The Law Division of Hà Nội People’s Council has asked districts to force residents living in old apartment buildings to remove iron cages installed on balconies to create emergency exits.

Another education official involved in a high school graduation exam cheating scandal in Sơn La Province was put under house arrest on Wednesday as the investigation expanded.

Nearly 900 karaoke bars in the capital have been closed due to fire safety violations, according to Hà Nội’s Fire Department.

Nearly 40,000 State employees have been cut off since 2015 so far following the policy of the Party and Government to downsize the number of public employees since early 2015.

The People’s Court of HCM City on August 22 handed out prison sentences ranging from five to 14 years to 12 defendants, all of whom are members of a reactionary organisation. 

With the local flood season underway, a fishing net making village in Cần Thơ City is operating at full capacity.

Hà Nội has been developing specialised cultivation areas to promote its farm products.

The HCM City Farmers Association targets increasing farmers’ average income to VNĐ65 million (US$2,900) by 2023, up from VNĐ49 million last year.

Hundreds of toddlers have been unable to enroll at public kindergartens in Hà Tĩnh Province this school year due to a serious shortage of teachers.