Additional VNĐ1.4 trillion compensation for Hi-tech Park project

The People’s Council of HCM City has promulgated a resolution to approve additional funds of VNĐ1,471 billion (US$63.3 million) for works on site clearance compensation and resettlement for the Hi-tech Park project in HCM City’s District 9, with funds coming from the city’s State coffers.

Social sciences academy and JICA link up

Under the agreement, the two sides will work together to prepare a socio-economic development strategy in 2021-30 for Việt Nam as well as the socio-economic development plan of Bến Tre and Hà Giang provinces, and to study emerging countries in Asia.

Cancer vaccines to be brought to Việt Nam

Việt Nam will receive cancer vaccines from Japan in the near future, Prof Tạ Thành Văn, Rector of the Hà Nội Medical University (HMU) told Lao Động (Labour) newspaper.

Brain aneurysms show no symptoms but can be fatal

Patients suffering from brain aneurysms mostly experience no symptoms, but half will experience their aneurysms rupturing and bleeding within two years, leading to death if not treated, doctors have warned.

CNG buses in HCM City could lose fuel supply

Environmentally-friendly buses in HCM City could face operating problems as compressed natural gas (CNG) suppliers plan to reduce CNG supply, according to local authorities.

Child sleep disorders bother parents

Children and adolescents need at least eight to 10 hours of sleep per night and a lack of proper sleep may lead to bad performance at school, slow physical growth and even traffic accidents.

Việt Nam fights people smuggling

Since its launch in 2002, the Bali Process on People Smuggling, Trafficking in Persons and Related Transnational Crime has aimed to raise regional awareness of the consequences of people smuggling, trafficking in persons and related transnational crime.

TESOL HCMC Association helps improve English teaching

The HCM City Association of Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL HCMC) in collaboration with Horizon TESOL Center and Tan Tao University successfully organised the 2019 TESOL Camp with the theme ‘Global TESOL Nexus’.

Accidents on National Highway 5 kill seven

It was a tragic morning on National Highway 5 as three consecutive accidents killed at least seven people and injured another two on Tuesday, Hải Dương Province traffic authorities announced.

Lao drug ringleader arrested

A Lao national carrying more than 24,000 tablets of synthetic narcotics was recently arrested at the Cha Lo international border gate in the central province of Quảng Bình, according to the provincial Border Guard High Command.

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