Việt Nam News

The People’s Procuracy of Hà Noi has indicted eight former officials and leaders of Xuân Đỉnh Commune and Từ Liêm District for violations regarding to compensation, resettlement and land clearance work in the Tây Hồ Tây project.

The HCM City People’s Committee on July 24 signed a co-operation agreement with the Việt Nam National University HCM City until 2020 to work on eight city development projects.

Twenty-six workers, including one Vietnamese from Hoàng Anh Gia Lai Joint-Stock Company, will be removed by helicopter from a flooded area this morning after the collapse of the Xepian-Xe Nam Noy hydropower dam in the Lao province of Attapeu on Monday (July 23).

As of Wednesday morning, three people had died and nine others injured in a knife attack that occurred on Tuesday in Hưng Hội Commune in the Mekong Delta Province of Bạc Liêu’s Vĩnh Lợi District, an official said.

The 20-year resistance war against America left nearly 850,000 Vietnamese soldiers dead and at least 300,000 of them may never be identified and returned to their living relatives.

More than 90 per cent of dietary supplement producers in Việt Nam have not implemented Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP), according to health officials, leading to fears that without gaining GMP certificates by July next year, their production would be halted.

A web page containing information on martyrs and where they are buried will be launched this Thursday.

Health experts have called on Health Ministry to add direct-acting antiviral Agents (DAAs) into list of drugs that public health insurance covers so that patients with Hepatitis C would be treated more effectively.

Experts discussed issues related to conditions and factors to promote natural forest restoration in localities, and contribute to ensuring ecological security and minimising damage caused by natural disasters and floods during a conference held yesterday in Hà Nội.

Phạm Xuân Hòe, deputy director of the Banking Strategy Institute (under the State Bank of Việt Nam), speaks to Thời báo Kinh doanh (Business Times) about measures to help people living in remote areas get access to digital financial services.

A 50-year-old patient who received the first living donor liver transplant by doctors at the HCM City University Medical Centre, with medical assistance from South Korean’s ASAN Medical Centre, is recovering well more than a month after surgery.

Việt Nam really appreciates the support of the Southeast Asian Ministers of Education Organisation (SEAMEO) centres that annually provide short-term training course for Vietnamese teachers over the past years.

The city plans to open 65 routes for bidding by the year 2020, with the contracts lasting for a term of five years instead of the one as present.

HCM City has begun construction of new facilities at the city’s Heart Institute on July 24 in an effort to cope with overcrowding.

The Australian Government yesterday (July 24) kicked off its Gender Responsive Equitable Agriculture and Tourism (GREAT) programme in northwest Việt Nam to create jobs and improve incomes for local women.

The People’s Court in HCM City yesterday (July 24) resumed the trial of Phạm Công Danh, former chairman of the Việt Nam Construction Bank’s (VNCB) board of directors and former general director of the Thiên Thanh Group, and other defendants charged with “deliberately violating State regulations on economic management causing severe consequences” at VNCB.

The Japanese coast guard ship Kojima docked at Tiên Sa Port yesterday for a visit to the central city of Đà Nẵng.

A new programme aimed at empowering women, creating jobs and improving incomes for local women was launched on Tuesday in the northwestern province of Sơn La.