Việt Nam News

Taxis that calculate fares via apps like Grab would be required to place a lightbox with the words “Electronic Taxi” on their car, while contract-based cars that drive for Grab and similar companies would need a lightbox that says “Electronic Contract-based Vehicle” under a proposal by the Ministry of Transport.

The Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta province of Đồng Tháp plans to expand the scale of six famous craft villages to serve tourism needs and preserve traditional crafts.

Secretary of HCM City Party Committee Nguyễn Thiện Nhân on July 16 spoke with families who have been affected by the Thủ Thiêm new urban area project, some of whom have refused to move and others who have resettled in Bình Khánh Ward.

Most construction projects in northern Hải Phòng City have are running well above their initial cost estimates, with the cost hikes in some cases reaching thousands of billions of đồng, according to a recent inspection by the Government Inspectorate.

Hà Nội’s Department of Health has officially provided comprehensive information about the delivery of two new-borns to the wrong parents at Ba Vì District’s General Hospital six years ago, a case which has drawn public attention in recent days.

There is a house and workshop in Hà Nội’s Hai Bà Trưng District where disabled people from across the country can come for a better life.

Torrential rains with thunderstorms are predicted to blanket Hà Nội and northern mountainous provinces for the next few days.

The Việt Nam Department of Peace-keeping Operations launched a training course in Hà Nội on Monday for military experts dispatched to the United Nations peace-keeping mission.

Around three million people in Phù Đổng and Trung Mầu villages in Gia Lâm District, Hà Nội will have access to the first “drinkable tap water” in Việt Nam as the factory being built there comes into operation on October 10.

A plane of Jetstar Pacific airline had to land at Cam Ranh International Airport in Khánh Hòa Province after a failure for landing due to bad weather at Đà Lạt City’s Liên Khương airport on July 16.

Vũ Trọng Lương, deputy head of Examination and Quality Management under Hà Giang Province Department of Education and Training directly is arraigned in the cheating on the national high school examination held in the locality, the Vietnam News Agency reports.

Ministry of Public Security on Monday issued an international warrant on Vũ Hoàng Oanh, 61 years old from northern Hải Phòng City on charges of illegal drug trafficking.

The Ministry of Information and Communications on Monday temporarily suspended the publication of the Tuổi Trẻ (Youth) online newspaper for three months for violations in journalism and publishing activities.

The Health Department in Hà Nội has asked hospitals in the city to review the process of managing new-born babies including caring, bathing and handing them to parents after a case of parents receiving the wrong babies was discovered at Ba Vì District’s hospital.

The Việt Trì-Ba Vì Bridge across the Hồng (Red) River and connecting Hà Nội’s Ba Vi district and Phú Thọ Province’s Việt Trì City is planned to begin trial operation at the end this month, according to the project investor.

The Ministry of Transport has approved FPT Software Co Ltd’s proposal for a pilot programme to operate a self-driving car around Sài Gòn Hi-tech Park.

The Airports Corporation of Vietnam (ACV) is developing a plan to widen Tuy Hòa Airport and build a new terminal with a capacity of 2.5 million passengers per year in the period 2020-25.

Shops that buy and sell imported exotic animals in HCM City have become increasingly difficult to monitor, raising risks to human and animal health, according to authorities.