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Nearly VNĐ20 billion (US$863,000) in fines has been collected from 10,848 cases involving illegal discharge of waste, following a two-year effort in HCM City to encourage people not to throw waste into waterways and public spaces.
A man returning from Japan and a woman from South Korea were the latest new COVID-19 cases reported on Sunday.
At 5am on Saturday morning, the first train left Cát Linh station. Another train also left Yên Nghĩa station in the outlying district of Hà Đông at about the same time.
The Hà Nội People’s Court on Saturday sentenced Nguyễn Nhật Cảm, former director of the Hanoi Centre for Disease Control (CDC Hanoi), to 10 years in prison for “violations on bidding regulations that cause serious consequences”.
Two men returning from Ukraine, a man back from UAE and another from Russia were the latest COVID-19 cases reported in Việt Nam on Saturday evening. One more patient was declared free of the virus today.
HCM City needs to assess the features of its cultural and architectural identity so that it can create viable urban public spaces, experts said at a recent seminar.
More rice farmers in the Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta province of Đồng Tháp have switched to growing high-quality rice varieties, which sell well and offer high profits.
Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc has issued a notice calling for traffic safety during upcoming holidays along with strict observation of regulations on control and prevention of Covid-19.
Andrew Jefferies, Country Director of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) in Việt Nam, commended the Vietnamese Government’s swift and effective response against COVID-19.
