HCM City authorities report positive results on several fronts four months after the government resolution that gave the city more control over its governance was approved by the National Assembly. Among the notable improvements was approval by the city’s People’s Council to increase civil servants’ salaries.

After the 2017-2018 spring-autumn garlic harvest 15 days ago, farmers of Lý Sơn island district in the central province of Quảng Ngãi are preparing for a new onion crop but there is one thing in short supply, sea sand.

The Vietnam Inland Waterway Administration has called on the Ministry of Transport to assess and invest in three waterway transport projects in the Mekong Delta under public-private-partnership mode.

The Institute of Vaccines and Medical Biologicals (IVAC) of Việt Nam has announced the successful production of inactivated seasonal influenza vaccine (IVACFLU-S) for commercial use.

One of the goals of the new general education programme issued by the Ministry of Education and Training is to reduce pressure on students and give them more practical experience. But after a month-long pilot programme in six provinces and cities, experts and teachers have identified major shortcomings in the curriculum.

A fire occurs at a construction site in Hà Nội French Hospital in Hà Nội yesterday afternoon, destroying motorbikes of workers.

President Trần Đại Quang met with Vietnamese and foreign scientists in Hà Nội yesterday after they attended the seminar themed “Science for development” that took place in Quy Nhơn City in the central province of Bình Định on Wednesday and Thursday.

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.