Việt Nam News

A campaign against drunk driving was launched in Hà Nội on June 10.

The first case patient to have contracted H1N1 avian flu this year in Bà Rịa-Vũng Tàu Province was released from hospital in a stable condition, Bà Rịa hospital announced on Saturday.

Carrying more passengers and cargo than permitted and lack of fire safety equipment including extinguishers were the most common violations committed by inter-provincial public transport buses, the HCM City Department of Transport reported following inspections.

The HCM City People’s Committee has asked a number of local administrative agencies to crack down on illegal prostitution and gaming activities at service businesses like bars and massage parlours.

Local residents are finding it difficult to acquire agricultural land for startups or to expand business operations in HCM City.

Since November, 2017, visitors to the central coastal city of Đà Nẵng have been able to easily access to all tourism-related information via a smartphone-based app called Danang Fantasticity, which incorporates a smart chatbot.

Bình Dương Police on Sunday said that they have detained two men for allegedly inciting people to protest.

A patient diagnosed with swine flu (A/H1N1) has died while another is in critical condition in Chợ Rẫy Hospital in HCM City, health officials said on June 8.

An appeal court on Friday ruled in favour of Đinh Mạnh Thắng, the younger brother of former Politburo member Đinh La Thăng, reducing his sentence for corruption to seven years in prison.

The number of agricultural households has decreased gradually in HCM City, according to a recent report on results of the Rural, Agricultural and Fishery Census conducted by the General Statistics Office.

Some farmers in the south central province of Ninh Thuận have gone green.

Kiên Giang Province, the country’s largest rice producer, plans to shift 86,625ha of unproductive rice fields to aquaculture and cultivation of other high-value crops from now to 2020.

Ninety per cent of assaults against medical workers occurred while they were treating patients and those actions should be prevented.

The head of the Central Citizen Board of the Government Inspectorate yesterday met with representatives of residents to settle a contentious land dispute in the Thủ Thiêm new urban area in HCM City’s District 2.

Summer programmes for children are offering a variety of soft skills training until August 15, according to the Ministry of Education and Training.

The Civil Aviation Authority of Việt Nam, the HCM City Department of Transport and other agencies held a meeting on Thursday to discuss solutions to Tân Sơn Nhất Airport’s flooding problem.

More than 270 children aged 8 to 14 are taking part in a summer programme to design a “smarter and more child-friendly” city.

Many enterprises have been neglecting to report to authorities the accidents that occur at their workplaces, hurting labourers’ safety and making it difficult for the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs’ (MOLISA) Department of Work Safety to undertake a nationwide evaluation of workplace accidents.