Việt Nam News

Gia An Hospital 115 in HCM City on Tuessday launched a charity campaign called Hạc Giấy Trao Triệu Niềm Tin (Paper Crane Bringing Belief) to donate funds for treatment and surgeries for child patients with severe health problems and diseases.

Residents living in Quang Hưng Ward, Thanh Hóa City, on Monday informed local authorities that an oil spill from a local enterprise had affected their farming fields.

 Only 350 of over 3,000 scrap containers stuck at Cát Lái Port in HCM City had been opened and handled so far this year, said Nguyễn Hữu Nghiệp, deputy head of the city’s Customs Agency.

Leaders are asked to bear greater responsibility in resolving people’s complaints and denunciations, Bùi Văn Khánh, deputy head of Hoà Bình Province People’s Committee concluded at the online seminar with 11 sub-localities yesterday.

Nông Thôn Việt magazine’s Rural Bridges Programme on Monday in collaboration with donors and the people’s committees of Mộc Hóa District and Kiến Tường Town in Long An Province, officially opened 17 bridges in the two localities, witnessed by former President Trương Tấn Sang.

The HCM City Division for Population and Family Planning has called for more programmes and policies that will help reduce the rate of unwanted pregnancies among youth, division director Trần Văn Trị said.

Poor hygiene of school toilets has been a long-standing issue for students.

The bustling wildlife meat trade in the Central Highlands province of Gia Lai is easy to see, but local authorities claim it’s too “difficult” to handle hunters and traffickers.

The HCM City Department of Transport has told transport companies and bus stations not to raise fares for the upcoming New Year holiday.

The HCM City’s People’s Committee has recognised District 10 for reaching its target of having no households living under the poverty line two years ahead of schedule.

The People’s Committee of southern Bình Thuận Province has asked relevant departments and sectors to clarify the responsibilities of organisations and individuals involved in the illegal construction and operation of the Muine Hill Tourism Site in Phan Thiết City.

Việt Nam has secured a spot on the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL) for the 2019-2025 term in a vote of the 73rd session of the UN General Assembly in New York, the US on Monday.

Buôn Ma Thuột police in the Central Highlands (Tây Nguyên) province of  Gia Lai have seized 51 wild animals at a restaurant in the city’s Tân Tiến Ward.

The central city of Đà Nẵng has approved a master plan for the development of its logistics infrastructure by 2030 with total investment of VNĐ13.7 trillion (US$606 million).

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc awarded the 108 Military Central Hospital its second Hero of the People’s Armed Forces title on Monday, on the occasion of the 74th founding anniversary of the Việt Nam People’s Army

Hà Nội’s Traffic Police Unit 7 has fined the driver of a four-seater car VNĐ1 million (US$43) for reversing down a ring road.

A Vietnamese woman was arrested for allegedly smuggling more than 22 kilogrammes of endangered elephants’ tusks in Thailand on Sunday, Thanh Niên (Young People) newspaper has reported.

Police in the northern mountainous province of Sơn La arrested five drug traffickers and seized three kilos of methamphetamine, five bricks of heroin and 790 synthetic drug pills on Sunday.