Việt Nam News

The Việt Nam Register (VR) on Tuesday asked its branches nationwide to tighten inspection of waterway vessels after a ferry accident in HCM City on April 8.

More researches on labour, social issues and labour market supply and demand should be conducted and more instruction and orientation should be given to vocational training.

In 2009, farmer Bùi Văn Chung in northern Nam Định Province’s Hải Quang Commune made the difficult decision to chop down ornamental trees to grow đinh lăng (Polyscias fruticose), a medicinal plant species.

As a new season of prawn breeding approaches, a rash of low quality juvenile prawns this year is troubling farmers in Mekong Delta provinces, the country’s major prawn-producing area.

 A spate of wild mushroom poisonings in the mountainous provinces has alarmed doctors who fear locals are disregarding their warnings that the only way to prevent poisoning is to avoid eating wild mushrooms entirely.

Microsoft Vietnam and the Dariu Foundation on Tuesday launched a project called “Enabling Boat” to help disadvantaged youth in the Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta access computer science and code literacy.

The State Bank of Việt Nam (SBV) was closely following an alleged cryptocurrency fraud in HCM City, to which as many as 32,000 people could have fallen victim, involving a sum of up to VNĐ15 trillion (US$666 million), a bank official said.

Beginning on July 1, the Health Ministry and Việt Nam Social Security will adjust the unreasonable prices of some healthcare services to better manage health insurance funds, said Health Minister Nguyễn Thị Kim Tiến.

There is enough stock of rabies vaccines to meet demand in the country, the Drug Administration of Việt Nam has said.

The Vietnamese Government prioritises health care and stands ready to continue cooperating with Denmark in medical technology to modernise the health care system and improve quality of life, said Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc.

Three people died and three others were injured in an accident on a section of the Hồ Chí Minh National Highway running through Đắk Song District in the Central Highlands Province of Đắk Nông on Monday night.

The People’s Court of HCM City yesterday handed a 12-year jail sentence to customs officer Nguyễn Trường Duy for receiving bribes amounting to nearly VNĐ550 million (US$23,900).

All high-speed composite ferries operating on the Bạch Đằng – Cần Giờ - Vũng Tàu route will undergo inspection and vessel verification following a ferry accident on April 8, according to the owner of the Greenlines ferry service.

The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development has not found any trace of the banned substance salbutamol in samples collected from animal breeding farms and slaughterhouses during inspection in January this year.

Ninety per cent of high-rise buildings in Việt Nam have failed to integrate energy efficiency into their design and operations, causing enormous wastage, especially with the number of such buildings growing by 6 – 7 per cent a year.

Discussions at the Fifth Asia-Pacific Forum on Sustainable Development last week renewed focus on how best to build resilience among countries in the face of emerging risks.

The People’s Committee of Quảng Bình Province on Monday requested concerned agencies to apply strict measures to prevent the overexploitation of seafood in the coastal waters of the province.