Việt Nam News

The HCM City Department of Transport plans to have a dedicated lane for public buses on Võ Thị Sáu and Điện Biên Phủ streets in District 3, which are highly congested during rush hour.

To develop its smart city project by 2025, HCM City needs to call for investors who can transfer technologies and learn from developed countries’ smart-city experiences, a top city official said on Thursday at the inauguration ceremony for the city’s new socio-economic forecasting and simulation centre.

The Hòa Bình Party Executive Committee on Thursday disciplined two party members for their involvement in the national high school graduation exam cheating scandal last year.

Minister of Health Nguyễn Thị Kim Tiến has signed an instruction asking organisations in the health sector to strictly minimise plastic waste.

Two former policemen from Sơn La Province Police have been prosecuted for stealing 11kg of drugs, Tuổi trẻ (Youth) newspaper reported.

Torrential rain, with a maximum rainfall of 400mm, together with landslides and flash floods are predicted to batter the northern region from midnight on Thursday due to the effects of typhoon WIPHA.

Nineteen shelters illegally built on Hoàng Liên Sơn Pass in the northern mountainous province of Lai Châu were dismantled on Wednesday, Vietnam News Agency has reported.

More than 380 Chinese nationals allegedly involved in a major hi-tech gambling ring in the northern city of Hải Phòng were taken early Thursday morning to the Hữu Nghị International Border Gate in Lạng Sơn Province to be returned to Chinese authorities.

More than 80 per cent of strikes in the first half of 2019 occurred at FDI enterprises, the Vietnam News Agency has reported.

Vietnam Railway (VNR) launched a North-South express freight train route to connect Hà Nôi and Sóng Thần Industrial Zone in southern Bình Dương Province yesterday.

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With the number of cars and bikes on the rise, Hà Nội should accelerate planning for underground parking, experts have said.

Experts discussed plans for Việt Nam’s integrated coastal zone management (ICZM) by 2020 during a conference yesterday in Hà Nội.

Phạm Ngọc Hải, Deputy Director of the Institute for Industry Policy and Strategy, under the Ministry of Industry and Trade, speaks to the Công Thương newspaper (Industry and Trade) on what should be done to further develop industrial investment consultancy in Việt Nam.

Provinces and cities in the Mekong Delta have suffered land erosion for decades, with hundreds of hectares being washed away along with many houses.

HCM City authorities are considering imposing stricter penalties on individuals and companies that violate regulations on construction projects.

Nguyễn Thị Trúc never imagined she could become a mother at the age of 17.

Tiền Phong (Vanguard) newspaper speaks to two senior Government officials on how to balance the development of traditional crafts with agricultural production