Việt Nam News

Police from the north-eastern province of Quảng Ninh destroyed over 3.5 tonnes of fish without clear origins on Thursday.

Vietnamese are set to enjoy the longest holiday since new year tomorrow, and services were already strained under the expected influx of people ready to leave big cities.

Local authorities confirmed that a battery powder-dyed mixture of discarded coffee, pebbles and ground stones recently found at a local business was mixed with pepper to increase its quantity.

The Vietnam General Confederation of Labour (VGCL) has proposed amending the law on Vietnamese workers working abroad under contracts to give trade union organisations direct participation in protecting overseas labourers. 

Focusing on legislation and involvement of the public and private sectors are a driving force for attracting investment in transport projects, including the North-South Expressway project, said Transport Deputy Minister Nguyễn Ngọc Đông at a workshop on April 26.

Many driving training centres in HCM City ignore regulations, and encourage learners to pay additional fees aside from tuition in return for guaranteed success in theory tests required for drivers’ licenses.

More than 270 businesses and households in HCM City have installed solar power grids on roofs with a total capacity of about 3,600 KWp, according to the HCM City Power Corp under Electricity of Việt Nam (EVN HCM City).

Bình Dân Hospital in HCM City yesterday (April 26) inaugurated its new urology emergency unit.

Sharp reduction of oxygen is blamed for the death of over 20 tonnes of fish at Bình Hà 1 Dam’s reservoir in the southern province of Bình Phước’s Đa Kia Commune since Monday.

Experts identified gender discriminations present in the provisions of the current 2012 Labour Code and discussed effective strategies and interventions during a workshop held in Hà Nội on Thursday.

With the mounting negative reports concerning activities from the controversial religious movement “World Mission Society Church of God” in the north of Việt Nam, the Government’s religion authority has urged for caution and not to equate it with other legitimate Protestant groups with similar names in the country.

Asia-Pacific Gateway (APG) International’s undersea cable problem, which occurred at 11.50pm on Monday, was completely fixed on Wednesday at 5.10pm.

Last week the Ministry of Health, allied with health experts and policymakers, called for an increase in the consumption tax on cigarettes. Their proposal was to have a flat-rate duty of VNĐ2,000 or US$.08 on a 20-pack of cigarettes.

Since Monday roads leading to HCM City’s Tân Sơn Nhất airport have clogged by traffic though the four-day weekend extending into Reunification Day (April 30) and Labour Day (May 1) does not begin till Saturday.

The Ministry of Education and Training has permitted more private universities to offer medical courses starting in 2018-19.

A scaffolding collapsed in the central province of Thừa Thiên- Huế leaving 11 construction workers injured on Sunday.

Agencies in the central province of Hà Tĩnh have been trying to identify the cause of the mass fish deaths in the local coastal breeding cages on Saturday morning.

The Asia-Pacific Gateway (APG) international undersea cable broke down at 23:50 on April 23, disrupting Internet connections from Việt Nam to other countries, according to the Vietnam Posts and Telecommunications (VNPT).