Việt Nam News

Three teenagers were killed on the spot and two other people were seriously injured when a motorbike crashed into two cars at Wednesday midnight on Hà Nội’s Chương Dương Bridge.

State employees and workers nationwide will get three days off on the occasion of the 72nd anniversary of National Day (September 2) this year.

Hundreds of parents have joined the competition of lucky draws to get a place for their kids at State-owned pre-schools, especially in the new urban areas of Hà Nội, due to the severe shortage of public facilities there.

It is high time that Việt Nam should strengthen education on legal knowledge and life skills for young citizens, especially adolescents, to have self-restraint capacity to deal with conflicts positively and humanly, psychologists have said.

Fire prevention and fighting remain a challenge for Hà Nội authorities as a huge number of fires still occurred in the capital city and left serious consequences.

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc has issued an urgent message ordering the northern localities to urgently take remedial action in the wake of the recent torrential rains that killed at least 13 people and left another missing.

A flood prevention project on HCM City’s Nguyễn Hữu Cảnh Street, which is frequently flooded by heavy rains and rising tides, will upgrade the drainage systems and install a pump station.

Officials and experts have called on the HCM City People’s Committee to adopt smart traffic systems to reduce the congestion around Cát Lái Port in District 2.

 Cage fishing farmers on the Bồ River of the central province are distraught over unexplained mass fish death, causing great economic losses.

Certain local authorities have not paid due attention to curbing overweight trucks in their jurisdiction, leading to rampant violations and elevated accident risks, the Việt Nam Road Administration, under the Ministry of Transport (MoT), said.

The Traffic Police Department in cooperation with the Waterway Police and Hải Phòng City’s Police yesterday seized two illegal sand exploitation vessels in Cấm River in Hải Phòng City’s An Dương District.

Residents of Điện Bàn Township in Quảng Nam Province have set up protest camps outside Việt Pháp Steel Factory, objecting to the pollution it is causing, online newspaper Dân Trí reported.

National carrier Vietnam Airlines has asked all its passengers to do check-in procedures two hours before the departure time of their domestic flights at the Nội Bài International Airport.

The Government has green lighted the 1,000-bed Tiền Giang General Hospital in the Mekong Delta city of Mỹ Tho.

Doctors at Trưng Vương Hospital performed their first endovascular intervention on a patient with renal infarct, a rare condition with nonspecific symptoms.

The Cần Thơ City People’s Committee in the Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta will launch a programme later this month to help farmers increase sales of their unsold products.

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc has decided to establish a State Appraisal Council to appraise the first phase of HCM City’s metro line No 5 between Sài Gòn Bridge in Bình Thạnh District and District 8 and report to the Government.

A bridge will be built to replace the Châu Giang Ferry now being used on the Hậu River in the Mekong Delta province of An Giang, according to the Ministry of Transport.