At least 2,300 swimming pools must be built to accommodate swimming lessons for public high school students, according to the city’s Department of Culture and Sports.

The Customs Department of HCM City on Wednesday said it would cut by half the amount of processing time to complete customs documents for import and export businesses.

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc has tasked the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment to promptly find solutions for limitations on agricultural land ownership that curtail large-scale farming and production.

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc has instructed the Ministry of Finance to provide over 10,400 tonnes of rice from national reserve funds for 12 provinces before the upcoming Tết holiday.

The national fund of employment assistance from the Hồ Chí Minh Communist Youth Union has helped youths from northern Bắc Ninh Province launch businesses. However, a lot of local youngsters still find it difficult to access the fund.

The capital will award prizes worth a total of US$300,000 to design consultancy firms that come up with the best solutions to ease traffic congestion, Hà Nội’s People’s Committee said on Wednesday.

Four workers were seriously wounded when scaffolding collapsed at the construction site of a 32-storey building in Sơn Trà district on Wednesday night.

 A bomb weighing 266kg was unearthed during site clearance at a construction site in central Quảng Trị Province on Wednesday.

Bến Tre Province has identified the area where the first case of Zika virus infection was recorded on January 6 and has taken steps to prevent an outbreak.