Việt Nam News

HCM City is seeking to speed up spending on public projects after many districts reported slow rates so far this year.

Drivers of xe ôm – or motorbike taxis – carrying passengers and goods and drivers of non-motorised vehicles will have to register with authorised agencies, according to a new draft regulation on the management and use of non-motorised vehicles and motorcycles in the capital city of Hà Nội.

Four people were killed and one more injured after the single scooter they were all driving ploughed into the median of a main street in the city of Thái Nguyên, northern Thái Nguyên Province today.

The Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta province of Kiên Giang has harvested more than 130,000 tonnes of aquatic species so far this year, up 15 per cent from the same period last year, according to its Department of Agriculture and Rural Development.

The scandal was brought to light late last year when an investigation by Vietnam Television found the 58-year-old principal took advantage of his position to call many male students to his office for so-called study checks.

HCM City wants 50 per cent of high school graduates attaining certifiable international standard proficiency in foreign languages by 2020, according to the city Department of Education.

The Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta province of Trà Vinh plans to reduce the poverty and near-poverty rates by 1.5 percentage points each this year.

Foreign workers in Việt Nam have helped bring the competitiveness and capacity of the Vietnamese workforce in line with international standards, but the compliance of employers with laws regarding their hiring remains a problem.

A teenage human trafficking victim who was stuffed into a tiny suitcase and smuggled into the UK has thanked the authorities who saved his life.

The Vietnam Book of Innovation 2019 was made public in Hà Nội yesterday, introducing 74 outstanding scientific-technological research projects and solutions selected from 141 entries submitted by ministries, sectors, organisations and localities.

Thao Văn Súa, former head of Nhi Sơn Commune’s Police Post in the Mường Lát District, who was killed by a flash flood while inspecting houses at risk of landslide in the locality, has been recognised as a martyr.

HCM City’s District 4 People’s Procuracy sentenced Nguyễn Hữu Linh to 18 months in jail for molesting a child under 16 years old in accordance with Article 146 of 2015 Penal Code at a trial on Friday.

Lieutenant General Đoàn Duy Khương, head of Hà Nội Police Department has announced a 30-day suspension for Lê Thị Hiền, 36, a traffic police officer from Đống Đa District.

Four people have died after being swept away by strong waves in the central province of Bình Thuận.

A typhoon, internationally named Bailu, with winds of up to 100km per hour, formed near the East Sea on Friday morning.

Foreign businesses in Việt Nam have increasing need for expatriate workers since there is a shortage of skill locally, according to many recruitment companies.

Millions of free meals have been provided to poor patients at Bình Phước Province General Hospital over the past 18 years, easing the financial burden on the families of long-term patients.

Suffering from polio that led to paralysis and scoliosis as a child, Trần Phan Thanh Hải, 18, was admitted to the HCM City University of Science without having to take the national high school exam.