Việt Nam News

Young people in the workforce need to be better prepared to be able to compete in a knowledge-based economy, experts said at a conference held yesterday in HCM City. 

Several weeks before Tết (Lunar New Year), Đinh Thị Cẩn and other farmers of Phù Lương Commune in Quế Võ District, the northern province of Bắc Ninh are harvesting potatoes to serve peak demand over the holiday season.

Deputy Prime Minister Trịnh Đình Dũng yesterday requested the transport sector increase its efforts to prevent and reduce traffic accidents.

Health Minister Nguyễn Thị Kim Tiến, spoke to newspaper Thời báo Kinh tế Việt Nam (Việt Nam Economic Times) on the plan to introduce electronic prescriptions nationwide

Many solutions were put forth for raising funding for building traffic infrastructure in the Southern Key Economic Region at a conference in Bình Dương Province on Thursday.

Ethanol can be used to delay the effects of methanol, allowing more time for dialysis, but the process must be conducted by doctors.

The Ministry of Science and Technology of Vietnam and the Australian Government seek to boost co-operation on science, technology and creative innovation, with the official launch of the Australia – Việt Nam Innovative Project, under the name Aus4Innovation, on Thursday.

Two Asiatic bears cubs rescued by Hải Phòng City Police were transferred to a bear sanctuary in Ninh Bình Province on Thursday, according to NGO Education for Nature Việt Nam (ENV).

The Ministry of Transport was looking at handing out lifetime bans to dangerous drivers, said Minister of Transport Nguyễn Văn Thể at a conference held in Hà Nội on Friday.

A newly-built dyke project using financial assistance from Belgium is expected to provide protection to as many as 500 people living on the banks of the Luy River in Bình Thuận Province’s Bắc Bình District.

HCM City plans to spend VNĐ800 billion (US$34.5 million) to take care of people living in difficult circumstances and people who provide meritorious services for the Tết (Lunar New Year) holiday, a year-on-year increase of VNĐ35 billion ($1.5 million).

In a bid to improve the behaviour of civil servants and ensure professionalism and transparency while performing their duties, the Ministry of Home Affairs (MoHA) has completed a code of conduct for civil servants.

On Thursday, Party General Secretary and President Nguyễn Phú Trọng asked the army to make all-out efforts to complete its targets and tasks for 2019.

 Students at secondary schools in HCM City are encouraging their peers and adults to classify garbage before it is recycled.

The Tết (Lunar New Year) bonuses of enterprises in HCM City will rise an average of 30 per cent compared to the same period last year, according to the city’s Department of Labour, Invalid and Social Affairs.

The Government Office should listen more to public opinion, Government members, relevant ministries and agencies to improve its role as a key consultancy body, said Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc.

HCM City’s Tân Sơn Nhất International Airport is expected to handle more than four million passengers in the month during Tềt, the Lunar New Year, which falls on February 5 this year.

Criminal proceedings have been launched against more former officials of the Joint Stock Commercial Bank for Investment and Development of Việt Nam (BIDV) charged with “violating regulations on banking activities, other activities relating to banking activities,” the Ministry of Public Security said on Thursday..