The Government will create favourable conditions in terms of mechanisms and policies to enable the development of HCM City, Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc promised at a meeting with the city People’s Committee on Monday.

The government has enforced Decree 41/2016/ND-CP regulating the authorisation for foreign organisations and individuals to conduct scientific research in Việt Nam’s territorial waters.

The HCM City Police, in the past three days, have discovered several cases related to fraud and gambling on football pools over the Internet.

Six foreign businesses operating in Việt Nam were discovered to be using pirated computer software, the Ministry of Public Security said. The police found illegal software installed in more than 500 computers of the businesses.

 An agreement to open four more pairs of auxiliary border gates has recently been signed between authorities of the southern province of Tây Ninh and its neighbouring Cambodian province of Svay Rieng.

Hotlines will be set up at the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (MoNRE) and the General Department of Geology and Mineral of Việt Nam (DGMV) as well as at localities to receive information on illegal mineral exploitation, said an official.

HCM City-based FV Hospital has is offering check-ups and treatment to nearly 900 cancer patients who hold national health insurance cards in order to ease the burden on the public hospital system.

President Trần Đại Quang yesterday suggested the central province of Phú Yên continuously expand industry and construction, as determined in its economic restructuring plan developed for this year.

People with HIV and AIDS are expecting medical costs to soar when international health aid is cut off next year, participants at a policy dialogue said yesterday.