Việt Nam News

Vague regulations were hindering the application of personal digital signature in Việt Nam despite a rapidly growing demand, an official said on Thursday.

Lack of consistency, adequacy and comprehensiveness of legal provisions on urban development poses an urgent need to formulate the Law on Urban Development Management.

The HCM City Department of Transport has sought approval from the People’s Committee for three transport infrastructure works to be undertaken in build-transfer mode.

Deputy Prime Minister Trịnh Đình Dũng on Thursday visited the southern province of Đồng Nai to review land acquisition, compensation and resettlement support for the construction of Long Thành International Airport.

The Customs Department in the northern port city of Hải Phòng will install more cameras to increase the supervision of customs activities and prevent violations by customs officials.

Some 100 households in HCM City’s District 9 spent Wednesday night in the dark after an electricity pole snapped and fell at 6pm near Tăng Nhơn Phú B market.

Three sailors in central Bình Định Province’s Quy Nhơn City died of suffocation after entering the storage cabin of their boat on Wednesday.

Authorities, including local ones, need to increase patrolling and promote fire safety to ensure there are no major forest fires during the ongoing dry season, a meeting held to review forest protection and fire prevention heard in HCM City yesterday.

Tourism promotional campaigns in Việt Nam will be boosted with the establishment of Việt Nam Tourism Development Fund (VTDF), an official said.

Scattered investment and red tape have held back science and technology research in Việt Nam, scientists said at a meeting with Deputy Prime Minister Vũ Đức Đam yesterday.

Many farmers in northern Vĩnh Phúc Province have been chopping down their đinh lăng (polyscias fruiticose) trees, a medicinal plant species, as they can’t find a consumption market although constantly reducing selling prices.

Public hospitals are facing a “brain drain” with many doctors and pharmacists moving to private health facilities attracted by their high salaries.

Hospitals in the Central Highlands province of Đắk Lắk are being improved dramatically to provide better care to locals to reduce the number of patients going to HCM City and other cities for treatment.

Periodic dialogue on occupational safety and health policies was very essential, in order to share information, to increase understanding among employers, workers, trade unions, and agencies, an official said.

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc has signed Directive 10/CT-TTg on strengthening the management of activities related to Bitcoin and other similar virtual currencies.

HCM City’s Department of Natural Resources and Environment is working with other agencies to identify polluting facilities that should be shut down or relocated to new production areas in outlying areas of the city.

The average annual income of residents in HCM City’s Củ Chi District has increased to more than VNĐ46 million (US$2,000) per capita, up 1.14 times against 2015, according to Lê Đình Đức, deputy chairman of the district’s People’s Committee.

The police chief’s position in Hà Nội’s communes will be assigned to professional police officers instead of semi-professional ones, Hà Nội People’s Committee chairman Nguyễn Đức Chung said on Tuesday.