The Vietnamese Journalism Association should pay more attention to the improvement of its members’ political and professional skills since the social and media environments have become complex, the head of the Central Publicity and Education Commission, Võ Văn Thưởng, told a journalists’ meeting yesterday.

A national social media campaign that will begin on April 25 will promote social change by giving parents a forum to discuss road safety and helmet use.

High-quality flower farming has helped make farmers in Hà Nội’s suburban districts more prosperous in the last few years, said Hà Nội’s Agriculture and Rural Development Department director Chu Phú Mỹ.

Inspections of three apartment buildings found the water quality did not meet the Ministry of Health's standards, Võ Nguyên Phong, deputy director of Hà Nội’s Department of Construction, said.

A hotline has been set up to receive feedback from people and businesses on the difficulties they may encounter while registering for land use certificates or “red books.”

Thailand will begin receiving Vietnamese workers to work in the fishing and construction sectors from May, according to the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs (MoLISA).

More than 300 workers were hospitalised due to food poisoning in the southern province of Bình Phước yesterday.

The government will stop collecting the controversial road maintenance fees from motorbike riders from June 5.

The inspection team of the agriculture ministry has for the first time destroyed a herd of pigs in Tiền Giang Province that were fed with food containing salbutamol, a banned substance in animal feeding.