HCM City’s metro line No 1 between Bến Thành Market in District 1 and Suối Tiên Tourist Park in District 9 will become operational by the end of 2020, according to the city’s Management Authority for Urban Railways.

In spite of long-term and sustainable profits that solar power brings to users, many families hesitate to install home-grown solar system due to high investment rate.

The restoration of the Tháp Chàm-Đà Lạt Railway, originally built by the French, will receive investment from a private- public-partnership (PPP).

Former soldiers of the Navy Engineering Regiment No 83 who fought to protect the Gạc Ma (Johnson South) Reef, part of the Trường Sa (Spratly) Archipelago, from Chinese invaders in 1988 hosted a memorial service for 64 of their comrades on Thursday.

Deputy Prime Minister Vương Đình Huệ, head of the Central Steering Committee for reform of wage and social insurance policies, made the statement at a meeting held yesterday in Hà Nội to review the implementation of a Party resolution on salary policy reform.

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc has called for more inspections and stricter punishment regarding wrongdoings over the management and use of military land.

The Hà Nội People’s Court is mulling over a lawsuit filed by the Tuần Châu Hà Nội JSC against stage director Việt Tú over intellectual rights to the company’s show Quintessence of Tonkin.

The HCM City People’s Council on Wednesday (March 13) set a deadline for completion of a facility at the Oncology Hospital in District 9 that was previously scheduled to be finished by the end of 2017.

Pig-farming Từ Tây Ward in Yên Phú Commune, Yên Mỹ District, the northern province of Hưng Yên, is going through hard times, with farmers forced to cull hundreds of pigs infected with African swine fever every day.