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Are CCTV cameras the right way to focus a limited budget?

In order to quickly achieve smart city ambitions, authorities in the Cuu Long (Mekong) Delta province of Vinh Long recently gave the green light to installing a network of surveillance cameras.

Craft villages develop despite urbanisation

Urbanisation in rural areas has caused many traditional craft villages to shrink over the years.

Man enriches Vietnamese meals with Japanese style tofu

Giving up a stable job at a leading Japanese research centre with a high salary to return to Vietnam and start a business at the age of 54 may be beyond most people's imagination. 

Typhoon Matmo injures 6, collapses hundreds of houses in Vietnam

At least six people were injured and hundreds of houses were destroyed as Typhoon Matmo barrelled across central and south central provinces from Quang Ngai to Khanh Hoa on Wednesday.

Former science and technology director expelled from Party

The Dong Nai Party Executive Committee has voted unanimously to expell Pham Van Sang, former director of Dong Nai Province’s Department of Science and Technology for his violations on three agricultural projects. 

Vietnamese environment ministry to consider applying Japanese water tech widely

The noxious odour and level of mud in the To Lich River and West Lake in Hanoi have decreased dramatically since nano-bioreactor technology has been applied, according to a JETRO representative.

Vietnamese schools to face shortage of art, music teachers next year

High schools are expected to face a shortage of music and art teachers when the new education programme begins in the 2019-21 academic year.

VIETNAM NEWS HEADLINES NOVEMBER 1

One more storm to appear in East Sea

Police defuse hostage situation at Vietnam’s tallest building

Police officers have defused a tense hostage situation at the iconic Landmark 81 building in HCM City.

VN team wins ASEAN Data Science Explorers 2019

Team AWM from Vietnam took first place at the Regional Final of the ASEAN Data Science Explorers 2019 held in Bangkok on Thursday.

Hanoi finally win National Cup trophy

Nguyen Van Quyet scored one and made one to help Hanoi FC come from behind to beat Quang Nam and lift the National Cup.

Daniel Nguyen favourite to win Vietnam's first SEA Games tennis gold

Daniel Nguyen has received his Vietnam passport in time to represent the country at the upcoming Southeast Asian Games in late November.

HCM City aims to reduce litter dropping

Binh Dien Wholesale Market in HCM City’s District 8 wants city authorities to help reduce the waste it produces.

VIETNAM BUSINESS NEWS HEADLINES NOVEMBER 1

Taiwan emerges as largest consumer of Vietnamese shrimp

 

Labor exports: Not all rose-tinted glasses

Vietnamese working class without specialized skills looking to make quick money abroad will sometimes pay smugglers handsomely to get them to Europe.

Vietnamese agricultural products aim to join global value chain

Deputy Minister of Agriculture Ha Cong Tuan talks to Năng Lượng Mới (New Energy) newspaper about the strengths and weaknesses of Vietnamese agricultural products.

Two more families in central Vietnam report missing relatives

Two more families in central Vietnam have reported to local authorities that their relatives are missing and may be among the 39 people found dead in the back of a container truck on October 23 in the United Kindom’s Essex County.

VIETNAM POLITICAL NEWS HEADLINES OCTOBER 31

Vietnam, Australia hold third defence policy dialogue

 

Storm Matmo ravages central Vietnam

Storm Matmo has devastated many localities in the central and southern regions of Vietnam, causing damages.

Chinese-imported Volkswagen at Vietnam Motor Show featured nine-dash line

A Volkswagen Touareg displayed at Vietnam Motor Show 2019 in HCM City had a navigation app containing a map with the Chinese claimed nine-dash line in the East Sea.