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Vietnamese schools need more teachers of English

Unreasonable recruitment methods and low pay has made it difficult for schools to recruit teachers of English.

Five killed in northern torrential rain, one missing

Two days of heavy rain in north Vietnam has left five people dead, five more injured, and one person missing.

Vietnam to drop in FIFA Rankings, but still in top 100

Vietnam will likely slide from its current place at 97th to 99th place in the FIFA Rankings after the scoreless tie with Thailand in its first World Cup 2022 qualifier on September 5.

 

Exploring Southeast Asia’s deepest canyon located in Ha Giang

Found within the unique geological tectonic canyon in the northern province of Ha Giang, Tu San is considered to be the deepest canyon in Southeast Asia.

Young green rice – flavor of autumn

For over a century, people of Me Tri village in Tu Liem, Hanoi, have been making ‘com’. Visiting Me Tri in autumn, one can enjoy the scent of com (young milky rice) being dried all over the village.

Ethnic children in mountainous region celebrate Mid-Autumn Festival early

Celebrations for the Mid-Autumn Festival came early to children from ethnic minority backgrounds in Lao Kho village of Phieng Khoai commune in Yen Chau district, located in the northern mountainous province of Son La which shares a border with Laos.

Photographer keens on capturing landscape moments

The mindset of capturing images at the right moment has made young photographer Nguyen Hoang Linh capable of taking impressive pictures.

Vietnam in fourth place in race for World Cup qualification

The Vietnam men’s national football team have temporarily fallen two places to fourth in Group G in the qualification campaign for the World Cup 2020 after the other teams in the group played their second round of matches.

Vietnam earn bronze at Tokyo Premier League

High kicking martial artists have returned home to Vietnam with a bronze medal after a tournament in Japan.

VN Transport Ministry hires French consultants to assess Cat Linh-Ha Dong railway’s safety

The Ministry of Transport has hired French safety consultants to oversee the final stages of Hanoi's first metro project, the Cat Linh-Ha Dong urban elevated railway.

Mid-Autumn toy making village in Hung Yen

Nearly 40 km from Hanoi, Hao village in the northern province of Hung Yen, is busy in preparations, these days, for the upcoming mid-Autumn Festival.

NEWS HEADLINES SEPTEMBER 11

 New school year ceremony held for terminally-ill children

GIC-led consortium buys $500 million shares in Vingroup’s subsidiary

Singapore’s sovereign wealth fund, GIC announced on Monday that its consortium bought US$500 million stake in one of the subsidiaries of Viet Nam's largest conglomerate Vingroup JSC.

 

Cases of rare Whitmore’s disease reappear in Vietnam

Cases of Whitmore’s disease, also called melioidosis, has increased remarkably during the rainy season with a high rate of mortality, director of the National Hospital of Tropical Diseases Do Duy Cuong said.

5,000 people to perform xoe dance

As many as 5,000 people will perform xoe, a traditional dance of Thai ethnicity people, to set a Guinness World Record, at the opening ceremony of Muong Lo Culture and Tourism Festival on September 20 in the northern mountainous province of Yen Bai.

VBA FINAL: Saigon Heat beat Cantho Catfish

In the first match in the series of five, Cantho Catfish beat Saigon Heat 78-75 in the last minutes.

BUSINESS NEWS SEPTEMBER 11

Forum on cooperative economy, cooperatives slated for mid-October

 

Reducing working time in compliance with modern trend: VGCL

The Viet Nam General Confederation of Labour (VGCL) has requested the drafters of the revised Labour Code maintain the proposal to cut working time from 48 hours per week to 44 hours per week.

Ministry postpones punishment

The Ministry of Education and Training (MoET) on Monday postponed its decisions to punish workers over the national high school graduation exam scandal last year.

Vietnam enhances cooperation in UN peacekeeping with UK, Thailand

Vietnam wants to exchange experience with Thailand in organising training courses, and promote delegation exchanges on UN peacekeeping operations, a Vietnamese senior officer said on September 10.