Taking the water from the Red River and the West Lake to clean To Lich River is just one piece of the puzzle. Drastic actions are needed to keep the environment clean and green.

Van Mieu-Quoc Tu Giam, one of Hanoi's most important cultural landmarks, attracts thousands of visitors each Tet.

Vietnam has made remarkable strides in developing a comprehensive, life-cycle, and gender-transformative social protection system.

About 6.8 million Vietnamese people will get benefits from the Vietnam Dam Rehabilitation and Safety Improvement Project with the credit support worth 415 million USD from the International Development Association, approved by the World Bank Group’s Board of Executive Director on December 16.

Vietnam has been asked to set up a training model for volunteer health workers and assistant doctors in the use of traditional medicine in primary health care in the ASEAN Community.

According to the Hanoi Traffic Police Division, since early this December, about 450 cameras have been placed at more than 150 intersections in the city. The cameras record images of the violators, their vehicle plate numbers, and the time and place of the violations.

The Central Steering Committee for Flood and Storm Control on December 15 asked authorities of coastal localities from central Da Nang city to southern Ca Mau province, and relevant ministries to brace for tropical storm Melor.

Hanoi People`s Committee has approved the proposal of the municipal Department of Planning and Architecture in choosing sites to construct playgrounds, flower gardens in 118 wards, communes and towns in the city with the total area of ​​59 hectare.

Hanoi-based Vietnam National University (VNU) in collaboration with Japan`s 15 leading universities will establish the training program for Vietnam-Japan University. The school will offer the first training programmes in 2016, focusing on six master’s courses.

As Vietnam continues to urbanize rapidly, adequate supply of affordable housing will be integral to achieving national development targets and enabling the country to maintain a high rate of growth, with cities contributing a growing share of jobs and GDP.

Hanoi`s three projects of the Terminal T2 of Noi Bai International Airport, Nhat Tan Bridge and the road connecting Noi Bai airport were presented the JICA President Award by the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) at the ceremony held in Hanoi on December 11.

The Vietnam Electricity (EVN) issued the document to ensure the stable supply of electricity during the coming Christmas and New Year 2016.

The best four designs for a memorial site dedicated to soldiers who laid down their lives to protect Hoang Sa (Paracel) archipelago are being displayed in Ho Chi Minh City for public feedback.

Deputy Prime Minister Vu Van Ninh requested the southwestern region to accelerate agricultural restructuring while chairing a meeting of the Steering Committee for the Southwestern Region in Can Tho city on December 11.

Vietnam is among the developing countries that received support from the French Agency for Development (AFD) to deal with climate change, said Alix Francoise from the AFD on the sidelines of the 21st Conference of Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP21) in Paris.

The World Wide Fund (WFF) for Nature in Denmark (WFF Denmark) and Danish organisations and businesses will continue their support for Vietnam to further promote natural conservation activities, including the expansion of effective bio-diversity preservation models.

While hopes are high that the coming ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) will bring opportunities to Vietnamese labour, the country`s workforce still has a lot of work to do to take advantage of them.

More than 5,000 pages of document related to President Ho Chi Minh had been collected in Russia under a cooperation project to popularise the late President’s thought.

This request was made by Deputy Prime Minister Hoang Trung Hai said at a conference reviewing the five-year plan on forest protection and development held in Hanoi on December 9.

A workshop was held in Hanoi on December 9 to discuss the role of non-governmental organisations (NGOs) in the development of Vietnam and Germany.

Young people from Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam (CLV) gathered in the southern Lao province of Champasak for the annual CLV youth forum that kicked off on December 9.

All people in the country are being offered a chance to exchange their old batteries with green batteries at no additional cost.

This is the request of Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc said at a conference in Hanoi on December 8 to ensure traffic safety order in 2016-2020 period.