for Natural Disaster Prevention and Control.

Thanh Tuyen Festival will be held from September 12 to 14 in the northern province of Tuyen Quang.