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HCM City honours fallen soldiers with solemn musical tribute

Youth donate blood to save lives

More than 300 units of blood were collected during the Red Sunday Festival yesterday in the central province of Quảng Bình.

Drugs traffickers arrested in Điện Biên, Nghệ An

Four people are under arrest after police smashed two separate drug smuggling rings. Heroin, ketamine and thousands of ecstasy tables have been recovered.

Wind turbine destroyed by fire in Bình Thuận

A turbine on a windmill got fire and was destroyed completely on Sunday morning in the southern province of Bình Thuận.

Transport crackdown promised ahead of Tết

The Ministry of Transport wants snap inspections on bus routes to crackdown on overcrowding and price hikes.

Turmeric offers remedy that profits farmers

Turmeric is usually used in cooking to add a spicy flavour to food, but it can also be used to treat gastric problems and to heal scars. Lecturers and students at Đông Á College have successfully developed a cold-drying process for turmeric and a method to extract oil from the peel.

Mekong Delta radish town has bumper harvest

Farmers in Sóc Trăng Province’s Vĩnh Châu Town are having a bumper long white radish harvest.

Children should be protected from violence and sexual abuse

While efforts are being made to prevent violence against children, much still needs to be done.

HCM City told to improve public satisfaction in administrative procedures

HCM City needs to improve the levels of public satisfaction in administrative services if it wants to develop sustainably, Trần Lưu Quang, standing deputy secretary of the city Party Committee, has said.

Ethnic minority people vulnerable to illegal surrogacy trade

The trade of unborn babies to China and illegal surrogacy have become a serious problem in northern mountainous provinces.

Tech sector fulfills tasks for 2019

Deputy Prime Minister Vũ Đức Đam highly appreciated the science and and technology sector for its contributions to the country’s development in recent years at a conference held yesterday in Hà Nội.

Woman arrested for smuggling 3,000 meth pills

A Vietnamese woman has been arrested for smuggling 3,000 methamphetamine pills from Cambodia into Viet Nam, hidden inside a teddy bear.

Court sentences drug trafficker in Hoà Bình Province to death

A man caught trafficking more than 38 kilos of heroin has been sentenced to death.

Criminal proceedings begin against former health department director in Long An

The People’s Procuracy of southern Long An Province has indicted former director of the provincial Department of Health for intentionally violating State regulations on economic management and causing serious consequences.

Motorists fall foul of new drink driving laws

A number of motorists have fallen foul of strict new drink driving laws in the first few days of the year.

Việt Nam closely monitoring severe pneumonia outbreak in China: health ministry

The Vietnamese Ministry of Health is closely monitoring an ongoing severe pneumonia outbreak in central China, as well as taking measures to prevent the virus from entering Việt Nam.

Tết bonuses in many provinces, cities to be higher than last year

Workers in HCM City and many provinces will get 1-5 per cent higher Tết (Lunar New Year) bonuses than last year, according to labour authorities.

HCM City, provinces provide gifts for residents on Tết

With the aim of "having a happy Tết for everyone", many cities and provinces in the southern region are making efforts to take better care of residents, especially the disadvantaged, during the Tết (Lunar New Year) holiday.

Country’s largest seedling producer focuses on quality

Bến Tre Province, the Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta’s largest producer of fruit, vegetable and other seedlings, has strengthened quality management to promote its seedling brands and agriculture produce.

Tech industry choked by IT labour shortage

Emerging tech companies are still struggling to recruit high quality IT engineers to feed Việt Nam’s booming technology industry, despite a steady growth in graduates over the last few years.