Việt Nam News

In the southeast region, a curious phenomenon of foreign direct investment firms ‘recommending’ long-time employees to resign has cropped up. In return, these employees receive a hefty one-time payment.

Construction of a large underground water reservoir using Japanese Crosswave technology has begun on Võ Văn Ngân Street in HCM City’s Thủ Đức District.

Cultivation sector of Hà Nội has faced a lot of challenges due to climate changes and narrowed agricultural land.

Ministers of labour from five countries – Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand  and Việt Nam (CLMTV) – all agreed to strengthen the migration management system and share responsibilities in contribution to safe labour migration in the coming years.

Deputy director of the HCM City’s Department of Health, Nguyễn Hữu Hưng, on August 2 instructed city districts to speed up the opening of new general healthcare clinics for patients with HIV.

As many as 5,000 people will participate in a fund-raising walk for Agent Orange (AO) victims and disadvantaged disabled people at Đầm Sen Cultural Park in HCM City this Saturday morning (August 5).

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc has urged faster disbursement of Official Development Assistance (ODA) capital and concessional loans following slow disbursement in the first half of the year.

The Đà Nẵng City portal received more than 500 questions in the first half of this year, reaching 141 per cent compared with the same period last year, according to the municipal People’s Committee.

A torrential downpour, which began on Tuesday evening and lasted well into Wednesday morning, has triggered landslide on some localities in Lai Châu Province’s Mường Tè District, disrupting the traffic flow.

A 65km section of Đà Nẵng-Quảng Ngãi Highway, from Túy Loan intersection in Đà Nẵng City to Tam Kỳ intersection in Quảng Nam Province, opened to the public on Wednesday.

The Ministry of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs needs to set up a council to assess and define poor districts in order to support fast and sustainable poverty reduction, Deputy Prime Minister Vương Đình Huệ said yesterday.

Lương Hậu Tân, director of the Mường Chà District Health Centre in the northern highland province of Điện Biên, says he has seen an increasing number of suicide attempts by villagers drinking weed killers.

The HCM City Department of Information and Communication is working with companies to provide free wi-fi for 100,000 workers by 2019.

Ensuring social security, knowledge and stable incomes for workers is a top priority for Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand and Việt Nam, Deputy Minister of  Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs, Doãn Mậu Diệp, said yesterday. He spoke at the opening of a Senior Officials Meeting (SOM) from these countries in central Đà Nẵng City.

Repairing newly-built substandard offshore fishing vessels is a matter of great economic, political and social significance that should be done immediately, Deputy Prime Minister Trịnh Đình Dũng said yesterday.

As many as 164 fire fighting police teams across Việt Nam took part in the first national search and rescue competition held yesterday by Ministry of Public Security.

The rainy season is a peak time for infectious diseases, and the last few weeks have seen a surge in the number of patients with dengue fever.

The central city plans to develop two new urban in Ngũ Hành Sơn and Hòa Vang districts on total area of more than 1,000ha later this year.