Four security officers fined for not fulfilling their duties

The Northern Airports Authority has decided to impose administrative fines on four security staff members for not fulfilling their duties relating to the incident in which a Vietjet employee was assaulted in northern Thanh Hóa Province. Accordingly, each security guard will have to pay a VNĐ4 million (US$172) fine.

Fire destroys 8,000sq.m of forest

Nearly 8,000sq.m of forest was destroyed after a fire broke out in Cửa Ông Ward, Cẩm Phả Town in northern Quảng Ninh Province on Tuesday.

City provides free physiotherapy for disabled residents

A 14-year-old girl suffering from congenital clubhand and clubfoot disease is receiving physiotherapy at her house in Tân Phú District, thanks to a free HCM City  rehabilitation programme for people with disabilities. 

Drugs take hold in impoverished village

Đửa Village is home to only 83 households, but nearly 30 residents have been sentenced to jail for drug trafficking, and more than 20 are registered drug addicts.

City blaze

A fire erupted at a 5-floor condo on the corner of Tôn Thất Tùng Street in Hà Nội yesterday morning.

Hà Nội’s residents suffer bad air

Air quality in Hà Nội has been become worse recently, with air quality index (AQI) measurements ranging from 78 to 178 according to the Environment Protection Centre of the city’s Natural Resources and Environment Department.

Company told to withdraw supplements containing sibutramine

The Vietnam Food Administration (VFA) under the Ministry of Health has ordered the recall of two supplement products manufactured by Mat Xi S.G ltd. Co, located in Thống Nhất Ward in southern Đồng Nai Province’s Biên Hòa City.

Locals call last orders on late night bars

The People’s Committee of Lý Thái Tổ Ward has sent a document to the Hoàn Kiếm District’s Authority proposing that businesses won’t be allowed to stay open until 2am to ensure social security and order and to meet the people’s aspiration.

 

Dog crackdown welcomed by residents

Nguyễn Thị Hằng, of Dịch Vọng Hậu Ward, Hà Nội’s Cầu Giấy District, said she applauded a new policy of the capital People’s Committee, allowing districts to set up teams to catch dogs without muzzles that play or walk freely in streets or public areas.

Hà Nội puts the brakes on congestion

Hà Nội is trying to implement measures to restrict the number of personal vehicles in the inner city in an effort to reduce traffic congestion and pollution.

Việt Nam works to improve skills of young labourers

Training workers with new skills in the context of international integration and the Fourth Industrial Revolution is the top priority of Việt Nam, Deputy Minister of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs Doãn Mậu Diệp said at a conference held in Hà Nội on Monday.

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