Việt Nam News

The People’s Procuracy of Đắk Nông Province has begun criminal proceedings against Bùi Văn Khang for abusing position and power while performing duties in the case relating to Phan Hữu Phượng (also known as Moustache Phượng).

Border guards in central Quảng Trị province on Tuesday arrested a Lao man carrying 65,800 methamphetamine pills from Laos to Việt Nam. The man was named as Liep Latsavong, 19, residing in the Lao province of Savannakhet.

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc on Tuesday signed a decision to establish a National Committee on E-Government – a step closer to realising Việt Nam’s ambition of streamlining Government procedures with online technologies.

The central city and Turku city, Finland have inked a Memorandum of Understanding on co-operation of sea port development, logistics, public transport and smart traffic.

Bình Thuận Province is preparing measures to prevent an outbreak of dengue fever in the peak rainy season.

Việt Nam is striving towards producing its own vaccines that can rival foreign ones both in terms of quality and costs by 2020, deputy health minister Nguyễn Thanh Long said.

The Cần Thơ city People’s Committee plans to set up action programmes for healthcare services for old people to improve the quality of their life and foster social development.

HCM City needs to improve energy efficiency and collaborate with international organisations to become a low-carbon and sustainable city, experts told a meeting held in the city on Tuesday.

 

The Ministry of Transport has approved a project to upgrade National Highway No 14E in the central province with total investment of VNĐ1.4 trillion (US$62 million) in 2018-20

Despite many people believing that plastic surgery is the magic wand that leads to perfection, it can also lead to serious complications when performed by uncertified doctors.

 Police in the northern province of Phú Thọ’s Việt Trì City issued a decision to prosecute the deputy chairman of city People’s Committee for wrongdoing related to land use management in the locality.

The former general director of TrustBank, Ngô Trí Đức, was arrested Monday on charges of “lacking responsibility and causing serious consequences” and “abusing trust to appropriate property”.

The Ministry of Transport on Monday requested the Railway Project Management Board strengthen oversight to ensure safety and security on the Cát Linh- Hà Đông elevated railway.

Landslides have blocked parts of National Highway 4H in the northern province of Điện Biên due to heavy rain that has been falling since Monday.

Ethnic minority communities that live primarily on agricultural and forest land have been able to increase their incomes, raise their voices and promote their contributions to the protection and management of community forest land.

Police in Long Xuyên City in the southern province of An Giang on Monday launched a criminal investigation against a babysitter who was allegedly involved in torturing three toddlers at Sắc Màu Tuổi Thơ nursery school.

The shrimp-rice farming model in Cà Mau Province, the largest shrimp producer in the Mekong Delta, has offered a stable income for farmers.

Five endangered Asiatic black bears (Ursus thibetanus) were rescued from a private farm in Mỹ Tho City in the southern province of Tiền Giang on August 27. These bears are now on the way to Việt Nam’s Bear Rescue Centre in Tam Đảo town in the northern Vĩnh Phúc Province.