Việt Nam News

On Thursday, the HCM City People’s Court sentenced Huỳnh Nam Dũng, former management board chairman of Mekong Housing Bank (MHB), to 13 years in prison for abusing power and causing losses to the State.

Côn Đảo Express 36 – a high-capacity, high-speed ship made in Việt Nam – was launched from the northern province of Quảng Ninh yesterday.

Over 1,000 households in Đăk Tô District, the Central Highlands province of Kon Tum have been living without clean water despite the construction of a Thailand company–managed water supply plant several years ago.

The Investigative Police Agency of northern Hòa Bình Province launched legal proceedings this week against Đỗ Anh Tuấn, director of Thiên Sơn Company, for his involvement in the death of nine people at Hòa Bình General Hospital last year.

Farmers in central Quảng Bình Province’s Tuyên Hoá Mountainous District said they have collected 13,000 rats in an attempt to curb rat infestation on paddy fields.

A fire broke out at a hotel in the Old Quarter of Hà Nội early on November 22, causing panic for many tourists. No fatalities have been reported.

Six people were killed and 15 houses were burned to the ground after an oil-carrying tanker truck crashed and burst into flames on National Highway 13 in the southern province of Bình Phước at about 4am on November 22.

The country currently allows offshore disposal of dredged material and waste from three to six nautical miles from land.

The Mekong Delta city of Cần Thơ is promoting advanced farming techniques to increase profits for farmers and enhance product competitiveness.

The chairman of the Cà Mau Province People’s Committee, Nguyễn Tiến Hải, has instructed competent agencies to diligently carry out the task of preventing forests fires in the 2018-19 dry season.

While talks about The Fourth Industrial Revolution, smart cities and digital connection become trendy, Trinh Thanh Thuy suggests that we should first make our existing communities smart to ensure that no one is left behind.

National Cancer Control Plans must be comprehensive and funded since the global cancer burden is huge and would increase, Dr Alexandru Eniu of the European Society For Medical Oncology’s executive board has warned.

Developing a functional collective bargaining agreement in enterprises is an urgent demand to maintain “harmonious and stable” labour relations.

The capital city of Hà Nội has many areas which become waterlogged during heavy rain because of its outdated and overloaded drainage system, said Kinh Tế & Đô Thị (Economy & City) Newspaper.

The south central coastal province of Khánh Hòa’s Construction Department inspectors on Wednesday decided to suspend construction of the Hoàng Phú residential area project (Nha Trang City) over suspicions it was partly to blame for a landslide that left 18 dead at the weekend.

The Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta province of Long An’s agriculture sector has proposed solutions to improve the quality and output of dragon fruit to meet export demand and ensure sustainable development, Nguyễn Chí Thiện, deputy chairman of province’s Agriculture and Rural Development Department, said.

Traffic police in HCM City have this week launched a crackdown on cyclists who use car lanes.

Torrential rain is forecast to engulf Việt Nam’s south-central and southern localities from Đà Nẵng to Bà Rịa-Vũng Tàu provinces, as the ninth typhoon is predicted to make landfall in the East Sea on Thursday, according to National Centre for Hydro - Meteorological Forecasting.