Lawyer Ngô Anh Tuấn has proposed implementing specific regulations on acts of child sexual abuse and lowering the age of criminal responsibility for such abusers from 18 to 16.

Đà Nẵng University has opened a Technical Teachers’ Training College to train 2,000 students at four technological and engineering faculties.

Deputy Prime Minister Trịnh Đình Dũng has ordered the central province of Bình Định's Police Department to quickly complete its investigation into 60ha of a local forest being illegally chopped down in An Lão District’s An Hưng Commune in August.

Private hospitals that have signed health-insurance contracts with Việt Nam Social Insurance (VSI) will continue the contracts next year. However, private healthcare facilities must now have their classifications authorised by the Ministry of Health.

Remaining social insurance debt until the end of November was more than VNĐ2,800 billion (US$120 million), accounting for 8.47 per cent of the debt collection plan, Dân trí newspaper reported.

The HCM City People’s Council wrapped up its sixth session yesterday after approving two resolutions related to the implementation of the National Assembly’s Resolution No 54 on piloting special mechanisms and policies for HCM City and the city’s socio-economic targets for 2018.

Hà Nội should finalise regulations on construction management to eliminate overlapping responsibilities between agencies, and also to clarify inspection duties to better deter construction violations, experts have said.

High tides have exceeded warning level three of six, submerging HCM City streets and causing terrible traffic congestion on Wednesday.

 A reservoir embankment in central Quảng Trị Province is at high risk of breaching, threatening the safety of 3,000 local residents who live below the reservoir.