The government has decided to disburse VND100 trillion for farming projects to help develop hi-tech agriculture. It is the biggest-ever credit package given in the field.  

Living in a small alley with no name on Hang Chieu Street, one of Ha Noi’s old streets, Nguyen Thi Nga (not her real name) and 11 other people in her family share a nine-square-metre room and an attic.

VietNamNet Bridge - A number of sex abuse, child kidnapping and traffic accidents have occurred recently, raising concerns among parents about safety at schools.

The Da Lat Nuclear Research Institute is only capable of producing enough radioactive drugs to meet the demand for radioactive isotopes and radioactive preparations for 25 medical establishments in Vietnam.

 An official in the Central Highlands province of Dak Lak has found the perfect way to drive the nation out of poverty, literally.

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 Tien Hai commune of Ha Tien township, the Mekong Delta province of Kien Giang, is famous for not only the Hai Tac (Pirate) archipelago but also a sovereignty marker which is the pride of local residents.

 Public service delivery in Vietnam has seen improvement in 2016 with a jump in the proportion of citizens with health insurance from 62 percent in 2015 to 73 percent last year.

 Another case of avian influenza, also known as bird flu, has been reported in Vietnam, health officials said on April 4.

 Vietnamese top badminton player Nguyen Tien Minh dropped five places to world No 52 in the latest rankings, the sport’s governing body has announced.

 Holders of bachelor, Master’s or doctorate degrees struggling with unemployment grew to more than 218,000 in the fourth quarter of last year, making up nearly half the number of skilled workers without a job.

 The HCMC Ballet Symphony Orchestra and Opera (HBSO) will host “Classical Music in Movie,” a night of colorful music from the most popular films in the world, on April 8 and 9 at the City Opera House in HCMC’s District 1.

 The Japan-Vietnam Friendship Parliamentarian Alliance in Aichi prefecture hopes to boost cooperation with HCM City, particularly in the potential fields of tourism, high technology, and people-to-people exchange.

 Five students were badly injured and nearly 200 motorbikes were ruined early Tuesday morning when a fire occurred in Nha Trang Dorm’s parking area in coastal Nha Trang City, Khanh Hoa Province.

 Vietnamese Ambassador to China Dang Minh Khoi made a working trip to Hebei province on March 28-29 to promote economic, trade, investment, and tourism partnerships between Vietnamese localities and Hebei.

 The Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Forum is expected to gain new progress towards ensuring food security, especially when Vietnam as host country proposed three initiatives regarding this issue for the APEC Year 2017.

 Palanquin procession and offerings rituals were held on April 4 with the participation of five communes in the northern province of Phu Tho to honour the Hung Kings, the legendary founders of the Vietnamese nation.

 Vietnam strongly condemns the terror attack on the St. Petersburg subway on April 3, Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Le Thi Thu Hang has said.

Vietnam’s NA Vice Chairwoman Tong Thi Phong held bilateral talks with top legislators from Bangladesh, Fiji, and Georgia on the margins of the plenary session of the 136th IPU Assembly in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on April 3.

 Viet-Duc Hospital in Hanoi yesterday said that it had successfully carried out a liver transplant to save a 15 year old girl.