A meeting took place in Sam Son city, the north central province of Thanh Hoa, on October 13 to mark International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction and release the World Disaster Report 2019.
The Multi-Agency Coordination and Emergency Operations Centre Workshop is being held in Hanoi from September 17-20 to share the latest information and scientific knowledge with disaster management officials from central to local levels.
The Border Guard High Command of the north central province of Thanh Hoa on September 13 said they had arrested a man trafficking seven bricks of heroin (weighing about 350 grams a brick) and 56,000 methamphetamine pills.
National Assembly Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan joined teachers and students of the Thap Muoi High School in Thap Muoi district, the Mekong Delta province of Dong Thap, in a ceremony starting the 2019-2020 academic year on September 5.
The Central Steering Committee on Natural Disaster Prevention and Control’s Office on August 6 reported that so far, Storm Wipha has claimed 10 lives and left 11 people missing.
The Central Steering Committee on Natural Disaster Prevention and Control’s Office on August 6 reported that so far, Storm Wipha has claimed 10 lives and left 11 people missing, destroyed 91 houses and caused great property losses.
Five people have died and 14 remain missing as storm Wipha brought torrential rains and strong wind to northern and north central localities for several days from August 1.
One person was dead while 15 others went missing in the north central province of Thanh Hoa early August 3 due to landslides and floods triggered by rains brought by storm Wipha, which landed in northern Vietnam the previous night.
Storm Wipha, the third tropical storm to hit Vietnam this year, made landfall in the northern coastal province of Quang Ninh on August 2 night and has weaken to a tropical depression, delivering drenching rains and strong gusts to northern and north-central localities.
The World Bank-funded Program for Results (PforR) of rural water supply and sanitation in eight Red River Delta provinces has so far benefited 1.4 million residents.
Varous activities have been held across Vietnam over the past few days to express gratitude to martyrs, war invalids and other revolution contributors ahead of the 72nd War Invalids and Martyrs’ Day (July 27).
Activities have been held nationwide to pay tribute to those who sacrificed for the cause of the national revolution. They took place on the occasion of War Invalids and Martyrs Day (July 27).
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has urged central localities to redouble efforts to cope with the prolonged heat wave, drought and saltwater intrusion in the region.
Twenty-two professional pop singers from ten member countries of ASEAN will compete at the ASEAN+3 singing contest slated for July 26-29 in Ha Long city, the northern province of Quang Ninh.
All the four Vietnamese students who participated in the 2019 International Biology Olympiad in Hungary have brought home one silver and three bronze medals, the Ministry of Education and Training announced on July 21.
At a question-and-answer session on June 4 morning, National Assembly (NA) deputies asked why have illicit drugs poured into Vietnam since 2017 in huge volumes?
Heavy rainfall is expected to continue in the northern region and the central province of Thanh Hoa over the weekend, the National Hydro-Meteorological Forecast Centre has warned.
The Ministry of Health launched the National Micronutrient Day 2019 in the central province of Thanh Hoa on May 28 with an aim to promote the physical and mental health development of children, as well as their life quality.
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