Storm Pabuk, the first to hit the East Sea this year, had killed one person, left one missing and injured six others in southern localities as of 10am on Saturday.

Vocational training schools in HCM City should also teach soft skills to their students, experts said.

The Supreme People’s Procuracy has prosecuted Từ Thành Nghĩa, former General Director of Việt Nam-Russia oil and gas joint venture Vietsovpetro, for “abusing position and power to appropriate assets.”

The bodies of three Vietnamese people killed in a recent roadside bomb in Egypt were brought back to HCM City yesterday.

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).