Việt Nam News

A contest this year titled Community’s Ideas encouraged individuals and organisations to come up with innovative technology ideas, products and solutions for HCM city’s socio-economic development.

Organisers expect to collect about 50,000 blood units during the 2019 Chủ Nhật Đỏ (Red Sunday), a blood donation drive which was launched today in Hà Nội.

The Ministry of Public Security has directed local-level police agencies to intensify their fight against the trade of human infants.

Hà Nội People’s Committee has issued a plan to ensure traffic safety and reduce traffic congestion in the city in 2019.

Việt Nam Journalists Association (VJA) on Tuesday announced rules that instruct Vietnamese journalists the “do’s and don’ts” when using social networks.

A male passenger was caught carrying illegal weapons at Tân Sơn Nhất International Airport in HCM City on Tuesday.

Three people aged from 18 to 20 drowned on Tuesday and another girl is in a critical condition in hospital after their boat overturned and sank on Đa Tôn Lake – an artificial lake in Tân Phú District, the southern province of Đồng Nai.

Authorities in Hà Nội will implement more measures to strengthen safe vegetable and meat supply chains for its residents, said vice chairman of the city’s People’s Committee Nguyễn Văn Sửu.

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc has approved the addition of a multi-purpose entertainment complex–horse racing course project into Hà Nội’s master plan on socio-economic development by 2020.

Trade unions in HCM City are offering their labourers Tết bonuses, gifts, year-end parties and tickets for buses and trains for the upcoming Lunar New Year (Tết) holiday.

Local people must be involved in the construction process for new-style rural areas, Hoàng Xuân Thành from BTAP (Budget Transparency Accountability Participation) Coalition stated at a seminar in Hà Nội yesterday.

HCM City is expected to treat nearly 4,000 people with HIV/AIDS who have health insurance cards in the first quarter of next year, following the cessation of free treatment for all such patients in the country, according to the city HIV/AIDS Prevention Centre.

Many universities in HCM City have unveiled new enrollment plans for the next academic year.

The HCM City Department of Public Security in collaboration with political institutions will diversify grassroots models to mobilise all citizens for a campaign to strengthen public security and safeguarding the country.

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The HCM City People’s Supreme Court yesterday upheld a 30-year sentence handed down by a first-instance trial for Phạm Công Danh, the former chairman of the board of Việt Nam Construction Bank (VNCB), on charges of wrongdoing and violations of banking rules.

The number of Vietnamese working overseas totalled 140,000 this year, increasing nearly 7 per cent over last year, according to the Overseas Worker Management Department.

The Hà Nội Transport Corporation (Transerco) on Tuesday introduced four new bus routes to strengthen links with suburban areas.