Việt Nam News

Six people who smuggled millions of dollars’ worth of heroin and methamphetamine from Laos to Việt Nam could face the death penalty.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) and Australia’s Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) on Thursday committed to further strengthening cooperation in enhancing the understanding of gender norms and behaviors for male and female officers in foreign services.

Two hospitals have been named as Centers of Excellence for Breastfeeding. The awards were given by Alive & Thrive – a global nutrition initiative – and the Đà Nẵng and Quảng Nam health departments.

Eleven people have been jailed for stealing from containers taking goods overseas.

The Phú Thọ General Hospital has become the first provincial hospital in the country to successfully use a robot in spinal column surgery.

Drones are being used on a trial basis to spray crop protection chemicals in the Mekong Delta provinces of Đồng Tháp and Long An under the region’s high-tech agricultural programmes.

In 2009, Mùa Thị Mụa decided to leave her hometown in Laos and move to Việt Nam’s Sơn La Province to live with the man she loved.

HCM City authorities yesterday (Oct 2) pledged to speed up major projects such as Metro lines 1 and 2, flood-control and climate-change adaptation projects, and settlement of complaints related to the Thủ Thiêm new urban area.

Although workers are ensured a stable job until 2020 thanks to existing orders, recruitment for the industry faces competition from new companies in neighbouring industrial zones which offer higher wages.

More support policies are needed to improve female workers’ income and living conditions, said Deputy Chairwoman of the Việt Nam Women's Union Nguyễn Thị Tuyết.

The northern province of Bắc Kạn has invested nearly VNĐ2 billion (US$86,900) installing cameras at six mineral mines to supervise work.

According to dantri.com.vn online newspaper, the ship collided with a barge, causing the wooden ship to sink in the Hòn Miễu area.

Chairman of the Hà Nội People's Committee Nguyễn Đức Chung has requested departments and agencies urgently look into allegations that staff of a centre for the elderly and disabled have stolen charity goods.

Three people were expelled from the Party.

Education experts discussed measures to reform higher education models at the forum on Internationalisation in Higher Education 2019 (FIHE) in Hà Nội on Monday.

Five people are being prosecuted for allegedly faking official State documents.

Some of Hà Nội’s major tourism locations will become smoke-free this month as part of a new initiative.

The three-day 2019 Việt Nam’s Dedicated Defence and Security Exhibition and Conference (DSE Việt Nam 2019) was officially opened in Hà Nội on Wednesday, with the participation of some 200 exhibitors from at home and abroad showcasing the most advanced technologies and solutions.