Việt Nam News

The Ministry of Information and Communications on Monday temporarily suspended the publication of the Tuổi Trẻ (Youth) online newspaper for three months for violations in journalism and publishing activities.

The Health Department in Hà Nội has asked hospitals in the city to review the process of managing new-born babies including caring, bathing and handing them to parents after a case of parents receiving the wrong babies was discovered at Ba Vì District’s hospital.

The Việt Trì-Ba Vì Bridge across the Hồng (Red) River and connecting Hà Nội’s Ba Vi district and Phú Thọ Province’s Việt Trì City is planned to begin trial operation at the end this month, according to the project investor.

The Ministry of Transport has approved FPT Software Co Ltd’s proposal for a pilot programme to operate a self-driving car around Sài Gòn Hi-tech Park.

The Airports Corporation of Vietnam (ACV) is developing a plan to widen Tuy Hòa Airport and build a new terminal with a capacity of 2.5 million passengers per year in the period 2020-25.

Shops that buy and sell imported exotic animals in HCM City have become increasingly difficult to monitor, raising risks to human and animal health, according to authorities.

Rescuing men saved four seamen and are striving to search for three others who are still missing after a fishing ship sank on the sea about 20 nautical miles far from the Cô Tô Island in the northern province of Quảng Ninh.

Fruit farmers in Bình Phước Province’s Bù Đốp District have struck it rich, especially those growing citrus like grapefruits and sweet mandarin, whose prices are high now.

The morning glory plants stood unharvested.

Considering how popular a green vegetable this is across the length and breadth of Vietnam, it was strange that farmer Nguyễn Mạnh Hồng could not be bothered to cut and sell them.

HCM City authorities have submitted a new housing plan to the city’s People’s Council to ensure that new housing projects follow plans designed to improve city landscapes and residents’ quality of life.

The Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta province of Bạc Liêu plans to attract 1.6 million tourists by the end of the year, including 41,000 international tourists.

The Bến Tre Province authority has requested VND250 billion from the central government to build a revetment along Mỏ Cày Nam District’s Mỏ Cày riverbank to combat bank erosion, according to Cao Văn Trọng, chairman of Bến Tre People’s Committee.

Nearly 500 plants from five species were planted on July 14 on 10,000 hectares of a forest in Đồng Nai Biosphere Reserve, recognised in 2011 by UNESCO as one of eight biosphere reserves in Viet Nam.

The central province of Quảng Ngãi has allocated funds of VNĐ42 billion to support ecosystem recovery and biodiversity supervision as well as strengthening the protection of the Lý Sơn Marine Protected Area (MPA) for the 2018-22 period.

HCM City plans to focus on the four key areas of exports, logistics, exhibitions and fairs, and wholesale and retail activities, according to Nguyễn Huỳnh Trang, deputy director of the Department of Industry and Trade..

Đà Nẵng has been given the title of National Green City 2017-18 by the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF)’s One Planet City Challenge programme, making it onto a list of 21 cities from around the world.

The Mekong Delta province of Tiền Giang will start construction of affordable apartments for workers and an office block for trade unions at industrial parks next month, according to Tiền Giang Province’s Confederation of Labour.

The 25th Mùa hè xanh (Green Summer) campaign, led by HCM City Việt Nam Youth Association and Việt Nam Student Association, officially began on Sunday, offering around 60,000 university and college students an opportunity to do charity work for the community and apply what they have learned at university.