Việt Nam News

Deputy Prime Minister Trịnh Đình Dũng has urged agencies to work together closely to ensure that construction of Long Thành International Airport in the southern province of Đồng Nai will begin next year.

The HCM City People’s Committee has approved a plan to organise a design contest for detailed construction planning at a scale of 1:500 for the 23 September Park located in central District 1.

Hà Nội’s departments of Transport, and Finance have agreed on setting up teams to inspect and handle unreasonable price hikes and violations at parking spots.

The air quality index (AQI) taken from 10 different air monitoring stations in Hà Nội from Monday to Tuesday showed air quality at a bad level, according to the Hà Nội Environment Protection Sub-department.

Graffiti allegedly by expatriates has sprang up across Ha Noi’s Tay Ho District and a 2km flood wall on Nghi Tàm, Âu Cơ and Yên Phụ streets, Thanh niên (Young people) newspaper reports.

The World Wide Fund for Nature launched its “One Planet City Challenge 2019” on Tuesday.

The project has total investment of VNĐ950 billion (US$40.9 million) from Government bonds and the Nghệ An and Hà Tĩnh provincial budgets.

A total of 13,500 trees were planted along highways nationwide on Tuesday in response to the post-Lunar New Year tree planting festival, said Nguyễn Văn Huyện, director of the Directorate for Roads of Việt Nam (DRVN).

The number of flu patients hospitalised has increased sharply for the last month, said Đào Xuân Cơ, head of Bạch Mai Hospital’s Department of Intensive Care on Tuesday in Hà Nội.

Distracted driving led to a severe accident on February 8 (the fourth day of Lunar New Year) killing three people and injuring five others in Hoằng Quỳnh Commune, Hoằng Hoá District, Thanh Hoá Province Police announced on Tuesday.

Deputy Prime Minister Vũ Đức Đam yesterday praised the efforts of scientists who are participating in projects in Việt Nam and in the development of the country’s science and education sector while meeting 70 representatives in Hà Nội.

Lê Hữu Chí from HCM City’s District 5 went to the city’s Medicine and Pharmacy Hospital for a check-up that he booked online. Less than 15 minutes after the tests, the results were sent to his smartphone and the doctor’s tablet.

Tăng Chí Thượng, deputy director of HCM City’s Department of Health, speaks to Sài Gòn Giải Phóng (Liberated Sài Gòn) newspaper about this year’s plans for the health sector.

On the eighth day of the Lunar New Year, donors gave blood to help sick people in Hà Nội.

The People’s Committee of northern province of Quảng Ninh has submitted a project on building an undersea tunnel at Cửa Lục Bay to Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc for approval.

The planned multi-trillion đồng flood-prevention project in HCM City is expected to resume soon after being delayed since late April last year, said the investor. 

Mentors are needed to help young Vietnamese entrepreneurs grow their businesses, but connections are still modest, experts said.

A total of 114 cases of measles were recorded in Hà Nội since the start of 2019, the city’s Health Department reported.