A fresh cold wave is approaching the mountainous areas of Việt Nam on Monday, according to the National Centre for Hydro-Meteorology Forecasting.

The third phase of a project on upgrading Việt Nam’s capability to measure rain and detect storms and lightning has been launched at the Pha Đin Radar Station of Điện Biên.

An ethnic-minority woman treats bellyache for another by traditional method in northern mountainous Lào Cai Province’s Bát Xát District. —VNS Photo Việt Thanh

Households in the capital’s Old Quarters can enjoy preferential tax rates if they offer motorbike parking services in their premises, Hà Nội Mayor Nguyễn Đức Chung has said.

At the beginning of last year a woman named H. in HCM City transferred a total of VNĐ10 billion (US$437,800) in several times to a man she met on social media upon his request. She later realised it was a scam.

Transforming the workplace for women requires the elimination of structural barriers, discriminatory laws and social norms to create equal economic opportunities, said United Nations Resident Co-ordinator Kamal Malhotra. He spoke Friday at a dialogue organised by the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs and UNDP about women’s economic empowerment in the changing world of work.

Customs officers of the northern mountainous province of Cao Bằng yesterday seized nearly 1,000 breeding chickens and ducks that were being illegally smuggled into the country from China.

From early March, HCM City local authorities will consider granting land-use certificates for those who bought land and houses through informal agreements as well as fix long-term existing environmental pollution problems.

The HCM City People’s Committee on Friday established a headmasters’ council, an association of the headmasters of 46 universities in the city.