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.

The watershed forest in Dak Lak province is now in danger because of people`s search fir doi (Michelia mediocris Dandy) seeds.

The PM has issued directions tackling obstacles to the arrival of foreign tourists in Viet Nam.

KTĐT - The Vietnam Railway Corporation has proposed that the transport ministry renovate 112-year-old Long Bien Bridge as soon as possible to ensure safety. 

The PM has approved a project on capacity building and institutional reform to promote green growth and sustainable development in Viet Nam.

The Australian Consulate General in HCM City on January 7 signed a Direct Aid Programme (DAP) contract to provide more than AUD260,000 for 14 small-scale projects in 11 provinces in central and southern Vietnam.

A workshop was held in the central city of Da Nang on January 6 to develop a detailed plan to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the Da Nang Seafood Service Zone, and to create solutions to business development.

Expanding the list of participants, amending provisions on conditions to enjoy unemployment allowance and on the level of such allowance, etc., are some of the significant adjustments on the policy of unemployment insurance stipulated in Law on Employment (2013), which will be brought into effect from January 1, 2015.

The National Assembly Television Channel made its debut in Hanoi on January 6, with Chairman Nguyen Sinh Hung in attendance.

The Con Dao National Park in southern Ba Ria-Vung Tau Province is the first place in Vietnam to successfully implement a sea turtle conservation and rescue programme through numerous efforts taken since 1987, greatly contributing to the action strategies on biodiversity of the country and the region.

While analysts have repeatedly warned about the exhaustion of precious medicinal herbs, local authorities say they cannot do anything to stop herb exploitation because it is not prohibited by law.

A nature conservation centre in Danang City has organised education trips for students to learn about wild animals in local forests, including the rare and endangered red-shanked douc langur, pygathrix nemaeus, of which only a few hundred still exist.

The Ministry of Planning and Investment (MPI) has given the go-ahead to a project on supervising elephants in Dong Nai province, which aims to prevent elephant-human conflict and improve the natural landscapes of the Dong Nai Natural and Cultural Reserve.

KTĐT - Airports throughout the country have served more than 50.5 million passengers and handled 905,000 tonnes of goods in 2014, year-on-year increases of 14.7 percent and 18 percent, respectively, said Lai Xuan Thanh, Head of the Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam (CAAV).

The distance between central Hanoi and Noi Bai International Airport will be halved to 15 kilometers when a newly built bridge and road leading to the airport is opened to traffic later this week.

Paying wages to employees is one of the most basic obligations of the employer. However in principle, forms of wage payment as well as payroll calculation methods in several cases still often confuse enterprises.

There is great potential for applying the Public-Private Partnership (PPP) model in environmental protection, but this has not happened because a proper legal framework is missing, experts say.

​Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh made an urgent phone call to Indonesian Foreign Minister Retno L.P. Marsudi yesterday, affirming that Viet Nam was willing to join search and rescue efforts for missing AirAsia flight QZ8501 if needed.

Job instability and lower incomes compared with other sectors keep young people out of social work even when they graduate in the subject, a seminar at the HCM City Open University heard last week.

​The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development has approved a programme to sustainably grow the cashew industry, which targets output rising to 400,000 tonnes by the end of this decade from 286,000 tonnes now.

​Noi Bai International Airport`s new terminal would be officially opened on January 4 next year, announced the Ministry of Transport (MOT) at a conference yesterday in Ha Noi.