Việt Nam News

Public employees and officials can take early retirement if they do not meet new job specifications after their company gets restructured.

Lê Minh Hiển, head of Community Service Office in HCM City’s Chợ Rẫy Hospital, wakes up early every weekend and goes to nearby provinces to give free screenings to poor and underprivileged children.

More than 23 million students nationwide, or a quarter of the total population, started a new academic year yesterday.

The Vietnamese team brought home seven gold, seven silver and six bronze medals along with 16 certificates of excellence from the 12th ASEAN Skills Competition, leaving Việt Nam second out of 10 participating countries.

The authorities of HCM City have asked the Government to increase investment in the city’s first two metro lines because of a capital shortage.

Cao Lãnh District is the first locality in Đồng Tháp Province to pilot a new "portable" health insurance policy, which has had positive results after five months of implementation.

Authorities in the Mekong Delta are setting up safe sites for children in flooded areas and ensuring the safety of students going to school.

The People's Procuracy of northern Phú Thọ Province has required to confiscate more than VNĐ372 billion (US15.9 million) that three mobile operators had earned from the recent massive online gambling ring.

The 2018-19 schoolyear already started on Wednesday across the country, but a shortage of textbooks for the first, sixth and tenth grades is still reported in some major cities.

A new dioxin decontamination method said to be cheaper and more environmentally friendly will be piloted at the Bien Hoa Airport in the southern province of Dong Nai.
 

The northern region is preparing to welcome the first cold spell of this autumn-winter, as temperatures are expected to decrease from 10 degrees Celcius, the Central Hydro-meteorological Forecast Centre has said.

More than 23 million students started the new academic year on September 5.

HCM City plans to move electrical and telecommunication utility boxes underground in an effort to improve safety and the city’s beauty.

The southernmost province of Cà Mau is installing black box devices for monitoring trips on fishing ships longer than 15 metres.

You’ve probably heard of multiple measures to ease traffic congestion in HCM City, but are you aware that the city plans to restrict motorbikes by 2030?

HCM City is merging various management boards, departments and districts in an effort to streamline its administrative procedures.

An additional 2,430 people with HIV were diagnosed in the first six months of the year, an increase of 732 compared to the same period last year, according to the HCM City Centre for HIV/AIDS Prevention and Control.

When she rushed to a nearby health station last month for immediate medical help, Trần Mai Kiều, 32, a housewife from HCM City’s District 11, was turned away since the only doctor there was absent.