Việt Nam News

An industrial park opened in the Mekong Delta city of Cần Thơ on Saturday to mark the 45th anniversary of the establishment of bilateral diplomatic ties between Việt Nam and Japan.

The Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs and Việt Nam Social Security (VSS) have been working with other countries on bilateral agreements to ensure the benefits to foreign workers employed in Việt Nam who are required to make social insurance payments, said Đào Việt Ánh, VSS deputy general director yesterday at a media briefing.

Đà Nẵng’s Department of Information and Communications on Friday rejected the authenticity of a document that said a new bridge was going to be built in the city, saying it had been faked to create a real estate craze.

The HCM City People’s Supreme Court on Friday rejected all 26 appeals from 11 defendants and 15 of 214 people affected by economic mismanagement and misappropriation at Trust Bank, which led to a loss of VNĐ6.3 trillion (US$271 million).

Vietnam Dairy Association has proposed the Government and ministries to introduce other dairy products for the school milk programme apart from pure fresh milk to ensure adequate nutrition and diversify the taste for children.

Vietnam has made great strides in researching and applying radiation and radioactive isotopes to serve socio-economic development, an official said.

Authorities in Bà Rịa-Vũng Tàu Province have instructed fishing vessels to install GPS devices to minimise and eliminate illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing.

The deputy chairman of the Cà Mau Province People’s Committee has asked local authorities to complete the zoning of concentrated farming areas for intensive- shrimp farming and super-intensive shrimp farming models.

The An Giang Province’s Department of Agriculture and Rural Development has strengthened measures to control and prevent diseases among cattle and poultry.

The island district of Lý Sơn has asked the I Am V company from HCM City to dismantle advertising banners for their ‘Lý Sơn garlic products’ that were displayed on the Shark tank Việt Nam TV show recently.

The National Hospital of Tropical Diseases and the Japan International Co-operation Agency (JICA) signed a record of discussions for a co-operation project to set up a bench-to-bedside system for sustainable anti-virus (ARV) and HIV prevention in Việt Nam.

Coastal embankments in Phan Rang-Tháp Chàm City in the southern province of Ninh Thuận have been damaged by high waves caused by the northeast monsoon, threatening the lives and property of more than 300 households along the dyke.

The government has approved Hà Nội’s proposal to charge private vehicles that enter congested areas across the capital as part of the effort to alleviate traffic and pollution.

Yutu – the seventh major storm to hit the East Sea this year – was downgraded from a typhoon to a tropical low pressure system on Friday morning according to the National Centre for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting.

More than 107,000 pre-school teachers, accounting for nearly 34 per cent of pre-school teachers nationwide, will be considered below standard and need to receive more training if the amended Law on Education takes effect next year.

Investor of the scandalous Đà Nẵng-Quảng Ngãi Expressway announced on Wednesday that it has reprimanded several officers for causing a VNĐ410 billion (US$18.2 million) financial gap found out by the State audit.

Digitisation of the economy is inevitable and would help HCM City achieve sustainable development and resolve its problems like traffic jams, flooding, pollution, and climate change, a forum heard in HCM City yesterday.

HCM City must accelerate economic growth to achieve this year’s target of 8.3 per cent, a government meeting held yesterday to review socio-economic development in the first 10 months heard.