State monopoly is crippling railways

 The Government monopoly in the rail industry has diminished competition and was in fact pushing the sector to the edge of crisis, economic experts said yesterday.

Apartment buildings top QA session

Issues relating to the management of apartment buildings and the quality of non-public kindergartens dominated the question and answer session as the 15th Hà Nội People’s Council wrapped up its sixth meeting yesterday.

HCM City launches campaign to help street kids

A campaign called “Chắp Cánh Ước Mơ” (Giving Wings to Your Dreams) that helps street children in crisis was launched yesterday (July 6) in HCM City at Children's House in the city.

Two missing victims found in Sài Gòn River

 The bodies of the captain and a crew member of the barge that crashed into a container ship on the Sài Gòn River in HCM City on Wednesday were found on Thursday.

Heavy rain forecast nationwide.

 Not only benefiting from the scattered rain in the early afternoon, Hà Nội is forecast to receive heavy rain in the evening, according to the National Centre for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting (NCHMF).

Illegal sand mining re-emerges in Hà Nội

Hà Nội People’s Committee chairman Nguyễn Đức Chung has asked authorised agencies to crack down on illegal sand mining activities in Đức Thọ District after watching a video clip showing illegal sand dredging boats and a waterway police vessel.

Hà Nội proposes to share citizens’ data

Authorities in Hà Nội have asked the Government for permission to conduct a pilot plan which allows them to supply other agencies with information from its citizen database in exchange for a fee.

Business-school ties help train workers

Studying the final year of mechanics major at HCM City’s Technical College Dương Quang Thiện spends his time taking a training course at Lập Phúc Company.

Drug traffickers arrested in Sơn La

Police found two men packing heroin and synthetic drugs at a house in Mộc Châu Town in the northern province of Sơn La late Thursday evening. They seized about 15 bricks of heroin, three kilos of crystal meth and 6,000 methamphetamine pills.

Ancient city reject car cable project

The central city rejected a proposal to build a 7km cable car route spanning the Thu Bồn River and connecting Hội An and Duy Xuyên District.

e-Government leaders announced

A report on the evaluation and ranking of Việt Nam’s e-Government development in 2017 was announced as part of the National Conference on e-Government in Hà Nội on Thursday.

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