Việt Nam News

President Trần Đại Quang met with Vietnamese and foreign scientists in Hà Nội yesterday after they attended the seminar themed “Science for development” that took place in Quy Nhơn City in the central province of Bình Định on Wednesday and Thursday.

The Institute of Vaccines and Medical Biologicals (IVAC) of Việt Nam has announced the successful production of inactivated seasonal influenza vaccine (IVACFLU-S) for commercial use.

One of the goals of the new general education programme issued by the Ministry of Education and Training is to reduce pressure on students and give them more practical experience. But after a month-long pilot programme in six provinces and cities, experts and teachers have identified major shortcomings in the curriculum.

After the 2017-2018 spring-autumn garlic harvest 15 days ago, farmers of Lý Sơn island district in the central province of Quảng Ngãi are preparing for a new onion crop but there is one thing in short supply, sea sand.

The Vietnam Inland Waterway Administration has called on the Ministry of Transport to assess and invest in three waterway transport projects in the Mekong Delta under public-private-partnership mode.

 HCM City authorities report positive results on several fronts four months after the government resolution that gave the city more control over its governance was approved by the National Assembly. Among the notable improvements was approval by the city’s People’s Council to increase civil servants’ salaries.

The trial of 28 former officials of Đại Tín Bank (Trust Bank) (now Việt Nam Construction Bank) continued yesterday with a focus on how the former senior advisor of the management board of Trust Bank, Hứa Thị Phấn, was able to increase the value of her house at 5 Phạm Ngọc Thạch Street in District 3 in HCM City.

Three Vietnamese cities, Đà Nẵng, Hội An and Đông Hà, have entered the final round of the World Wild Fund for Nature (WWF)’s 2017 – 2018 One Planet City Challenge programme along with 37 other cities around the world.

The Government Committee for Religious Affairs held a conference in Hà Nội yesterday to introduce the Law on Belief and Religion, and a decree stipulating a number of articles of the law and enforcement measures to ambassadors and representatives of diplomatic agencies in Hà Nội as well as domestic ministries and agencies.

Farmers in the Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta province of Trà Vinh have expanded the highly profitable super-intensive shrimp farming using advanced techniques.

The natural resources and environment ministry is developing a draft decree to replace Decree No. 51/2014/NĐ-CP (Decree 51) allotting sea areas to organisations and individuals for exploiting marine resources.

Women migrant workers face the risk of violence and trafficking, discrimination while accessing fair and sustainable employment, and supportive services, as well as insecurity.

HCM City People’s Court on Friday sentenced a restaurant owner to seven years in jail for misappropriating more than VNĐ 663 million (US$29,100) from an Australian client.

Việt Nam is now home to more than 80,000 foreign workers, according to Lê Quang Trung, deputy head of the Department of Employment under the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs (MOLISA).

A short message service (SMS) campaign was launched on Friday to help poor patients suffering from Tuberculosis (TB) and integrate them into the community of Việt Nam.

Nine forest rangers from Cư Jút District Forest Protection Division in the Central Highlands province of Đắk Nông were disciplined for mismanagement and irresponsibility.

Electricity consumption has surged drastically in Hà Nội with the onset of the first heat wave, power company Electricity of Việt Nam (EVN) said.

The Investigation Police Agency, under the Ministry of Public Security, has prosecuted and put in temporary detention two former leaders of Bình Sơn Refining and Petrochemical Co. Ltd (BSR).