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.

Maurizio Anastasi, head of the technical office of the Cultural Heritage Superintendency of the city of Rome and a visiting delegation of Hanoi city leaders in Italy recently discussed cooperation in the restoration and preservation of ancient relics.

The German Consulate General in Ho Chi Minh City unveiled at a press conference on September 30 a wide array of activities on the agenda in celebration of the 40th anniversary of Vietnam-Germany diplomatic relations.

Arranging accommodation for workers is a growing headache for HCM City, Dong Nai and Binh Duong provinces which have more than 70 industrial zones with about 1.8 million workers.

The French Agency for Development (AFD) on September 30 signed a credit agreement in Hanoi providing EUR20 million in preferential loans in support of a continuing programme to develop a long-term governmental climate change adaptation strategy for Vietnam.

Without a long-term human resource (HR) development strategy, businesses are unable to stand firm and operate efficiently in a highly competitive environment, experts warned at a workshop in HCM City on September 29.

The unemployment rate among young people aged between 15 and 24 saw a sharp increase of 6.31% in the first nine months of 2014, three times higher than the country’s average figure (2.12%), according to the General Statistics Office (GSO).

The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) and the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) co-hosted a seminar in Hanoi on September 29, discussing measures to reduce greenhouse gases in agriculture.

Dozens of illegal rail crossing are blamed for many of the recent rail crossing accidents in the northern province of Nam Dinh recently.

The rush to breed shrimp has damaged the environment in nearly all of Vietnam’s central coastal provinces, environmentalists have warned.

On the occasion of World Heart Day (September 29), the World Health Organization (WHO) reminds Vietnamese citizens to curb salt use to prevent heart disease and stroke.

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung allowed the use of an official development assistance (ODA) package worth 3 trillion VND (135 million USD) to carry out climate change adaptation projects during 2015.

The Vietnamese bookstore, Alphabooks, on September 28 signed a strategic cooperation framework agreement in Hanoi to publish children’s books with Kyowon, the largest book publisher in the Republic of Korea.

In observance of International Day of the Girl Child (October 11), a rally and march were held in Hanoi on September 28 to raise awareness of gender imbalance at birth in Vietnam.

"Made up" statistics are having a serious impact on Viet Nam`s social security system, Dr. Trinh Hoa Binh from the Academy of Social Sciences told Lao dong (Labour) Newspaper.

Exploded Ordnance Disposal (EOD) teams from Peace Trees Viet Nam (PTVN) detonated and removed a 1,000-pound (450kg) bomb in the central Quang Tri Province yesterday.

Vietnam has always pursued a policy of safeguarding citizens’ rights to religion and belief freedom, as stipulated in the country’s Constitution and legal framework, Head of the Government Committee for Religious Affairs Pham Dung affirmed.

Most foreign tourists who rent a motorcycle do not have a driver`s license under the provisions of Vietnam law and they unaware of Vietnamese traffic laws.

More than 70 foreign delegates are gathering in Binh Dinh province to examine ways to manage solid waste in a pro-poor, environmentally sustainable and economically viable manner in secondary cities and small towns in the Asia-Pacific region.

Ten days before General Vo Nguyen Giap`s first death anniversary, people brought flowers and candles to his house at No. 30, Hoang Dieu Street, Hanoi to commemorate the legendary general.

Tourists may soon be seen shuttling around HCM City in electric buses like they do in Ha Noi as part of a pilot project just approved by the People`s Committee.