Master planning has been a weakness for HCM City for a long time and it could persist, a top HCM City leader has said.

The Fourth Industrial Revolution (Industry 4.0) is the focus of the 21st National Conference on Electronics, Communications, and Information Technology (REV-ECIT), which opened in Hà Nội yesterday.

In Bình Thuận Province, the country’s largest dragon fruit producer, more than 10,000ha of the fruit are being grown to Vietnamese good agricultural practice (VietGAP) standards, 500ha more than last year, according to the Dragon Fruit Research and Development Centre.

Hundreds of private, unlicensed container and truck yards in HCM City’s districts 2 and 9 are causing traffic congestion and other problems in the area, according to authorities.

Việt Nam aims to reinforce its hotline system for human trafficking prevention nationwide and across the border.

Two people died and one was injured when an explosion occurred while they repairing a boat at An Phú shipyard on 18 Đào Trí Street in Phú Thuận Ward in HCM City’s District 7.

A ceremony was held by authorities in the northern province of Điện Biên yesterday to repatriate the remains of 30 Vietnamese voluntary soldiers and experts who died on duty in Laos during wartime.

The 108 Military Central Hospital will put its central building into operation on December 17 as the country’s largest and most modern medical facility after more than seven years of construction.

The HCM City Food Safety Management Board has set up 12 inspection teams to ensure food safety and hygiene during the Tết (Lunar New Year) holiday.