General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Central Committee Nguyễn Phú Trọng on Tuesday urged all-level trade unions to renew and improve the efficiency of their operations.
Shutting down social media channels used to advertise illicit wildlife is one of the actions recommended by NGO Education for Nature Việt Nam (ENV) to put an end to the wildlife trade in Việt Nam.
The Ministry of Health has proposed sanctions against demonstrations of stigma and discrimination towards people living with HIV, according to the Draft Decree on penalties for administrative offences in the health sector.
Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc has given his approval for compensation to be paid to residents being relocated for the construction of the Mỹ Thuận 2 Bridge in the Mekong Delta.
The Traffic Police Department under the Ministry of Public Security is considering punishing traffic violators with demerit points as part of an effort to enhance compliance with regulations.
More than 40 registered nurses in the central
Some 20 major streets in downtown Hà Nội will be closed on Wednesday and Thursday for the State funeral of the late President Trần Đại Quang.
Authorities in the Central Highland province of Đắk Nông on Monday confirmed they had started criminal proceedings against the head of a forest ranger team for his involvement in the illegal logging and trafficking of hundreds of cu.m of timber.
“One curriculum, many sets of textbooks”, a new policy which is about to take effect in the coming time, welcomes publishing houses in Việt Nam to compile textbooks. Vietnam Education Publishing House is no longer the only one holding the monopoly of printing and distributing textbooks.
At the age of 85, Nguyễn Văn Chương, a retired doctor, has chosen to work hard at his own rehabilitation and physical therapy clinic instead of getting rest like other Vietnamese elderly.
Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc on Monday urged authorities of central Đà Nẵng City to make careful planning of Liên Chiểu Port and build it into a modern one in order to handle shipping containers and other services.
The People’s Committee of central Quảng Ngãi Province has asked the Vietnam Expressway Development and Investment Corporation (VEC), the investor of Đà Nẵng-Quảng Ngãi Expressway, to urgently repair 17 roads, which have been seriously damaged during the construction of the expressway, before the Tết (Lunar New Year) holiday.
A 10-year-old boy who suffered from multiple organ failure after contracting dengue fever has been discharged from the hospital after a more than month-long recovery period, according to the HCM City Paediatrics Hospital.
Asia Injury Prevention Foundation has taken its Helmets for Kids programme to Thái Nguyên, a mountainous province north of Việt Nam, to make the road to school safer for children there.
As many as 158 individuals and organisations have been found illegally importing scrap into Việt Nam as they are not certified to carry out such activities.
Đồng Tháp Province is urging farmers to stop sowing the winter-spring rice as floodwaters are rising rapidly and could overflow embankments into rice fields.
The Lâm Đồng Province’s Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism has temporarily suspended all adventure tour activities at the Datanla Waterfalls in Đà Lạt City following the death of a South Korean tourist on Saturday.
About 50,000 apartments will soon be available for Vietnamese workers at industrial clusters at the starting price of VNĐ150 million (US$6,400) apiece, the Việt Nam General Confederation of Labour (VGCL) announced last week.
The HCM City Fire Fighting and Prevention Police Department is recommending new policies to ensure safety at old apartment buildings that were built before the city’s fire safety regulations took effect in 2011.
Using low quality home medical equipment is having a serious effect on the health of people in Hà Nội, doctors have warned.
