Fake news on the internet is posing major challenges to Vietnam’s national construction and defense destabilizing national politics, and eroding people’s trust in the Party. Government agencies are taking steps to deal with this fake news.

The achievements of Vietnamese beauty queens throughout the year have earned the country a total of 386 points according to Missosology’s global beauty rankings, leaving the country in eighth position.

The rapid growth of the swift-breeding industry across the country could lead to negative effects if there is no long-term development plan, according to Ha Thuy Hanh, deputy director of the National Agriculture Extension.

The number of unemployed workers with bachelor’s degree is four times higher than the number of unemployed workers who have graduated from junior college and intermediate school.

Despite being hailed as a high-income sector with massive potential, IT continues to face shortages and a weak labour force that requires comprehensive changes through earlier education and training.

ToiletSmartPublic applies automation and information technology, making a difference compared to ordinary toilets.

The month before Tet (Lunar New Year), which will fall on January 25, are the busiest for residents of Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta craft villages since demand for traditional specialties spike.

Over 110,700 tonnes of rice from the national reserve have been allocated to localities to support people after natural disasters, ahead of Lunar New Year and in forest plantation projects, and students living in especially disadvantaged areas.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has urged the Ministry of Information and Communications to take a step forward in digital transformation as the country will announce the national strategy on digital transformation in 2020.

Despite sale promotion campaigns launched by manufacturers, the car market remained gloomy in the last months of the year.

Located in Tan Son district in the northern province of Phu Tho, the Long Coc tea hills are regarded as one of the nation’s most beautiful tea hills.

The percentage of fully vaccinated children covered under the expanded national vaccination programme in HCM City has reached 95.2 per cent so far this year, according to the Centre for Disease Control in HCM City.

There will be more than 320,000 job vacancies in HCM City through next year, including for 135,000 new positions, according to the city Human Resources Forecast and Labour Market Information (Falmi) Centre.

Authorities in Hanoi have considering releasing doves around Hoan Kiem pedestrianised area.

A group of students in the central city of Da Nang have successfully made a machine for gathering rubbish on beaches.

Four out of six projects to build modern industrial slaughterhouses in HCM City have been delayed due to sluggish administrative procedures and lack of approval for building permits.

Many areas in the Central Highlands city of Dalat are being polluted by a fire at a local rubbish dump site.

Several experts have complained about the rising number of modern construction buildings which have affected the beauty of Da Lat.

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Local authorities in the central province of Thua Thien - Hue yesterday kicked off work on a second terminal at Phu Bai International Airport in Huong Thuy Town.