Architects urged to focus on green houses

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc has urged Vietnamese architects to develop designs suitable for rural and flood-hit areas in order to promote the socio-economic development of each locality and the country as a whole.

Electrical store fire kills 3 in Nam Định

A blaze killed a woman and her two children, including a 10-year-old girl and a 6-year-old boy, early yesterday in the northern province of Nam Định’s Yên Tiến Commune.

State promotes bird’s nest farms

Việt Nam’s swift breeding industry has the potential to compete with regional producers if it meets quality standards, Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Ministry (MARD), Vũ Văn Tám said at a conference held in HCM City on April 20.

Quảng Nam seized 2 tonnes smuggled timber

The Market Management Department of the central province of Quảng Nam yesterday seized two tonnes of rosewood (Dalbergia cochinchinensis) without clear origin from a truck.

City to strengthen management at private nurseries

Population growth in HCM City, especially near industrial parks (IPs) and export processing zones (EPZ), has led to more children being sent to privately owned kindergartens, some of which do not meet safety standards.

HCM City to install cameras in kindergartens

HCM City People’s Committee has asked the city’s Department of Education and Training to pilot a project to install cameras in public and private kindergartens starting this school year.

Carina Plaza owner arrested in fire probe

The investigative police unit in HCM City has issued a decision to arrest Nguyễn Văn Tùng, investor of the Carina Plaza in the city as part of an investigation into a serious blaze that occurred on March 23 and killed 13 people.

New expressway proposed to connect Hòa Bình and Sơn La

The northern province of Sơn La People’s Committee has proposed the Government approve the Hòa Bình- Mộc Châu Expressway project to better connect two northern provinces of Hòa Bình and Sơn La as well as Hà Nội and northwestern provinces.

2,000 litres of waste water illegally discharged

The Hải Hà District Police in the northern province of Quảng Ninh on Thursday caught two men discharging 2,000 litres of untreated waste water into a paddy field in Quảng Phong Commune, Hải Hà District.

Couple rescued from landslide

A local couple in the Central Highlands province of Lâm Đồng was rescued on Thursday after being buried for an hour by a landslide.

Aviation fuel thieves put in jail

The People’s Court of HCM City on Friday announced sentences for 25 defendants accused of stealing 500,000 litres of airplane fuel from the National Airlines of Việt Nam (Vietnam Airlines).

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