Ho Chi Minh City plans to open 22 more pedestrian streets in its downtown districts to better accommodate residents and tourists. A street in Ho Chi Minh City (Photo: VNA) The plan aims to reduce traffic in inner-city areas, while boosting tourism and service activities. Under the Department of Transport’s proposal, which has been submitted to the municipal...

An e-identification app (VNEID) was officially launched by the Ministry of Public Security’s police department for administrative management of social order at a press conference in Hanoi on July 18. Illustrative image (Photo: VNA) Speaking at the event, Lieutenant General To Van Hue, Director of the department, said this is the first time Vietnam has launched a digital platform-based...

All four members of the Vietnamese team that competed at the International Chemistry Olympiad (IChO) 2022 won gold medals, the Ministry of Education and Training announced on July 18. Vietnamese students win gold at International Chemistry Olympiad 2022 (Photo: VNA) The winners are Nguyen Viet Phong, a 12th grader from Le Hong Phong High School for the Gifted...

The Ministry of Health (MoH) has ordered the Ho Chi Minh City Hospital of Odonto-Stomatology and Cho Ray Hospital to set up a professional committee to clarify the cause of jawbone necrosis in patients with a history of COVID-19 infection. A doctor of Cho Ray Hospital in HCM City gives advice to a woman recovering from jawbone necrosis...

The southern region might be hit by powerful storms at the end of this year, a conference on natural disaster prevention and control heard in Ho Chi Minh City late last week. Large areas of rice fields in Ca Mau province suffered damages from rising flood water last week. (Photo: VNA) Mai Van Khiem, Director of the National Centre...

Cities and provinces across Vietnam will need to develop a database system and data sharing mechanism among State management agencies to develop e-government as part of an effort to become smart cities, experts said. Vietnam has set a target by 2025 to have 100% of national databases serve e-government. (Photo: VNA) Speaking at a recent meeting, Dr. Pham...

The Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam (CAAV) has requested making a list of troublemakers who violate aviation regulations so they can be banned from flying. Planes of some Vietnamese airlines at Noi Bai International Airport in Hanoi (Photo: VNA) In a recently issued directive on aviation safety and security, CAAV Director Dinh Viet Thang said airport management agencies...

All four Vietnamese students competing at the International Biology Olympiad 2022 (IBO 2022) pocketed medals, bringing home one silver and three bronzes, the Ministry of Education and Training (MoET) reported on July 18. All four Vietnamese students competing at the International Biology Olympiad 2022 (IBO 2022) pocket medals (Photo: VNA) The silver medalist is Truong Van Quoc Dat from...

Vietnam ranked fifth with five medals at the International Physics Olympiad (IPhO) 2022 hosted by Switzerland from July 10 – 17, according to the Ministry of Education and Training. The Vietnamese students claim five medals at the International Physics Olympiad (IPhO) 2022 hosted by Switzerland from July 10 – 17. (Photo: VNA) The five-member team won three golds, one...

Currently, the situation of the COVID-19 pandemic has been controlled, leading to the situation that some people have a subjective mentality, neglect with the pandemic, and do not want to receive the 4th dose of the COVID-19 vaccine, leading to the risk that the COVID-19 pandemic may re-emerge. From the beginning of June 2022, the whole province administered the...