It’s the beginning of the year, a time for New Year’s resolutions. It’s a crucial time because if you don’t start acting on your resolution now, chances are you won’t see it through at all. Not unlike us ordinary citizens, the Government of Việt Nam has some resolutions to keep.

Hà Nội Police detained and searched the house of a man yesterday for allegedly appropriating assets as part of the investigation into the suspected racket at Long Biên wholesale market in the capital city’s Ba Đình District.

Last year saw remarkable progress in food safety monitoring, particularly in the dissemination of safety information, the promotion of clean food production and distribution and the verification of product origins.

The HCM City People’s Committee unveiled several ambitious targets for this year at a review meeting yesterday.

Five pilot sites in the city were set up with staff who have professional and technical training offered by the city’s Department of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs and the Center for Supporting Community Development Initiatives (SCDI).

From the northern mountainous province of Yên Bái, in April 2018, Vi Thanh Thuỷ headed to Hà Nội, seeking life-changing opportunities.

Việt Nam aims to reduce the number of traffic accidents, deaths and injuries by 5-10 per cent, according to targets set by Deputy Prime Minister Trương Hòa Bình.

Criminal gangs from Việt Nam are running a vast network of illegal cannabis farms across the United Kingdom, with many trafficking unsuspecting children into Britain to carry out the dirty work.

The International German School (IGS) in HCM City will be rebuilt and expanded as part of the “Bildungscampus Deutschland” (Educational Campus Germany) project, according to Deutsches Haus Ho Chi Minh City.