The Hà Nội Inspectorate on Monday confirmed it would continue investigating violations related to forest land use and management in Hà Nội’s Sóc Sơn District after releasing its initial conclusions on the violations last week.

The Directorate for Roads of Việt Nam has proposed developing software to better manage drivers in the transportation industry.

Việt Nam has made an important step in the development of its labour market by ratifying ILO Convention 159 on Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment for Disabled Persons, further proving the country’s commitment to eliminating employment discrimination against people with disabilities.

Drowning claims the lives of more than 2,000 children each year in Việt Nam, making it the country’s leading cause of deaths for people aged under 15.

Investigators in the northern coastal province of Quảng Ninh have arrested Lê Duy Hạnh, 56, incumbent chairman of State-turned-shareholding Quảng Ninh Thermal Power JSC, for alleged abuse of power.

Local people whose houses were destroyed by landslides in the city of Nha Trang’s Phước Đồng Commune, the central coastal province of Khánh Hòa, have re-built their homes despite warnings by authorities, reported online newspaper vov.vn.

About 200 metres of Trần Hưng Đạo Street from Lê Duẩn Street to Yết Kiêu Street in Hà Nội’s Hoàn Kiếm District will be narrowed to make room for the construction of Nhổn- Hà Nội Railway Station on the city’s new urban railway route in the next few days.

Fifty scientists from 21 countries and territories across the world gathered in the central city of Quy Nhơn, Bình Định province yesterday under the 15^th “Meeting Vietnam” ( Rencontres du Vietnam) programme.