Free TB screening for high-risk groups in HCMC

Medical staff working in a mobile vehicle offered free X-rays and skin tests last Sunday to people living in HCM City's Tân Bình District who are at a high risk of contracting TB.

Deputy PM orders strict fine on “disguised” vehicles

Deputy Prime Minister cum chairman of the National Committee for Traffic Safety Trương Hòa Bình ordered the Hà Nội administration on Monday to urgently inspect vehicles labelled as tourist cabs but functioning as coaches to avoid paying tax in the city.

Đà Nẵng cracks down on foreign tour guides

The Ministry of Public Security has set up an interdisciplinary inspection team to supervise foreigners’ compliance with the regulations on their entry, exit, and residence in central Đà Nẵng City.

Late visa policy announcement challenges tourism

The visa exemption policy for citizens of five European countries will expire in the next three months. Whether and when it might be renewed are still open questions, creating a headache for tourists and Vietnamese businesses that serve them.

Sons-in-law fall foul of the law

Nguyễn Thị Tình and her husband from Hà Nội’s outlying district of Chương Mỹ have worked hard for years in the agricultural industry, saving their money in hopes of rebuilding their house.

More help needed to support young disabled people

Youth with disabilities often face many difficulties as compared with those without disabilities. But they not only overcame difficulties to integrate into the community, but also self-affirmed their value, contributing to the country's socio-economic development.

First, let me take a selfie

Recently, a group of young people used the smartphone they stole from someone near a bus stop in HCM City’s District 10 to take a selfie.

No place for low quality fertiliser in market

Hoàng Trung, director general of the Plant Protection Department, talks to the newspaper Nông thôn Ngày nay (Countryside Today) on his department’s resolve to eliminate low quality fertiliser from the market

Safe corridor on expressway encroached

The safe corridor along HCM City-Trung Lương Expressway has been seriously infringed, reported the Vietnam News Agency. The fence along the highway was set up with steel nets and barbed wires to separate the highway from the residential areas to ensure traffic safety.

Volunteers turning up to help sell farmers' turnips

Nguyễn Ngọc Hoàng is a man on a mission. He turns up at University to study two days of the week but the rest of the time he turns up somewhere else - at the farm to help sell turnips. He is one of a number of volunteers who give up their spare time to help farmer sell their vegetables.

Central city plans ‘urban area in the sea’

The central city of Đà Nẵng has asked the government to plan part of Đà Nẵng Bay as an ‘urban area in the sea’, in an effort to meet the demands of a rising population and to attract tourism investment.

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