A recent survey has found that more than 70 per cent of Hà Nội’s residents were satisfied with local public administration services, in particular more than 90 per cent of them were happy with the granting of identification cards.

The Việt Nam Maritime Search and Rescue Co-ordination Centre’s (Vietnam MRCC) SAR 273 boat yesterday rescued and towed a troubled trawler to Cửa Lò Port in the central province of Nghệ An.

Việt Nam needs to fight against corruption and promote transparency and integrity among local community in order to create a healthy investment environment and improve local business competitiveness for global integration and sustainable development, heard a meeting yesterday.

There have been 2,919 road accidents in HCM City this year in which 607 died and 2,377 others were injured, the Department of Transport reported.

The Đa Phước Waste Treatment Complex causes the foul odour that plagues some southern districts of HCM City, the head of the office of HCM City People’s Committee, Võ Văn Hoan, said yesterday.

Agricultural credit policy in rural areas of Việt Nam is inadequate so that 86 per cent of ethnic minority farmers in the Tây Nguyên (Central Highlands) region are borrowing “black” credit to develop production.

The central city of Đà Nẵng in co-operation with experts from the Japan Port Consultants company and the Overseas Coastal Area Development Institute of Japan have begun a pre-feasibility study to make Liên Chiểu Port a cargo port.

Despite smoking bans in public areas, many smokers ignore the prohibition. Non-smokers in crowded places, with children and the elderly present, still have to breathe in cigarette smoke. This has been blamed on punishments that are “not tough enough” by authorities.

Vietnamese women spend over five hours a doing so-called “no-name” work such as cooking, cleaning and childcare - about 2-2.5 hours more than men.