Deputy Prime Minister Trương Hòa Bình has asked related agencies to investigate a case of a bus accident in Lao that killed eight Vietnamese guest workers and injured three others on board early yesterday morning.

Nguyễn Thành Công, 54, a labourer in Thoại Sơn district of Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta province of An Giang, has worked as a rock miner for nearly 30 years to earn a living.

The Vietnam News Agency (VNA) and Turkey’s Anadolu Agency (AA) inked a new co-operation agreement on information exchange in Hà Nội yesterday.

Many workers have not been able to access healthy and nutritious meals at their workplaces, causing massive food poisoning. In the meantime, enterprises have shown little interest in improving the situation.

Ministries of Finance, Industry and Trade have announced the number of administrative procedures they expect to remove or simplify this year as part of their efforts in realising Government’s Resolution 19/2016 about improving the business climate.

A heat wave, with a peak temperature of 40 degrees Celsius, has hit the northern and central regions, disrupting the daily life of the locals.

The municipal People’s Committee chairman, Nguyễn Đức Chung, has ordered the establishment of five inter-sector inspection teams on food safety and hygiene.

A bus bearing Laos license plates exploded and caught fire while en route to Việt Nam today, killing nine Vietnamese and heavily injuring three others, 15km from the central province of Quảng Bình.