HCM City is now offering online registration for 15 administrative procedures managed by the city’s Transport Department.

Work to upgrade HCM City’s Tân Sơn Nhất International Airport must be completed at the earliest to ensure the new facilities can be used from next year, Deputy Prime Minister Trịnh Đình Dũng has said.

As many as 490 foreigners have registered for electronic visas to enter Việt Nam, 210 of whom have been issued with their visas, after the first week of the e-visa pilot scheme, the Ministry of Public Security’s Department of Immigration has said.

Companies in the southern province of Đồng Nai need to find more than 30,000 new employees by the end of next month to make up for the shortage caused by the post-Tết staff turnover, according to the local Department of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs.

Mekong Delta provinces face a threat of H5N1 bird flu with the disease season just starting and farmers leaving their ducks to freely feed in fields following the completion of the winter-spring rice harvest.

The People’s Committee of the Central Highlands province of Lâm Đồng has approved a programme to preserve bio-diversity with a focus on high-value flora and endemic animal species.

Hospitals in HCM City have been striving to reach five goals to improve the quality of examinations and treatment, including safety, patient satisfaction, efficient management, effective services, and appropriate costs and prices. 

Overseas Vietnamese play an important role in developing Việt Nam’s economy by contributing their talent and intelligence in the science and technology field, the deputy minister of Science and Technology said on Thursday in HCM City.

The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development plans to hold more unscheduled inspections of food hygiene and safety in food production and trading this year.