The Mekong Delta should bring farmers and agricultural companies closer together and adopt advanced farming techniques to increase the value of its farm products, experts have said.

The Ministry of Transport (MoT) had decided to stop collecting tolls from build-operation-transfer (BOT) roads that had quickly fallen into disrepair after opening, reported online newspaper vietnamplus.vn.

The adoption of minimum energy performance standards will achieve a minimum saving of around VNĐ10 trillion (US$480 million) and a reduction of 34 million tonnes of CO2 emissions by 2030, a workshop heard in HCM City yesterday.

Hà Hưng Pharmarcy Company’s factory of 4,000sq.m in Văn Lâm District, Hưng Yên Province was devastated in an inferno on Monday.

The People’s Committee of Hà Nội’s Sóc Sơn District has asked Minh Phú Commune People’s Committee to coordinate with relevant agencies in solving violations relating to illegal construction on forest land by the end of November.

The Việt Nam Food Administration (VFA) under the Ministry of Health has fined two dozen companies for violating food safety and hygiene regulations.

The National Centre for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting (NCHMF) said that a cold spell is forecast to hit northern Việt Nam starting on Wednesday.

After a short holiday, Vietnamese workers at a South Korean garment company in HCM City were dismayed as they couldn’t get back into work. When they returned after their vacation earlier this month, they were refused entry into their own factory by a group of strangers.

With HCM City’s metro line No 1 from Bến Thành to Suối Tiên suffering from major cost overruns, and the National Assembly yet to sanction the additional funding, the city government has said it will try and provide the required funds to finish the work by 2020, the extended deadline.