Việt Nam News

Mã Đức Huy has just graduated from the HCM City University of Technology, but is unable to find a job related to his major, bio-technology.

HCM City Labour Federation on Friday signed an agreement with its counterparts in neighbouring provinces to resolve potential problems in relations between employees and employers.

Party General Secretary and President Nguyễn Phú Trọng met in Hà Nội on Friday with outstanding elderly villagers and village leaders from different ethnic minority groups across the country.

Six people were killed and another injured in a fire that broke out at a restaurant that was under renovation on Friday in Long Khánh Town in the southern province of Đồng Nai.

Efforts to honour war veterans, martyrs’ families and those who contributed to the national revolutionary cause should not end with slogans but practical actions which cared for their material and spiritual lives, said National Assembly Chairwoman Nguyễn Thị Kim Ngân yesterday while attending a ceremony in Thái Nguyên Province in honour of 60 young war martyrs who died on December 24, 1972.

“Handle antibiotics with care” was the call given by the National Steering Committee for Antibiotic Resistance, the World Health Organisation and Food and Agriculture Organisation to all sectors at a ceremony held in HCM City on Friday.

The Ministry of Transport has ordered the Directorate for Roads of Việt Nam and VIETRACIMEX 8 Company to ensure traffic safety and order at the Bắc Thăng Long-Nội Bài toll station amidst ongoing protests.

Coach Station 91B in Cần Thơ’s Ninh Kiều District will be converted into a bus parking lot from the start of January next year, according to the city’s transport department.

People in Sóc Trăng Province’s Tham Đôn Commune are complaining that wild monkeys have destroyed their fruit gardens and attacked local residents.

Police in the southern province of Bà Rịa-Vũng Tàu have arrested 22 Chinese citizens accused of making fake credit cards and organising gambling over the internet.

A roller barrier has been installed as part of a pilot programme on Cun Slope on National Highway No 6 in northern Hoà Bình Province in an attempt to reduce the number of vehicles that overturn in collisions on the notorious stretch of road.

The National Institute of Hematology and Blood Transfusion has called on the community, especially those with type O blood, to donate blood in an effort to avoid a shortage during the upcoming Tết (Lunar new year) holiday.

A local agricultural and forestry company in Krông Pa District, the Central Highlands province of Gia Lai was reported to have damaged about 30,000sq.m of forest land.

A four-month-old baby in the Central Highlands province of Gia Lai was reported to have died after taking medicine prescribed by a local private clinic.

Women should be free to choose the job they want to do without being hindered by discriminations on the grounds of their gender or physical capabilities.

Sericulture has been expanding in Lâm Đồng Province, the country’s largest silk producer, as it offers farmers high incomes and gets incentives from authorities. 

Hà Nội plans to construct a pedestrian tunnel, worth about VNĐ80 billion (US$3.44 million), connecting Trần Nguyên Hãn Street and Chương Dương Độ Street in Hoàn Kiếm District.

Shrimp farming on sandy land has brought profits to the coastal central provinces over the years. But the unplanned and spontaneous expansion of this model is accompanied by the potential of severe negative impacts on economy and environment.