Việt Nam News

The recent decision of the Hà Nội People’s Committee to approve the construction of a new bus station on Belt Ring Road No.3 contradicts the city’s prior plans to remove bus stations from the inner city, transport experts say.

Though he has grown and sold mangosteen fruit for 20 years, Lê Văn Sơn in of the Bến Tre Province in the Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta has gradually removed the trees from his orchard over the last two years.

 Participants in a workshop in Hà Nội yesterday recommended legal regulations on child labour be amended which is among measures to prevent child labour for a safe and healthy generation. 

The Government of Việt Nam has been implementing drastic measures to increase forest coverage in the Central Highlands region, while improving output of coffee and high value crops in easing deforestation.

Two people were killed and five others were injured in a car crash in Phalanxay district, Savannakhet province of Laos on June 21, said the Vietnamese Consulate General in Laos. 

As of Monday evening, floods and landslides in the northern mountainous provinces had killed 14 people and left 11 others missing.

Hà Nội Police announced on Sunday they had rescued two girls who were allegedly being trafficked to China.

World Bank has approved a loan of US$80 million to improve the quality of key urban infrastructure in the northern city of Thái Nguyên.

More than 900,000 candidates across the country are taking for the National High School Exam on Monday, taking the literature test in the morning and the math test in the afternoon.

Several marine channels like Cửa Lò in Nghệ An Province, Sa Kỳ in Quảng Ngãi and Thị Vải in Bà Rịa – Vũng Tàu have not been dredged in years because authorities have been unable to identify dumping sites to dispose of the sludge after dredging.

HCM City authorities plan to reduce the exploitation of groundwater from now to 2025 to prevent land subsidence and protect residents’ health.

About 1,000 smallholder farmers will participate capacity enhancing trainings on food safety offered by the International Finance Corporation (IFC) in the next three years.

HCM City is determined to keep out sugar smuggled in from Thailand and Cambodia and has stepped up preventive efforts, according to officials.

The Carina Plaza apartment building will be repaired three months after a fire that killed 13 people on March 23, according to a representative of the owner Hùng Thanh Ltd Company.

Việt Nam’s coastal areas planning and management have not been effective enough in the past years, leaving marine economics potential not fully tapped and community’s access to these natural areas limited, while environment pollution is becoming more and more serious.

HCM City’s growth is likely to slow down in the years ahead because it is running out of land, has poor infrastructure and human resources and lacks regional connectivity, a conference has heard.

The HCM City Communist Youth Union’s 12th Hành quân xanh (Green March) Volunteer campaign kicked off yesterday in HCM City.

Provinces nationwide are offering assistance to candidates during the national high school examination period from June 25-27.