Deputy Prime Minister Vũ Đức Đam has asked the Việt Nam Social Insurance and Ministry of Health to work harder in the time ahead to have at least 90 per cent of the population covered by health insurance by 2020, as demanded by the Prime Minister.

A strengthened co-operative mechanism between the Việt Nam Fatherland Front and other State anti-corruption agencies is needed to better oversee and detect corruption.

Four Chinese nationals were arrested for alleged swindling and misappropriation of assets, the city police said. Those arrested are Guan Zao, 46, Ke Qinying, 52, Xie Yuqiong, 44, and Zang Huamei, 47. 

Locals in the southern province of Tây Ninh have been asked to return the land on which they have illegally encroached to forestry projects, the provincial Agriculture and Rural Development Department said.

The Kon Tum People’s Committee has proposed construction of a highway from the Bờ Y International Border Gate in the province to Pleiku City in Gia Lai Central Highlands Province.

Hà Nội will build six new interprovincial coach terminals based on the transport scheme of the city by 2030, with a vision for 2050.

The Hà Nội People’s Court yesterday sentenced a 60-year-old man to 30 years’ imprisonment for fraud for misappropriating properties and making fake seals of state organisations.

The Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs (MoLISA) will propose a new project to Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc in connection with the recent fish deaths in four central provinces.