Việt Nam News

HCM City is seeking help from the Prime Minister to resolve a financial conflict that has led to the suspension of the city’s multi-million dollar anti-flooding project.

Nearly 1,000 vehicles have been equipped with e-tags since electronic toll collection systems (ETC) were installed at toll stations on the HCM City – Long Thành – Dầu Giây Expressway in August last year.

About 145ha of land have been returned to the Bù Gia Mập National Park by local residents in the central province of Bình Phước, according to the forest management board.

Coach operators in major stations in Hà Nội have not announced any plan on increasing coach fares during National Day holiday.

The Directorate for Roads of Việt Nam is seeking solutions to fix cracks that have reappeared again and again on the surface of Thăng Long Bridge, threatening road safety.

 The Việt Nam Red Cross Society (VNRC) in collaboration with the Việt Nam-Russia oil and gas exploration joint venture (Vietsovpetro) handed over 55 breeding cows to poor families in Thanh An Commune, Minh Long District of Quảng Ngãi Province last week.

 Tân Sơn Nhất International Aiport Customs on Sunday announced that they cracked down an illegal marijuana trafficking chain from the US to Việt Nam.

 A woman died and five people were injured after a truck crushed into them on Sunday evening in Bình Thuận Commune, Bình Sơn District in the central province of Bình Thuận.

An urban expert suggested building exclusive lanes for pedestrians and cyclists in major cities to fight off pollution from motor vehicles.

In the past, coffee farmers in the Central Highland province of Gia Lai made the work manually but in the last ten years, they had another choice – using machine made by a local amateur mechanic Đỗ Đức Quang.

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc has issued a directive ordering the Ministry of Public Security, Ministry of Transport and relevant agencies to take urgent actions to ensure road traffic safety.

The Government has issued a resolution assigning major tasks for ministries and local authorities and asking them to identify solutions to obstacles relating to policies and investment schemes in the construction sector.

Eighty-three children with cleft lips and palates from four Central Highlands provinces of Đắk Lắk, Đắk Nông, Gia Lai and Lâm Đồng will receive operation from today until Friday at the Central Highlands Regional General Hospital with the support of the non-profit medial service organisation Operation Smile Việt Nam.

Vietnamese victims of Agent Orange have once again had their hopes for justice rekindled. But despite the recent landmark ruling against Monsanto in a San Francisco court, major obstacles remain on the path towards justice.

Foreign and Vietnamese fertility experts last Saturday (August 25) discussed infertility treatments using assisted reproductive technology at a two-day international conference held in HCM City.

Lạc Hồng University’s LH – Galaxy team representing Việt Nam at the 2018 ABU Asia – Pacific Robot Contest (ABU Robocon) beat China team to win the competition for the seventh time.

Two people were killed in a collision between a seven-seat car and the SE8 express train at a level crossing in Hưng Mỹ Commune, Hưng Nguyên District in the Central Province of Nghệ An on Saturday.

Big infrastructure projects like hydropower plants are meant to make people’s lives better, but the opposite is true in Quảng Nam Province.