The door to the 28-member European Union will open wider once the Vietnam-EU free trade agreement comes to life, as long as Vietnamese seafood exporters ensure food hygiene and safety, the Thoi bao Kinh te Vietnam (Vietnam Economic Times) reported....
Seventy new species of plants and animals were discovered in Vietnam in 2014, including color-changing thorny frogs, fanged bats, and the world’s second-longest insect (Phryganistria heusii yentuensis), according to a newly released report of the...
The People’s Committee of central Ninh Thuan province has decided to advance VND40 billion (VND1.84 million) from the provincial budget to deal with drought impacts. The money will be allocated to support production and farming, pay for water supply...
Thousands of people in northern provinces of Nam Dinh and Ninh Binh earn money by recycling plastic and tyres to produce diesel oil, regardless of environment pollution and health risks. The residents of Kim Chinh commune in Kim Son District, Ninh...
Erosion in many places in the Mekong Delta has affected about 500 hectares of land as local authorities struggle to seek effective solutions, the Vietnam News Agency reported Monday. According to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development,...
A community-based disaster risk management project was launched in central Quang Binh province on June 9, expected to directly benefit 4,000 people and more than 24,000 others indirectly. The project, scheduled to last through March 2018, is...
Authorities in Vietnam’s central province of Ninh Thuan on June 9 declared a drought emergency for the first time after five months of lacking rains, state media reported Wednesday. Based on the report of the provincial Department of Agriculture and...
The Vietnam Education Dialogue (VED) led by famous Mathematician Ngo Bao Chau has proposed five ideas to improve the local university education, state media reported on June 12. The proposal was based on a study on university education reforms that...
Military officers in the Central Highlands province of Lam Dong on May 28 defused a huge war bomb of around 340 kilograms (nearly 750 pounds) found at a national park. A representative of Bidoup – Nui Ba National Park said a patrol team found the...
The Centrals Highland province of Gia Lai’s Association for Victims of Agent Orange (AO)/Dioxin inaugurated a detoxification centre for AO victims, the first of its kind in the province, on June 5. The centre has a total investment of over VND2...
