The People’s Committee of Cần Thơ City on June 4 held a meeting with the US ambassador and others to discuss investment potential and chances to promote multidisciplinary cooperation between Cần Thơ City and US businesses and government agencies.

The Vietnamese Embassy in Japan announced its hope that the murder of a 9-year-old Vietnamese girl last year will be handled strictly and a proper sentence will be given to the murderer.

The central power corporation, under the Việt Nam Electricity (EVN), has debuted the first solar power system for three junior secondary schools in the central provincial districts of Duy Xuyên, Đại Lộc and Quế Sơn, providing a ‘green’ energy and money saving from power consumption.

The People’s High Court in HCM City on June 4 opened a new trial in the case of 16 people who allegedly plotted to use petrol bombs to blow up Tân Sơn Nhất International Airport as the country was preparing to celebrate Liberation Day, a national holiday which marks the liberation of the south on April 30, 1975. 

The Airports Corporation of Việt Nam (ACV) and the joint venture JFV (Japan, France and Việt Nam) have signed a contract on a consultancy and feasibility study for the first phase of the proposed Long Thành International Airport in the southern province of Đồng Nai.

Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Nguyễn Xuân Cường has ordered provinces and cities to focus on ensuring farmers raise shrimp using proper breeding processes and advanced techniques.

A plane on the way from Hà Nội to Đà Lạt City had to make an emergency landing at Đà Nẵng International Airport as a male passenger fainted at 10,000m in the air.

The HCM City road and railway police have submitted a proposal to the city’s Transport Department to lower the speed limit on ten roads to at least 40kph.

Big cities like Hà Nội and HCM City have few parks and playgrounds because many plots earmarked for this purpose were being used for parking, business or other projects, reported Lao Động (Labour) Newspaper.