Việt Nam News

Two training ships from the Japan Coast Guard, the JS Setoyuki and JS Shimayuki, and 390 crew members started a three-day friendly visit in Đà Nẵng yesterday.

The Ministry of Public Security has proposed charges against four former executives of Vietnam Shipbuilding Industry Group (Vinashin) for abusing their positions and power to appropriate assets.

A strong internal control system would enhance efficiency and profitability and reduce risks and costs for companies, said Brook Horowitz, CEO of IBLF Global – a UK-based non-profit organisation promoting responsible business practices.

HCM City has seen a slight decrease in the number of measles, dengue fever, and hand, foot and mouth cases since mid-February, according to the city’s Preventive Medicine Centre.

Deputy Prime Minister Trương Hòa Bình has asked the Government Inspectorate of Việt Nam to look into residents’ complaints about land acquisition for a construction project in the port city of Hải Phòng.

Dương Mạnh Huy learned about a project in which young doctors would volunteer to work in poor districts and on islands when he was a fourth-year student at the Hà Nội Medical University.

The southern coastal province of Bà Rịa-Vũng Tàu is facing a shortage of human resources in the public healthcare sector, especially specialists.

The HCM City authorities will focus on administrative reform and an improved investment environment for businesses for 2019.

Doctors at the University Medical Center in HCM City have warned of an increasing incidence of stomach cancer among young people.

Authorities in the northern province of Hưng Yên cull pigs infected with African swine fever.

The Hà Nội High-Level People’s Court opened an appeal trial on an online gambling case involving former senior police officers and trillions of dong in the northern province of Phú Thọ on Tuesday.

About 60 local and international educational technology companies are showcasing their products and services at the Vietnam British Educational Suppliers Show (BESS Vietnam) that opened on March 5 in HCM City.

Fishermen in the Mekong Delta have earned high profits from their near shore and offshore fishing trips with some having a bumper harvest and far more than last year’s catches during the same period.

Lào Cai Province should work with enterprises to establish large agricultural speciality zones and upgrade its infrastructure to enhance product value, according to a farming expert.

The Mekong Delta province of Bạc Liêu plans to lift 5,000 poor households above the poverty line this year, reducing its poverty rate to 1.9 per cent, according to its steering committee for national target programes.

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc has asked the whole political system, sectors, enterprises and farmers to seriously take drastic measures to promptly control the outbreak of African swine fever virus.

Trade union leaders of enterprises located in the Hải Phòng Economic Zone expressed their hope that labourers will receive the most favourable conditions at work during their meeting with Trương Thị Mai, head of the Communist Party of Việt Nam (CPV) Central Committee’s Commission on Mass Mobilisation.