Việt Nam News

More than 60 young overseas Vietnamese from 10 countries and territories are taking part in the annual Summer Camp that opened today (July 23) in HCM City.

President Trần Đại Quang suspended Trương Minh Tuấn from his position as the Minister of Information and Communications on Monday.

Minister of Labour, Invalids and Social Welfare Đào Ngọc Dung has called on authorities of Gia Lai and Kon Tum provinces to investigate a case in which a housemaid was allegedly mistreated by her owner.

The People’s Procuracy of Biên Hòa city, the southern province of Đồng Nai, has prosecuted 20 persons for disturbing public order when demonstrating against the draft law on special administrative-economic units last month.

Hà Nội residents are struggling to find houses because the city is still lacking of social housing projects and some of them have been halted by capital shortage.

The authorities of HCM City plan to build major infrastructure to reduce traffic jams and flooding in and around the Thủ Thiêm New Urban Area in District 2, according to Nguyễn Thành Phong, chairman of the city’s People’s Committee.

Authorities in Kiên Giang Province have been tasked to coordinate with the provincial Department of Natural Resources and Environment to retrieve 1,029 original land use rights certificates reported missing on Phú Quốc Island District, a senior police official said.

The HCM City Department of Construction is piloting a “single window” mechanism for issuing construction licences.

The Việt Nam Viral Hepatitis Alliance, the Community Health Research Development Institute and the HCM City Open University will organise free screening for hepatitis B and C for nearly 2,000 people, half of them, disadvantaged, in HCM City next Saturday (July 28).

20 years since the launch of the Thủ Thiêm new urban area project in District 2, people are still living in temporary shelters.

llegal mining has caused not only losses of natural resources but also environmental problems in the Central Highlands provinces of Việt Nam.

A requiem ceremony was held in the central province of Quảng Trị on July 21 to commemorate soldiers who died during an 81-day battle here in the summer of 1972 to safeguard the country.

Two foreigners who were given fake money as change in Hà Nội last week were conned by a taxi driver, not a cyclo driver, as previously reported, police in Hoàn Kiếm reported.

Vietnamese students attending the 2018 International Biology Olympiad (IBO) won three gold medals and one silver, according to the Ministry of Education and Training (MOET).

The Đồng Lộc T-junction in the central province of Hà Tĩnh has gone down in history because of the heroic sacrifice of hundreds of war heroes. According to Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc, it is especially remembered because of ten young female volunteers and their efforts during the war to liberate the southern region and reunify the country.

Intense rainstorms and deluge triggered by the typhoon Sơn Tinh has left 19 dead, 13 missing and 17 others injured in northern and north central provinces in recent days.

The prevention of food poisoning and food-borne diseases has been implemented drastically and showed positive results, proven by the decrease on food poisoning cases in the first six months of this year, a conference heard yesterday.

Rainstorm continues to douse the northern region since last night throughout the weekend’s morning, causing widespread flooding.