The HCM City Department of Transport has asked the city to increase subsidies for buses by VNĐ330 billion (US$14 million) each year as some bus drivers are facing a shortage of funds.

Ethnic minority girls from remote mountainous areas in Sơn La Province are pushing themselves for marriage, despite being underage, in the hope of a better life.

Businesses operating in the 23/9 Park in HCM City must move out by April 30 next year, the chairman of the HCM City People’s Committee, Nguyễn Thành Phong, has said.

The Department of Health of the south-eastern province of Đồng Nai plans to set up at least one clinic in each district, Long Khánh town and Biên Hòa city to provide methadone substitution treatment for drug addiction.

The Bến Tre Province People’s Committee has approved construction of a  dyke to prevent saltwater intrusion along a section of the Hàm Luông River extending from Ba Tri District to Giồng Trôm District.

Only 5.7 per cent of Việt Nam’s older people maintain good health—a worrisome sign as the country’s population is aging faster than almost any other country in the world, said Nguyễn Đức Công, director of Thống Nhất Hospital and deputy president of HCM City Association of Geriatrics at last week’s “Nutrition and Geriatrics” conference.

The Ministry of Education and Training, Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) and the Japanese Embassy are calling for applications for the Project for Human Resource Development Scholarship funded by Japanese Grant Aid (JDS) 2018.

Nguyễn Thành Phong, chairman of the HCM City People’s Committee, yesterday called on the Ministry of Defence to soon hand over land for construction of the Thủ Thiêm 2 Bridge.

The shipment, weighing 119 kilograms and worth an estimated VNĐ7 to 8 trillion (US$29.9 million), was found in a scrap metal container.