Lê Đình Quả, 37, was born in a farmer family in suburban Hà Nội. His parents are not well-off, but they tried their best to help Quả fulfill his studying with hope that he would have better future than them.

More than 8,000 enterprises nationwide currently owe social insurance premiums totalling some VNĐ2 trillion (US$87 million). These debts are very difficult to retrieve, with some even impossible to get, according to Việt Nam Social Insurance (VSI).

Bars in Hội An ancient city in the central province of Quảng Nam must reduce the volume of music from 10pm and stop serving before midnight every day, Nguyễn Văn Sơn, deputy chairman of the city People’s Committee told tuoitre.vn online newspaper.

The Đồng Tháp Province Department of Agriculture and Rural Development will earmark over 2,000 hectares of land for farming giant river prawns, most of it in Tam Nông, Thanh Bình, and Cao Lãnh districts and Hồng Ngự town.

The Labour Federation of southern Đồng Nai Province said they contacted local enterprises to find new jobs for nearly 2,000 labourers who hadn’t received salaries and year-end bonus as their foreign employers had fled the country.

 A set of criteria to build a “livable city” was in the final stages at a consultation conference hosted by the Đà Nẵng City Commission for Publicity and Education on Tuesday.

HCM City plans to increase the parking fees for automobiles that park on roadsides and sidewalks in District 1, 3, 5, 10 and 11 to VNĐ20,000-40,000 (US$0.9-1.8) per hour.

Red tape has dragged out the issuance of land use certificates in HCM City, causing more than 100,000 cases to remain on the shelves, gathering dust.

Trần Quang Dũng, 36, has been paralysed since an illness when he was 2 years old. But he has not only survived and thrived with his disability—he has also provided support to disadvantaged people thanks in part to a cherished role model.