Transport authorities said last week that car owners would still have to pay road use fees, even if the road maintenance fund is abolished.

HCM City is seeking to speed up spending on public projects after many districts reported slow rates so far this year.

Drivers of xe ôm – or motorbike taxis – carrying passengers and goods and drivers of non-motorised vehicles will have to register with authorised agencies, according to a new draft regulation on the management and use of non-motorised vehicles and motorcycles in the capital city of Hà Nội.

Four people were killed and one more injured after the single scooter they were all driving ploughed into the median of a main street in the city of Thái Nguyên, northern Thái Nguyên Province today.

The Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta province of Kiên Giang has harvested more than 130,000 tonnes of aquatic species so far this year, up 15 per cent from the same period last year, according to its Department of Agriculture and Rural Development.

The scandal was brought to light late last year when an investigation by Vietnam Television found the 58-year-old principal took advantage of his position to call many male students to his office for so-called study checks.

HCM City wants 50 per cent of high school graduates attaining certifiable international standard proficiency in foreign languages by 2020, according to the city Department of Education.

The Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta province of Trà Vinh plans to reduce the poverty and near-poverty rates by 1.5 percentage points each this year.

Foreign workers in Việt Nam have helped bring the competitiveness and capacity of the Vietnamese workforce in line with international standards, but the compliance of employers with laws regarding their hiring remains a problem.