No more roadworks after January 10: Hà Nội authorities
All construction on roads and pavements must be halted or completed by Friday to ensure traffic safety for the upcoming Tết holiday, Hà Nội’s transportation department announced on Sunday.
Việt Nam’s border gates tighten monitoring of China pneumonia
The Ministry of Health (MoH) has urged its provincial subsidiaries to tighten management at border gates in response to China’s Wuhan pneumonia outbreak.
Hà Nội police bust VNĐ4 billion cigar smuggling ring
More than 15,000 smuggled cigars worth VNĐ4 billion (US$173,900) were seized in Hà Nội, capital city police announced on Sunday.
Students are opting for engineering to gain more credits
Việt Nam’s universities of sciences and technology place an engineering degree above that of a bachelor of technology degree, citing the rising demand in labour market and quality of graduates as the reasons.
4,000 houses built with social policy credit
Social policy credit helped to build more than 4,000 houses and over 1.2 million water supply and sanitation facilities in rural areas in 2019, according to the Vietnam Bank for Social Policies (VBSP).
Labourers get free bus tickets, presents for Tết
Hundreds of disadvantaged workers have received gifts and free bus tickets to return home for the Lunar New Year (Tết) holiday.
Billionaire village turns to ghost town
Six years ago, a village of tycoons appeared in Sơn Tây District, in the central province of Quảng Ngãi, as local people became billionaires overnight thanks to land compensation from a hydropower project.
Bonuses encourage lecturers to do scientific research, but problems remain
Universities in Việt Nam have had an increasing number of scientific articles published in prestigious international journals.
HCM City plans to crack down on vehicle emissions
HCM City authorities plan to restrict the number of old motorbikes that cause pollution.
Youth donate blood to save lives
More than 300 units of blood were collected during the Red Sunday Festival yesterday in the central province of Quảng Bình.
Drugs traffickers arrested in Điện Biên, Nghệ An
Four people are under arrest after police smashed two separate drug smuggling rings. Heroin, ketamine and thousands of ecstasy tables have been recovered.
Wind turbine destroyed by fire in Bình Thuận
A turbine on a windmill got fire and was destroyed completely on Sunday morning in the southern province of Bình Thuận.
Transport crackdown promised ahead of Tết
The Ministry of Transport wants snap inspections on bus routes to crackdown on overcrowding and price hikes.
Turmeric offers remedy that profits farmers
Turmeric is usually used in cooking to add a spicy flavour to food, but it can also be used to treat gastric problems and to heal scars. Lecturers and students at Đông Á College have successfully developed a cold-drying process for turmeric and a method to extract oil from the peel.
Mekong Delta radish town has bumper harvest
Farmers in Sóc Trăng Province’s Vĩnh Châu Town are having a bumper long white radish harvest.
Children should be protected from violence and sexual abuse
While efforts are being made to prevent violence against children, much still needs to be done.
HCM City told to improve public satisfaction in administrative procedures
HCM City needs to improve the levels of public satisfaction in administrative services if it wants to develop sustainably, Trần Lưu Quang, standing deputy secretary of the city Party Committee, has said.
Ethnic minority people vulnerable to illegal surrogacy trade
The trade of unborn babies to China and illegal surrogacy have become a serious problem in northern mountainous provinces.
Tech sector fulfills tasks for 2019
Deputy Prime Minister Vũ Đức Đam highly appreciated the science and and technology sector for its contributions to the country’s development in recent years at a conference held yesterday in Hà Nội.
Woman arrested for smuggling 3,000 meth pills
A Vietnamese woman has been arrested for smuggling 3,000 methamphetamine pills from Cambodia into Viet Nam, hidden inside a teddy bear.
