Việt Nam News

 National Wage Council yesterday opened its first meeting of this year, discussing on regional minimum wage to be applied next year.

Doctors at HCM City’s District 11 Hospital performed their first pacemaker implant surgery on an 82-year-old woman last week, who is expected to be discharged from the hospital this week.

HCM City’s People’s Court has sentenced Nguyễn Hữu Tình, 18, to death on charges of murdering five members of a family in their home.

Two people were seriously injured in a collision between a train and a car in the central coastal province of Phú Yên on Monday morning.

Two important irrigation structures in central Quảng Trị Province – the Nam Thạch Hãn flood spillway and Triệu Thượng 2 reservoir – have suffered serious damage, threatening the locality during the ongoing rainy season, vov.vn reported.

In an effort to deal with recent heavy rains that have hit northern parts of the country, Hòa Bình Hydropower Plant on Monday morning opened a new flood gate, the second since July 7.

Results of the entrance exam to public high schools in Hà Nội and HCM City have been announced. For those who passed, the testing time for both parents and students have turned into joyful moment.

Hundreds of kilos of dead fish have been found floating in Hà Nội’s West Lake, the capital’s largest lake and a popular scenic spot, over the weekend, posing a health hazard to those living nearby.

Susan Hammond, an American, first set foot in Việt Nam 27 years ago, on a vacation she had planned with the hope of learning more about the country where her father spent time during the war.

The HCM City’s Party Committee’s Inspection Commission has issued warnings and taken disciplinary action against some senior leaders for committing violations.

The incident has caused disruptions for millions of domestic internet users who are following the World Cup.

While the Việt Nam Railway is shouldering a financial burden of replacing more than 1,000 train locomotives and coaches, from several experts’ perspective, it is just an unnecessary waste.

The ground breaking ceremony for the country’s biggest ever solar energy project was held on Saturday in the coastal province of Ninh Thuận.

The Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta province of Long An has made significant achievements in preventing and fighting smuggling and trade fraud at border areas.

Nguyễn Thanh Lâm, 35, a driver of a self-modified three-wheel vehicle, who drove in the wrong lane, is identified as a cause of the accident that killed 3 people and injured 1 person in the southern Bình Dương Province in Saturday.

The HCM City Children’s Hospital has signed an agreement with Từ Dũ and Hùng Vương maternity hospitals to set up an obstetrics department, its director, Trương Quang Định, said.

HCM City authorities must continue to mobilise all resources and fully tap the potential and advantages the city has to achieve breakthroughs in its seven key economic development programmes, transform its growth model towards higher productivity, quality, efficiency and competitiveness, the closing session of the 17th HCM City Party Committee conference heard on Friday.