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Ca Mau seeks $60.4 m from Government to resettle households in disaster–prone areas

The Ca Mau Province People’s Committee has asked the central Government for VND1.4 trillion (US$60.4 million) to relocate families living in natural disaster-prone areas to new residential areas built in 2016-25.

Bamboo Airways allowed to train aviation staff

The Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam on August 13 granted local carrier Bamboo Airways an Approved Training Organisation (ATO) certificate, allowing it to train aviation staff, firstly flight attendants and technicians.

Chinese men arrested in Son La for murder, robbery

Police in the northern border province of Son La have arrested three Chinese men who killed a taxi driver to rob his car.

More and more schools in HCM City have green space

Kids at the private Sao Viet Kindergarten in HCM City’s Hoc Mon District are happy to put vegetable seeds in styrofoam boxes and water them in the garden.

Hue folk singing to be taught at school

The Culture and Sports Department in Hue has signed an agreement to co-ordinate with the local Education and Training Department to add folk singing to the academic curriculum in schools.

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Online revenue suddenly plunges at MWG

Little boy wins international music prizes

For many parents, introducing their children to the piano at a young age is a chance for their children to begin to learn about music.

Vietnam, Japan boost cooperation in war consequence settlement

Deputy Minister of National Defence Nguyen Chi Vinh has suggested Japanese agencies coordinate with Vietnam’s Steering Committee on the Settlement of Post-war Unexploded Ordnance and Toxic Chemical Consequences in building cooperation plans.

HCM City opens new Eastern Bus Terminal

The new Eastern Bus Terminal in District 9 will open soon following two years of construction of the first phase of the project.

Guitarists to perform at In’t Finger-Style Guitar Festival

Five international guitarists will perform at the Viet Nam International Finger-Style Guitar Festival at the Viet Nam Youth Theatre on August 17.

Safety of reservoirs called into question after plant incident

The concerning situation at Dak Kar Hydropower Plant in the central highlands province of Dak Nong has once again raised alarm on the safety of the region's many small and medium-sized hydropower plants during the rainy season, 

Oysters die en masse in Thai Binh

Massive oyster deaths in Tien Hai District, northern Thai Binh Province, in recent days have devastated local farmers.

VP Bank Hanoi Marathon 2019 to open

The International VP Bank Hanoi Marathon tournament (VHM) will open on October 20 at Ly Thai To Park, by Hoan Kiem Lake in downtown Hanoi.

Saigon Heat secure VBA playoff berth

Saigon Heat ended hosts Danang Dragons’ Viet Nam Basketball Association playoff hopes after beating them 70-62 at the Military Zone 5 Gymnasium on Sunday.

NA Standing Committee to question ministers

Fifteen minsters and leaders of sectors will field questions lawmakers this week at the 36th session of National Assembly (NA) Standing Committee.

Ha Noi demolish Thanh Hoa in V.League

Ha Noi trounced Thanh Hoa 5-0 on Sunday to stay on top of V.League 1.

Striker Pape Omar and captain Nguyen Van Quyet netted a double each while Papa Ibou Kebe scored the other.

Linh to become first Vietnamese professional boxing athlete

Vietnam champion Ha Thi Linh is hope to fight her way to the top.

On Saturday, she will make her professional debut at the World Boxing Organisation Asia Pacific tournament in China.

Six charged with bribery in protection racket

Six men have been prosecuted for bribery in a protection racket that ramped up billions of dong from truck drivers to avoid traffic offences, Hanoi police announced on Sunday.

Three family members killed by lightning

Three members of a family in Tram Tau District, the northern mountainous province of Yen Bai, were killed by lightning on Sunday, according to local authorities.

Man appears in court accused of abducting Vietnamese teenager in UK

A Vietnamese man has appeared in court in the United Kingdom accused of abducting a Vietnamese schoolgirl.