HCM City has set an ambitious goal to become a value-added service centre similar to other East Asian cities, attracting investment from world-renowned corporations.

Around 170 cases of child sexual abuse are prosecueted in HCM City every year, according to the city People’s Procuracy.

The Quảng Ngãi Province People’s Committee has ordered officials to come up with support policies to enable farmers in Đức Phổ District to produce and sell clean salt in 2016-20.

The new Ghềnh Bridge, a railway bridge connecting Bình Dương Province’s Dĩ An Station and Đồng Nai Province’s Biên Hòa Station, will open on June 26.

The World Bank last week approved a loan of US$310 million to help Việt Nam build climate resilience and ensure sustainable livelihoods for 1.2 million people living in nine Mekong Delta provinces affected by climate change, salinity intrusion, coastal erosion, and flooding.

Increased numbers of people flocking to cities for work and study make renting a thriving business, but managing temporary residences for migrants has emerged as a new burden for cities.

 A fire occurred yesterday morning at the Cultural House for Children in the northern mountainous province of Điện Biên, destroying all of the home’s equipment and assets.

Customs officers handled 353 cases of goods being illegally transported by air in the first six months of 2016, worth more than VNĐ14 billion (US$627,000) in total, officials said.

Police in HCM City have arrested two men for using fake bank accounts to cheat several customers, earning hundreds of millions of đồng.