Việt Nam News

The Hà Nội’s People’s Committee has rejected a proposal to adjust the land use rights of part of the Ciputra urban area in Bắc Từ Liêm District. The area was set to be used for a commercial area, courtyards, gardens and internal roads but the proposed change would have allowed the construction of a complex of high-rise offices, hotels and residences.

Three children aged five to seven were found dead on Tuesday afternoon in a local river in the central province of Quảng Bình.

The Hanoi Railway Transport JSC (HARACO) and e-wallet and online payment gateway NganLuong.vn signed an agreement on August 6 to offer online booking and payment services for railway tickets.

A first grader at an international school in Hà Nội died on Tuesday after being forgotten on a school bus, according to authorities.

The Vietnam Textile and Apparel Association (VITAS) in co-operation with IDH – a Dutch sustainable trade initiative – kick-started the Life and Building Safety Initiative (LABS).

The Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs will propose that the Government reduce the eligible age for social welfare benefits from 80 to 75, said Minister of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs Đào Ngọc Dung.

Nguyễn Văn Sơn was dubbed the first ‘tree man’ in Việt Nam due to his incurable disease of warts covering both his hands and feet.

Việt Nam’s deeper integration into the global economy requires the country to enhance its capacity to comply with international labour commitments, including the elimination of forced labour and child labour, experts have said.

The Ministry of Transport has urged Đồng Nai Province to speed up site clearance, compensation and resettlement for affected households so that construction on the long-planned Long Thành International Airport can begin next year.

In the quest to obtain the perfect look, many end up in hospital with necrosis and pus-filled wounds.

Two chemical compounds, Momilactone A and Momilactone B (MA and MB), that can prevent diabetes, obesity and gout through their ability to inhibit enzymes relating to the diseases, have been found in white rice grown in the central province of Quảng Trị, scientists have announced.

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc praised the efforts of the country's high schools revealing discipline was better, community awareness better and overall, exam security had improved. 

More measures are set to be taken by Hà Nội authorities to improve local population quality.

The HCM City Department of Transport has told contractors to complete procedures and speed up work on four underground parking projects.

Northern Việt Nam remains the region with the highest number of deaths from rabies, accounting for 80 per cent of the country’s mortality, a health official said yesterday.

HCM City’s Department of Tourism has sent an inspection team to work with the inspectors of the city’s Department of Transport to clarify the overcharging of an elderly Japanese tourist by a cyclo driver on August 3. 

Heavy rains and floods triggered by storm Wipha have claimed 10 lives, while 11 others are still missing in northern and northern central provinces over the past few days, according to the latest report from the Central Steering Committee for Natural Disaster Prevention and Control.

Two new outbreaks of the A/H5N6 avian influenza, which is transmittable to humans, has been reported in Xuyên Mộc District, the southern province of Bà Rịa-Vũng Tàu, said head of the provincial animal health agency, Nguyễn Lương Trai.