Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc has urged authorities in the Tây Nguyên (Central Highlands) to focus on socio-economic development and improve living conditions for local people.

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc offered condolences to relatives of the officers and soldiers involved in two separate accidents of a fighter jet and a rescue aircraft.

A head-on collision of two passenger coaches yesterday along Prenn mountain pass in Đà Lạt killed at least eight people and injured 30 others.
 

The body of the second pilot on board the missing fighter jet Su-30MK2, Senior Lieutenant Colonel Trần Quang Khải, was found late yesterday afternoon in the area of Hon Mat, an islet 40 nautical miles off the coast of the central province of Nghe An.

Vietnam News Agency in general and Việt Nam News in particular need to continue to renew news reporting and management methods, improve quality and accomplish the missions assigned by the Party and the State, making contributions to maintaining peace and stability, and fostering international integration while realising the 12th Party Resolution.

Deputy Prime Minister Vương Đình Huệ has urged the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development to buy salt to help salt producers, especially in areas with significant salt storage.

Minister of Natural Resources and Environment Trần Hồng Hà has suspended titanium mining operations, after an embankment was breached surrounding waste reservoirs at Hàm Thuận Nam District’s Thuận Quý Commune.

Việt Nam could improve migrants’ access to public services and employment by reducing the time and number of requirements needed for residents to get a household registration certificate, according to a report released yesterday.

HCM City’s Department of Industry and Trade has submitted a proposal on opening a Chemical Trade Centre to the city’s People’s Committee.