Residents living in Quang Hưng Ward, Thanh Hóa City, on Monday informed local authorities that an oil spill from a local enterprise had affected their farming fields.

 Only 350 of over 3,000 scrap containers stuck at Cát Lái Port in HCM City had been opened and handled so far this year, said Nguyễn Hữu Nghiệp, deputy head of the city’s Customs Agency.

Leaders are asked to bear greater responsibility in resolving people’s complaints and denunciations, Bùi Văn Khánh, deputy head of Hoà Bình Province People’s Committee concluded at the online seminar with 11 sub-localities yesterday.

Nông Thôn Việt magazine’s Rural Bridges Programme on Monday in collaboration with donors and the people’s committees of Mộc Hóa District and Kiến Tường Town in Long An Province, officially opened 17 bridges in the two localities, witnessed by former President Trương Tấn Sang.

The HCM City Division for Population and Family Planning has called for more programmes and policies that will help reduce the rate of unwanted pregnancies among youth, division director Trần Văn Trị said.

Poor hygiene of school toilets has been a long-standing issue for students.

The bustling wildlife meat trade in the Central Highlands province of Gia Lai is easy to see, but local authorities claim it’s too “difficult” to handle hunters and traffickers.

The HCM City Department of Transport has told transport companies and bus stations not to raise fares for the upcoming New Year holiday.

The HCM City’s People’s Committee has recognised District 10 for reaching its target of having no households living under the poverty line two years ahead of schedule.