Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved financial assistance of US$100.6 million to support Việt Nam’s effort to improve healthcare service quality, especially in poor and border areas, Vietnam News Agency reports.
The HCM City People’s Supreme Court yesterday handed down a three-year suspended sentence with five-year probation sentence, for Đặng Thanh Bình, former deputy governor of the State Bank of Việt Nam, on the charge of “lacking responsibility and causing serious consequences”.
The HCM City Department of Planning and Architecture has proposed adding a new Cần Giờ Golf Course to the list of city’s golf courses by 2020.
Cần Thơ’s agriculture, forestry and fishery output for this year is VNĐ13.5 trillion (US$578.5 million), 4.1 per cent higher than the target, according to the Mekong Delta city’s Department of Agriculture and Rural Development.
Việt Nam and South Korea have agreed to strengthen bilateral cooperation on defense and UN peacekeeping activities to maintain peace, security and stability in the region.
Authorities in provinces across the country are taking necessary measures to prevent disease in poultry and transmission to humans.
Australia remains the first-choice destination for students from Việt Nam, according to the Australian Consulate in HCM City.
The Investigation Police Agency under the Ministry of Public Security launched legal proceedings against temporarily detained former General Director Trương Văn Tuyến and Deputy General Director Phạm Thanh Sơn of the Việt Nam Shipbuilding Industry Corporation (Vinashin) yesterday.
Police from the Ministry of Public Security and the central province of Nghệ An examined the scene of a fire that occurred on Sunday afternoon at warehouses near Vinh Market.
Hà Nội authorities have proposed evacuating more than 2,200 households along the banks of the Red River in its adjusted plan on flood prevention to Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD).
Hà Nội's People’s Committee has been instructed to conduct a thorough review of a land dispute issues concerning the Hoàng Cầu-Voi Phục section of the planned expansion of the city’s Belt Road 1.
Another cold spell is predicted to hit the north-eastern and north-central provinces and cities on early Tuesday morning, causing a temperature drop to 9-14 degrees Celsius.
At the end of November, Nguyễn Tài Ph., a four-year-old boy with autism in Trực Ninh District, Nam Định Province was found tied to a classroom window as his teacher was unable to control him.
Across cities in Việt Nam, building high-rise apartments is gaining popularity as urban populations swell while ground space remains limited.
Nguyễn Tấn Viên, 64, prepares for his daily cuttle-fish fishing journey at 5pm.
HCM City has been losing billions of đồng every month in car parking fees since it began collecting them through an app last August, according to its Department of Transportation.
Hồ Chí Minh city needs up to VNĐ73 trillion (US$$3.15 billion) for flood prevention projects by 2020, according to its Department of Planning and Investment.
The management of land areas previously allocated to the State-run agriculture and forestry farms needs reviewing to avoid disputes and losses for the State, according to experts.
Vintech – an affiliate of Việt Nam’s leading conglomerate Vingroup – last week announced a US$4.5-million project on researching the Vietnamese genome.
The city’s water buses provided services to about 900,000 passengers in the first 11 months of the year, up by 155 per cent compared with the same period last year, according to the HCM City Department of Transport.
