The Quang Tri provincial Border Guard Command, in collaboration with local authorities and sponsors, handed over 100 newly-built homes to poor ethnic minority households in Truong Son commune on August 27, coinciding with Viet Nam’s 80th National Day (September 2).

The transport industry must continue to shoulder the mission of ‘paving the way’ in the new era of national development, said Deputy Prime Minister Nguyễn Chí Dũng at an event marking the Traditional Day of the sector (August 28) on Tuesday.

Hue City has achieved its targets of eliminating makeshift and dilapidated housing in 2025, as announced at a conference held by the People’s Committee of Hue City on August 25.

It is the first time in Việt Nam’s history that no citizen will be forced to live in unsafe, temporary shelters.

Cars in Hà Nội and HCM City manufactured from 2017 must meet Level 4 emission standards from January 1, 2027, under a roadmap proposed by the Ministry of Agriculture and Environment.

Following Prime Minister Phạm Minh Chính’s directive, a number of strategic transport projects in southern Việt Nam have been completed on or ahead of schedule to coincide with the 80th anniversary of National Day (September 2).

Within the framework of the National Achievement Exhibition on the occasion of the 80th anniversary of National Day (September 2, 1945 - September 2, 2025), taken place from August 28 to September 15, 2025 at the National Exhibition Center (Dong Anh, Hanoi), the Department for Roads of Vietnam actively participated with many rich contents and display models, affirming the mark of the Road sector during 80 years of building the Transport sector and contributing to changing the transport infrastructure and changing the face of the country.

On August 21^st, 2025, in the framework of Vietnam Water Week 2025, a thematic workshop titled “Vietnam Water Sector in the New Era: Challenges and Opportunities” was held in Hanoi. The event was organized by the Vietnam Water Supply and Sewerage Association (VWSA) and attracted more than 200 delegates, including managers, domestic and international experts, scientists, and representatives of water supply, drainage, and wastewater treatment companies.

On August 21^st, the Party Committee of the Ministry of Construction organized a hybrid conference (in-person and online) to disseminate Directive No. 50-CT/TW dated July 23rd, 2025, issued by the Party Secretariat on continuing to innovate and enhance the quality of Party cell activities in the new period, and to provide guidance on the use of the Party Committee’s operational document system. Mr. Dao Van Tien, Deputy Secretary in charge of the Party Committee of the Ministry of Construction, attended and delivered the opening remarks and directions.

The Hưng Yên provincial People’s Committee agreed to adjust traffic organisation at the Km1+240 intersection, located between S1 Bridge and the extended Chu Văn An Road in Tân Thuận Commune, Hưng Yên Province.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh chaired a national online conference on August 16 to review the implementation of social housing development targets in the first seven months of 2025 and deploy tasks for the remaining months to achieve the goal of building 100,000 social housing apartments this year; as well as implementing social housing development targets in the following years.