If the State and citizens are not well aware of their responsibilities and obligations, “the tolerance for corruption” by chance will become a prolonged practice. 

Bribes have become increasingly accepted by Vietnamese people, according to results of a seven-year study released by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) last month.

President Trần Đại Quang has expressed hopes that Vietnamese students and teachers would make even more fruitful achievements in the new academic year that officially starts today.

Deputy PM Trịnh Đình Dũng has urged relevant agencies to expand HCM City’s Tân Sơn Nhất International Airport by using a section of military land to raise its capacity to 40-50 million passengers a year by 2025.

The Chàm  Islands, 18km off the coast of Hội An city, gained access to the national power grid on Saturday, after a one year construction project to install a 15.5km sub-marine cable system at a total cost of VNĐ 485 billion (US$22.7 million).

The second Eastern Economic Forum opened in the Russian city of Vladivostok on September 2, attracting nearly 2,500 delegates from Australia, China, India, Japan, the Republic of Korea, Singapore, the US and Việt Nam. 

The Chàm  Islands, located 18km off the coast of Hội An City, was connected to the national power grid today following one year of construction of a 15.5km under-water cable system, at a cost of VNĐ485 billion (US$22.7 million).

A series of activities have been organised across the country to mark Việt Nam’s 71st National Day on September 2.

Police have arrested eight members of a ring that allegedly traded hundreds of millions of counterfeit đồng between China and southwestern Việt Nam, according to Cần Thơ City’s security investigation department.