Việt Nam News

Localities nationwide have stepped up inspections to stop coach and truck drivers from drinking alcohol or using drugs.

Police officers will be mobilised to patrol at general and specialised hospitals at national, city/provincial and town/district levels to ensure security and order.

Authorities in Phú Quốc Island are strengthening oversight and protection of natural resources like sand and stone and cracking down on violators.

Tân Sơn Nhất International Airport in HCM City has made plans to serve the increasing number of passengers during the peak season of the year during the Tết (Lunar New Year) holiday, which begins on February 5 this year.

Parents have delayed taking their nine-month-old children to healthcare facilities for measles vaccinations because of insufficient counselling from hospitals and doctors at vaccination centres.

Three hotlines to report traffic violations will be open in HCM City during the Tết (Lunar New Year) holiday, according to the Department of Transport.

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Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc has approved a project on passenger transport quality supervision and safe traffic.

The Hải Phòng Port Authority announced a restriction on waterway transportation around the Hoàng Văn Thụ Bridge construction site on Cấm River in the northern city of Hải Phòng for the next 70 days.

Hà Nội will continue to co-operate with US television network CNN to promote the city as a new destination for sporting events, including the upcoming Formula 1 Race.

A Vietnamese woman named Phạm Thị Tuyết Mai was arrested in Charles de Gaulle International Airport in Paris, France last month, according to the Vietnamese Foreign Ministry.

Police in the central province of Thanh Hóa reported they had busted two drug rings from Laos, seizing more than 6,000 synthetic drug tablets, a brick of heroin, one kilogramme of crystal meth and several weapons.

The Hà Nội Transportation Department has decided to revoke the business licence of the company whose truck driver caused a deadly crash on Monday, killing eight people and injuring seven others.

The People’s Court of the central province of Khánh Hòa sentenced Phan Văn Bình to 14 years in prison for “attempting to overthrow the people’s administration” on Tuesday.

The food market to serve the Tết (Lunar New Year) festival is bustling with various kinds of products to meet increasing public demand but also poses high risks of unsafe food or violations in food safety and hygiene.

Chairman of Hà Nội’s People’s Committee Nguyễn Đức Chung has ordered local authorities of Sóc Sơn District to accelerate work on land clearance and compensation for residents affected by the Nam Sơn Waste Treatment Complex or Nam Sơn dumping ground.

The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development’s plant cultivation department has recognised Ninh Thuận Province’s NH01-152 as a new grape variety and allowed the province to grow it on a trial basis before beginning commercial cultivation.

A new bus route from HCM City’s Tân Sơn Nhất Airport to the Vũng Tàu Bus Terminal on Nam Kỳ Khởi Nghĩa Street in Vũng Tàu City begins at the end of this month, according to the HCM City Department of Transport.