HCM City plans to spend VNĐ800 billion (US$34.5 million) to take care of people living in difficult circumstances and people who provide meritorious services for the Tết (Lunar New Year) holiday, a year-on-year increase of VNĐ35 billion ($1.5 million).
The Government Office should listen more to public opinion, Government members, relevant ministries and agencies to improve its role as a key consultancy body, said Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc.
The Tết (Lunar New Year) bonuses of enterprises in HCM City will rise an average of 30 per cent compared to the same period last year, according to the city’s Department of Labour, Invalid and Social Affairs.
Students at secondary schools in HCM City are encouraging their peers and adults to classify garbage before it is recycled.
HCM City’s Tân Sơn Nhất International Airport is expected to handle more than four million passengers in the month during Tềt, the Lunar New Year, which falls on February 5 this year.
Criminal proceedings have been launched against more former officials of the Joint Stock Commercial Bank for Investment and Development of Việt Nam (BIDV) charged with “violating regulations on banking activities, other activities relating to banking activities,” the Ministry of Public Security said on Thursday..
Đà Nẵng-based Đông Á College has joined the Asia Professional Education Network (APEN), which promotes education links and a project-based learning (PBL) educational system among universities in Asia.
Hà Nội Observatory will be open to the public from the second quarter of this year, Việt Nam National Space Centre (VNSC) announced on Wednesday, according to the Thanh niên (Young people) newspaper.
The residents of Commune 7, Trần Hưng Đạo District, who haven’t had clean water for more than 40 years despite living near the city centre, will enjoy tap water for the first time before the Tết (Lunar New Year) holiday.
Food safety inspection forces will be deployed in nine cities and provinces from July 1, deputy minister of health Trường Quốc Cường announced at a Wednesday conference on food safety, Thanh niên (Young people) newspaper reports.
Ten outstanding young people of Hà Nội of 2018 were honoured in a ceremony held on Tuesday evening at the Lý Thái Tổ Statue in Hoàn Kiếm District.
The Việt Nam National University HCM City (VNU-HCM) has petitioned the National Assembly’s Finance and Budget Committee for more funds to expand and seek to achieve international standards.
Deputy Prime Minister Trịnh Đình Dũng has requested the northern province of Sơn La’s People Committee submit a pre-feasibility study for the Hòa Bình-Mộc Châu Expressway project to the Prime Minister for approval.
Many rice farmers in the Mekong Delta province of Tiền Giang have rotated rice with other crops, resorted to intercropping or switched to other crops to improve their income, according to the province’s Department of Agriculture and Rural Development.
Accessing markets is the biggest challenge for enterprises who invest in science and technology to create national products, meaning the Government needs to support these enterprises in market access, advertising and protecting their trademarks, heard participants at a meeting in Hà Nội on Wednesday.
HCM City will focus on shifting agricultural production to key crops and livestock to raise average production value and farmers’ incomes, Nguyễn Phước Trung, director of the city’s Agriculture and Rural Development Department, has said.
Universities with an entrepreneurial mindset will play an important role in the development of Innovation Districts in HCM City, experts said at an international conference held yesterday (Jan 9) at Vietnam National University Ho Chi Minh City’s (VNU HCM) Information Technology Park.
At least seven out of 700 drivers in the central province of Nghệ An tested positive for drugs, according to a report by the Tuổi trẻ (Youth) newspaper.
The capital plans to invest VNĐ125 billion (US$5.4 million) to widen roads in an attempt to reduce traffic jams this month.
