Việt Nam News

The investor of an infrastructure project at the Quảng Trạch Electricity Centre had been told not to dump 2.3 million cubic metres of soil into waters near Hòn La Island,

Trà Vinh Province in the Mekong Delta has confirmed it second fatality from A/H1N1 swine flu this season.

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc has sent a message to traffic agencies ordering them to ensure road safety during the three-day holiday from September 1-3 to celebrate National Day (September 2) and the nation’s new school year ceremony (September 5).

Hà Nội reported 41 more dengue fever cases over the past week, according to the municipal Department of Health.

Đức Giang General Hospital has started a medical programme to provide free checkup, consulting and endoscopy surgery to patients with digestion diseases, especially digestion cancers on August 13 in Hà Nội.

The HCM City government has instructed its Department of Planning and Investment to invite bids for the long-delayed Bình Qưới – Thanh Đa urban area project in Bình Thạnh District.

“What could a bank note of VNĐ1,000 (US0.43 cents) buy?” you may wonder as you contemplate an accumulated stack of small money. On a small islet in the Mekong Delta of Sóc Trăng, an eatery offers an answer: meals there priced at VNĐ1,000 not only satisfy customers’ stomachs but also fill their hearts and souls.

 As reliance on information technology becomes ever more pervasive in society, cyber crime has grown rapidly both in quantity and sophistication in Việt Nam, experts say.

The National Wage Council yesterday finally reached a consensus to an option of raising the 2019 regional minimum wage for non-State employees at 5.3 per cent compared to the 2018’s wage.

Provincial and city authorities plan to evacuate people from dangerous areas before typhoon 4 is expected to enter the Gulf of Tonkin and bring heavy rain to northern and north central provinces in the coming days.

Minister of Health Nguyễn Thị Kim Tiến has asked large hospitals in HCM City to take drastic measures to reduce patient overload by focusing on satellite clinics at district-level hospitals and applying information technology.

The central province of Quảng Nam has agreed a pre-feasibility study for the development of an International Education City in Nam Hội An with proposed investment of VNĐ1.5 trillion (US$66.4 million).

Dozens of residents of a mountainous commune in the northern province of Phú Thọ fear they might have contracted HIV after receiving from a local doctor injections that were allegedly contaminated.  

The People’s Committee of HCM City plans to make District 2 a central district of the city.

The HCM City school system faces a shortage of facilities and teachers for physical education classes for the upcoming school year.

HCM City is mulling a make over for Nguyễn Huệ Pedestrian Street in District 1.

Chairman of the Bình Phước Province People’s Committee Nguyễn Văn Trăm on Sunday asked for an inspection on the work of supporting cashew nut farmers who suffered losses in the period 2016-17.

A doctor in Hà Nội has raised concerns about the high number of children hospitalised with high fevers and rashes, suspecting that measles is to blame because many kids have not been vaccinated.