All districts and communes in the capital city of Hà Nội will start campaigns this week to control the pervasive encroachment of cafes, beer joints and cars on sidewalks.

Ministries and localities have been told not to buy cars this year unless otherwise dictated by a comprehensive review of the  number of State-owned cars.

It is fairly common that women are forbidden from going near shrimp farms in several southern provinces because they are believed to bring bad luck.

 Proposed legislation to eliminate some favourable conditions for female workers has met with resistance by both workers and employer. 

The Ministry of Industry and Trade on Sunday morning launched the Earth Hour 2017 campaign in Hà Nội, delivering the message, “Lights off to turn on the future”.

The southernmost province of Cà Mau has returned two Lexus cars presented by a local private company, the chief of the provincial People’s Committee office, Nguyễn Đức Thánh, said yesterday.

Former Ocean Bank chairman Hà Văn Thắm admitted his violations on Thursday, saying his actions were aimed at saving his job and preventing the bank from going bankrupt.

Hà Nội’s veterinary department has not found any trace of the banned substance salbutamol in samples collected from animal breeding farms and slaughterhouses during an inspection in February.

Fluctuations in the price of farm produce, due to a lack of long-term production planning and sustainable markets, are causing problems for many farmers in Đồng Nai.