Việt Nam News

The Ministry of Finance has proposed to Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc measures to address loopholes in the legal framework related to offering state assets to Build-Transfer (BT) investors in exchange for infrastructure.

The number of poor households in the Mekong Delta province of Long An  fell from 4 per cent in 2016 to 2.9 per cent as of June this year, according to the province’s Department of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs.

More than 2,000 people including 300 speakers will attend the 16th National Congress of Cardiology in the central city of Đà Nẵng today and tomorrow.

The Vietnamese and Indian Coast Guards on Thursday carried out a joint exercise off the Chennai coast, Tamil Nadu state, India.

As many as 63 provincial-level market surveillance departments will be established under the newly named General Department of Market Surveillance by October 12.

Residents of Phụ Chính Village in Hòa Chính Commune, Chương Mỹ District want to sell a 200-year-old sưa (dalbergia tonkinensis) tree which was once valued at VNĐ100 billion (US $4.28 million).

Nearly 10 tonnes of smuggled ivory and pangolin scales were found at a container that disguised as plastic scrap in Tiên Sa port of the central city on October 4, marking it as the largest smuggled wildlife products via port of Đà Nẵng city.

FrieslandCampina Vietnam and the Central Council of Hồ Chí Minh Young Pioneer Organisation are jointly organising a training course for implementation of the Milk Drinking- Exercising- Healthy Programme for 40 primary school teachers in Đà Nẵng who are in charge of making plans and managing activities for the organisation.

A police officer has been detained as part of an investigation into an alleged child gang rape, Thái Bình police announced on Thursday.

Hạ Long Bay authorities said on Friday they had offered a free cruise to a newlywed South African couple who were scammed by an online tour booking fraud.

The Military Command, in co-ordination with local authorities in the southern province of Tây Ninh, successfully defused a large bomb in Tân Biên District.

Dozens of major streets in downtown Hà Nội will be closed on Saturday and Sunday for the State funeral of former Party General Secretary Đỗ Mười.

Deputy Prime Minister Trịnh Đình Dũng has asked HCM City authorities to accelerate the flood control project worth VNĐ10 trillion (US $430 million), reported online newspaper vietnamplus.vn.

Hà Nội People’s Committee aims to implement several projects to strengthen national capacity in response to climate change and environmental pollution in the capital during 2016-2020.

The central city has urged the Ministry of Transport to speed up the pre-feasibility study on the construction of the first stage of Liên Chiểu port in 2018-19, t be put into operation in 2022.

The HCM City Department of Education and Training has instructed managers of schools to take preventive measures against the spread of contagious disease among students.
 

Việt Nam’s economy continues to perform well, propelled by the sustained global recovery and continued domestic reforms, according to a new World Bank report.

The Ministry of Public Security has called on local police forces to strengthen the fight against robberies at banks, banking transaction centres and gold shops.