Loss-making, low-profitability State-owned agriculture firms should be dissolved and made bankrupt, said Deputy Prime Minister Vuong Dinh Hue on August 21.

Danang real estate market sees upbeat developments

Many long-haul truck drivers have been found parking their vehicles and sleeping along the HCM City-Trung Luong Expressway, causing traffic disorder and posing a risk of traffic accidents.

A 30-metre section of Highway No 91 in the Mekong Delta province of An Giang fell into the Hau River on Tuesday after the soil underneath it eroded.

Colombian Jordan Parra who competed for Ynghua Dong Nai took both overall yellow jersey and green jersey at the Mekong River Delta cycling tournament, known as the Gạo Hạt Ngọc Trời Cup, which finished in Can Tho Province on Tuesday.

Vietnamese-American Thai Son Kwiatkowski was ousted from the men’s singles first qualifying round of the US Open on Tuesday.

Two top officials of Tra Vinh City were arrested on Wednesday as part of a probe into a land tax evasion ring that caused estimated losses of nearly VND120 billion (US$5.2 million) to the Government.

Hanoi People’s Court on Tuesday handed sentences to nine officials of Bich Hoa Commune for violations in land management.

More than 100 garments for women and men created by Vietnamese fashion houses and designers will be showcased at the first Vietnam Runway Fashion Week to be held in HCM City this week.

A total 147 dancesports clubs across the nation have asked the General Department of Sports and Physical Training to remove dancesports from the Viet Nam Gymnastics Federation's jurisdiction to reform a separate body.

A TV series on the life of fishermen on Lý Sơn Island in central Quang Ngai Province attracted many viewers in the region after its first episode aired on HCM City Television (HTV) last weekend.

Five years after the Government issued Decree 67, which aimed at supporting fishermen to build bigger and more modern steel-hulled boats, the decree has hardly been a panacea for the country’s fishermen.

Director Le Nguyen Dat, head of HCM City College of Theatre and Cinema's Traditional Art, is one of the many role models from across the country studying and following the ideology, morality and lifestyle of President Ho Chi Minh.

The Ministry of Public Security on Tuesday issued an arrest warrant against Tran Khac Hung, 47, chairman of the Board of Directors and head of the Training Institute at Dong Do University on charges of forgery.

A series of cultural and art events will be held from August 25 to September 1 in Hanoi to commemorate poetry couple Luu Quang Vu and Xuan Quynh.

The biggest craft beer festival in Da Nang, Beer United 3, will be held on August 24.

Transport companies in HCM City and Hanoi plan to increase the number of trains and buses to cope with the rush expected during the long Independence Day weekend next month.

Two young artists Tammy Nguyen and Pham Ha Ninh, both of whom studied art in the US, will showcase their latest paintings at the exhibition Necessary Fictions at the Factory Contemporary Arts Centre.A1.

Vu Thi Trang of Vietnam beat Kristin Kuuba of Estonia 21-12, 21-15 in the first round match of the Badminton World Federation World Championship in Belgium.

 The Senior Officials’ Meeting (SOM) within the framework of the 17th meeting of the Vietnam -Cambodia Joint Commission for Economic, Cultural, Scientific and Technological Cooperation (JC 17) opened in Phnom Penh on August 20.