HCM City Customs Department has collected more than VNĐ109 trillion (US$ 4.8 billion) in export-import duty revenues in 2017, translating to an increase of 7.75 per cent compared to 2016.

After graduation from Hà Nội’s National Economic University, all the friends of Bachelor of Economics Vũ Văn Lực sought jobs in the city. But Lực decided to return to his homeland in the northern mountainous province of Sơn La to realize his dream of cultivating strawberries.

The Ministry of Construction has again proposed that water and electricity be cut off at illegal constructions although this solution stopped in 2015 because of its inconsistency with regulations.

Phạm Công Danh told the court yesterday that he had transferred VNĐ600 billion (US$27 million) to Hứa Thị Phấn, a former high-level advisor of Trust Bank, and had used VNĐ500 billion ($22.7 million) to increase registered capital at VNCB.

The current national response to HIV fails to adequately respond to the diverse needs and rights of the main affected groups – women and girls.

The People’s Committee of northern mountainous Hà Giang Province has found many small hydropower plants in the locality violating norms.

Transport researchers have suggested banning the use of mobile phone while car driving as it threatens road safety.

The Directorate for Roads has asked investors of road projects under Build-Operate-Transfer (BOT) contracts to ban cars from parking for over five minutes at toll stations.