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.

Pirates attacked the ship VP ASPHALT 2 off Singapore’s coast in the early morning of December 7 and a Vietnamese crewman Tran Duc Dat was shot in the forehead by the pirates.

​Some 170 volunteers and photographers took part in a non-profit event launched by Help-Portrait Vietnam to take photos of disadvantaged people in Hanoi.

High demand for farm produce and the sheer variety of ways in which it is brought into HCM City from other localities makes quality control a very difficult task, officials say.

The Central Steering Committee for Storm and Flood Prevention and Control has convened a meeting to discuss measures to cope with super Typhoon Hagupit which is expected to make landfall in the East Sea on the night of December 8.

The Wild Animal Rescue Centre of Pu Mat National Park in the central province of Nghe An handed over two Indochinese tigers to the Hanoi centre for wild animal rescue and forest protection.

A seminar took place in the Central Highlands province of Dak Lak on December 4 – 5 to discuss issues relating to the right to a fair trial.

To celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Convention on the Rights of the Child, the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs (MOLISA) in collaboration with UNICEF organized a ceremony to announce the World`s Children Report 2014 themed "Innovation for every child " on December 4.

​Journalists and policymakers in the Mekong Delta this week received training in how to develop an action plan and expand media coverage of the importance of children wearing a helmet while riding a motorbike.

​ A private company has begun to chop down and remove about 200 trees on Kim Ma and Nguyen Thai Hoc streets in the capital city.

​The Hanoi Health Department launched the National Action Month on Population on December 4 with a focus on communication campaigns to promote family planning.

Thanks to various interesting tours, Vietnam has been chosen as one of the most attractive destinations in 2015 by Renowned US business magazine Forbes.

​The HCM City government yesterday urged grassroots authorities to be more active in pursuing administrative reform, saying people`s satisfaction with administrators is not increasing fast enough.

On December 3, to promote the exchange of visitors between the two countries Vietnam and Indonesia, a conference on tourism between Vietnam and Indonesia was held by Vietnam National Administration of Tourism.

​The Geotechnical Engineering Festival (GEOFEST) has been held in Langkawi archipelago in Kedah northwestern state, Malaysia.

Voters in the nation`s commercial hub told President Truong Tan Sang yesterday that they wanted tougher moves against corruption and better support for workers.

​Ho Chi Minh City attracted 370 Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) projects with a total capital of US$2.78 billion over the past 11 months of 2014, up 194.6% in capital from the same period last year.

Nearly 16,000 people took part in the 18th annual Terry Fox Run in the Phu My Hung Urban Area, Ho Chi Minh City on November 30 to raise funds for cancer research.

The Cuu Long (Mekong) Delta faces a possible shortage of freshwater for next year`s rice crops due to drought and a worsening of saltwater intrusion in the coming dry season, according to the Southern Centre for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting.

​The Vietnam Electricity’s National Power Transmission Corporation (EVNNPT) on November 30 put into operation the 220kV Thap Cham Electrical Substation and the 220kV Vinh Tan – Thap Cham Powerline after one year of construction.

​No human fatalities have been reported, but the roofs of 33 houses in Phu Yen Province were blown off by the Sinlaku storm that hit two central provinces yesterday.