Many universities in HCM City have unveiled new enrollment plans for the next academic year.

HCM City is expected to treat nearly 4,000 people with HIV/AIDS who have health insurance cards in the first quarter of next year, following the cessation of free treatment for all such patients in the country, according to the city HIV/AIDS Prevention Centre.

Trade unions in HCM City are offering their labourers Tết bonuses, gifts, year-end parties and tickets for buses and trains for the upcoming Lunar New Year (Tết) holiday.

Local people must be involved in the construction process for new-style rural areas, Hoàng Xuân Thành from BTAP (Budget Transparency Accountability Participation) Coalition stated at a seminar in Hà Nội yesterday.

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc has approved the addition of a multi-purpose entertainment complex–horse racing course project into Hà Nội’s master plan on socio-economic development by 2020.

The HCM City Department of Public Security in collaboration with political institutions will diversify grassroots models to mobilise all citizens for a campaign to strengthen public security and safeguarding the country.

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The HCM City People’s Supreme Court yesterday upheld a 30-year sentence handed down by a first-instance trial for Phạm Công Danh, the former chairman of the board of Việt Nam Construction Bank (VNCB), on charges of wrongdoing and violations of banking rules.

The number of Vietnamese working overseas totalled 140,000 this year, increasing nearly 7 per cent over last year, according to the Overseas Worker Management Department.