The trial of 28 former officials of Đại Tín Bank (Trust Bank) (now Việt Nam Construction Bank) continued yesterday with a focus on how the former senior advisor of the management board of Trust Bank, Hứa Thị Phấn, was able to increase the value of her house at 5 Phạm Ngọc Thạch Street in District 3 in HCM City.

Three Vietnamese cities, Đà Nẵng, Hội An and Đông Hà, have entered the final round of the World Wild Fund for Nature (WWF)’s 2017 – 2018 One Planet City Challenge programme along with 37 other cities around the world.

The Government Committee for Religious Affairs held a conference in Hà Nội yesterday to introduce the Law on Belief and Religion, and a decree stipulating a number of articles of the law and enforcement measures to ambassadors and representatives of diplomatic agencies in Hà Nội as well as domestic ministries and agencies.

Farmers in the Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta province of Trà Vinh have expanded the highly profitable super-intensive shrimp farming using advanced techniques.

The natural resources and environment ministry is developing a draft decree to replace Decree No. 51/2014/NĐ-CP (Decree 51) allotting sea areas to organisations and individuals for exploiting marine resources.

Women migrant workers face the risk of violence and trafficking, discrimination while accessing fair and sustainable employment, and supportive services, as well as insecurity.

HCM City People’s Court on Friday sentenced a restaurant owner to seven years in jail for misappropriating more than VNĐ 663 million (US$29,100) from an Australian client.

Việt Nam is now home to more than 80,000 foreign workers, according to Lê Quang Trung, deputy head of the Department of Employment under the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs (MOLISA).

A short message service (SMS) campaign was launched on Friday to help poor patients suffering from Tuberculosis (TB) and integrate them into the community of Việt Nam.