Chairman of Quảng Ninh Thermal Power arrested

Investigators in the northern coastal province of Quảng Ninh have arrested Lê Duy Hạnh, 56, incumbent chairman of State-turned-shareholding Quảng Ninh Thermal Power JSC, for alleged abuse of power.

People rebuild houses after landslide despite warnings

Local people whose houses were destroyed by landslides in the city of Nha Trang’s Phước Đồng Commune, the central coastal province of Khánh Hòa, have re-built their homes despite warnings by authorities, reported online newspaper vov.vn.

Trần Hưng Đạo Street to be narrowed for urban railway station

About 200 metres of Trần Hưng Đạo Street from Lê Duẩn Street to Yết Kiêu Street in Hà Nội’s Hoàn Kiếm District will be narrowed to make room for the construction of Nhổn- Hà Nội Railway Station on the city’s new urban railway route in the next few days.

'Meeting Vietnam' conferences start in Quy Nhơn

Fifty scientists from 21 countries and territories across the world gathered in the central city of Quy Nhơn, Bình Định province yesterday under the 15th “Meeting Vietnam” ( Rencontres du Vietnam) programme.

Kiên Giang on high alert for forest fires

The Mekong Delta province of Kiên Giang has some 13,000ha of forests facing a major threat of fires in An Minh, Hòn Đất, Giang Thành, and Phú Quốc districts.

Sơn La caught in high school exam cheating scandal

Forty-four students who took the national high school examination last year in the northern province of Sơn La had their scores fraudulently modified upwards, the Ministry of Education and Training (MOET) announced on Saturday

Sentences upheld for Bình Thuận rioters

The People’s Court of Bình Thuận Province on Monday rejected the appeals of 15 defendants convicted of disturbing public disorder in the province on June 10 last year.

 

Việt Nam responds to World Meteorological Day

A ceremony in response to World Meteorological Day 2019 was held in the northern port city of Hải Phòng on Saturday, calling for actions to protect human lives and assets in the context of increasingly frequent extreme weather phenomena.

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