Residents living along canals in HCM City’s District 4 cannot afford to buy “relocation” apartments since their prices exceed the compensation they will receive, according to reports.

 The Ministry of Information and Communications plans to build a code of conduct for internet users to create a healthy networking atmosphere in the country.

The Ministry of Transport has decided not to regulate the distance between toll booths in a draft version of a circular on the operations of Build-Operate-Transfer (BOT) toll stations, said minister Nguyen Van The.

 At least 100,000 doses of the meningococcal vaccine will be imported to Vietnam by the end of May, increasing the number of imported doses to some 800,000 in 2018.

Vietnam actively joined in discussions of the second Meeting of the Asia-Europe Political Forum and the 30th Meeting of the International Conference of Asian Political Parties Standing Committee, which took place in London, the UK.

 Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc had a dialogue in Ha Nam on May 20 with nearly 1,000 workers at industrial zones (IZ) in the Red River Delta. 

 The fifth annual Conference of Vietnamese Young Scientists (ACVYS 2018) took place in the Republic of Korea (RoK)’s Sejong University in Seoul on May 20. 

 The Ministry of Finance aims to have financial cloud infrastructure fully operational by 2025.

VietNamNet Bridge - Some scholars have suggested amending current laws to ‘lay down the red carpet’ to receive talented educators. 

Blockchain technology is an important solution to trace the responsibilities of involved parties in the farm produce supply chain. However, the feasibility of the technology application in the immediate time is questionable. 

Having products retailed at foreign distribution chains is a good way to bring Vietnamese goods to the world market. But domestic companies still find it difficult to do. 

Four investors from Vietnam and Japan have asked for Hanoi authorities’ permission to develop a smart city capitalized at $4 billion.

Asian champion Trương Thị Phương struck gold at the ICF Women’s Canoe Cup 2018 in Szege, Hungary, early this week.

 HCM City will host three continental taekwondo championships later this month.

Vietnam News talks to Anne-Catherine Schaub-Jones about her experience of taking part in Ironman, the largest international multi-sport event in the country, recently held in Da Nang.

 If Vietnam get out of their group at the Asian Football Confederation U19 Championship in Indonesia, they will certainly have earned it.

 Vietnam has seen a radical change in lesbian, gay, bi-sexual and transgender (LGBT) rights over the last decade as the State has made significant steps to protect rights and equality.

 The bodies of two people who were tossed overboard after a barge capsized on the Dong Nai River were found after an eight-hour search. One other person is still missing.

 At least 100,000 doses of the meningococcal vaccine will be imported to Viet Nam by the end of May, increasing the number of imported doses to some 800,000 in 2018.

 HCM City’s Supreme Court on Thursday appealed against the 18-month probation of a 78-year-old man for molesting children in southern Bà Rịa-Vũng Tàu Province.