The HCMC government has proposed a project to manage the flood risk in the city, worth an estimated US$19 million, to the Ministry of Planning and Investment.

The growth of agricultural production in recent years comes at higher environmental costs, an expert told a conference in HCMC today, June 18.

The Ministry of Finance (MOF) in 2018 granted government guarantee to two power projects developed by EVN and PetroVietnam (PVN) with the total value of $1.6 billion. 

Some US$17 billion worth of official development assistance (ODA) loans pledged by six development banks have yet to be disbursed, heard attendees at a meeting held recently.

Vietnam is forecast to face bigger power shortages after 2020 due to many power projects in the revised master power plan falling behind schedule, especially in southern provinces. 

Vietnam is set for wind energy expansion, with over a gigawatt expected to be installed by 2021. 

Electronic medical records for all Vietnamese citizens will be adopted nationwide next month, according to the Ministry of Health.

The Fourth Industrial Revolution has created many technological achievements to help people conquer nature, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc said yesterday.

Trung Pham is one of few Vietnamese photographers who have had photos posted on National Geographic’s Your Shot Daily Dozen, and has impressed the Your Shot community with his photos taken from above.

Excessive groundwater exploitation is one of the main causes of land subsidence in the Mekong Delta region, the local media reported, citing sources at the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment.

Some amendments to regulations on the management of foreign laborers in Vietnam in the draft revised Labor Law seem unreasonable, said Duong Van Thuan, a consultant at the HCMC Labor Federation’s Legal Consultancy Center.

The Vietnamese fishing boat that saved the 22 Filipinos of a fishing boat in Reed Bank in Truong Sa (Spratly) archipelago has been identified.

The People’s Procuracy of Vinh Phuc said on June 18 that it had indicted three inspectors from the Ministry of Construction, Nguyen Thi Kim Anh, Dang Hai Anh and Nguyen Thuy Linh, for allegedly taking bribes.

Scientists have warned that climate change will have adverse impact on the growth of the precious bird salangane.

MobiFone, VNPT, and the other 17 companies have been exposed to the gunfire of the Commission for Management of State Capital at Enterprises’ (CMSC) financial supervision.

The three-year divorce dispute keeps dragging down local coffee giant Trung Nguyen, which reported only half of its 2017 profit in 2018.

A German film festival held for children and youth audiences known as Schlingel 2019 is set to take place in major cities across Vietnam from June 19 to 30.

The Ministry of Information and Communications hosted a ceremony in Hanoi on June 18 to announce the ASEAN ICT Awards 2019 (AICTA).

Sen. Lt. Gen. Phan Van Giang, Chief of the General Staff of the Vietnam People's Army and Deputy Defence Minister hosted a reception for visiting Admiral Luechai Ruddit, Commander in Chief of the Royal Thai Navy on June 18.

As Vietnam, one of the hottest startup hubs in the world, is welcoming a huge wave of venture capital, its tech startup firms are expected to quickly reach the unicorn status, which means they are valued $1 billion or more.