Việt Nam News

Some 11 reservoirs and several seasonal dams in the Southern Central province of Ninh Thuận have dried out, leaving 1,700 households without clean water.

The District 11 Hospital in HCM City has successfully performed its first ever surgery to remove a pancreatic tumour.

Users of some 34 million out of 38 million mobile phone numbers nationwide have not yet provided their personal information, including portrait photo.

Chin Well Fasteners Việt Nam Company in Hiệp Phước Commune, Nhơn Trạch District, was fined VNĐ3.5 billion (US$154,000) for releasing untreated wastewater and directly burying 1,600 tonnes of contaminated waste.

Deputy chairman of the central HàTĩnh province People’s Committee, Đặng Ngọc Sơn, has signed a decision to establish a working group that be responsible for guiding, inspecting and supervising the treatment of oil-contaminated wells in Hương Trạch Commune’s Tân Phúc Village under Hương Khê District.

Việt Nam Competition Authority, under the Ministry of Industry and Trade, has asked Vietnam Television Cable Corporation (VTV Cab) to provide complete and accurate information related to its products.

Representatives of beverage producers and traders said at a workshop in Hà Nội on Wednesday the draft law to limit the harmful effects of wine and beer was not feasible.

NASA on Wednesday blasted off its newest planet-hunting spacecraft, TESS, a US$337 million satellite that aims to scan 85 percent of the skies for cosmic bodies where life may exist.

Việt Nam pledges coordination with and hopes to receive further support from the World Bank (WB) and other partners to improve food hygiene and safety, said Deputy Prime Minister Vũ Đức Đam at an online conference held in Hà Nội on Tuesday. 

The Prime Minister has asked ministries and localities to boost control on unsafe seafood exports and remove poor quality aquaculture products that failed to conduct food safety regulations at import markets.

 Phan Thị Nhàn, whose household is one of the poorest in the mountainous commune of Quảng Thạch in central Quảng Bình Province, has decided to apply for another loan from the local Women’s Development Fund to expand her cattle production—something she never dreamed of before.

The State-owned Hà Nội Sewage and Drainage One Member Limited Company said it has released green algae into Hoàn Kiếm Lake to revive the unique green colour of the lake.

Experts have urged Đồng Tháp Province, the largest mango producer in the Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta, to build brands and develop large-scale fields by strengthening cooperation among local farmers.

The operator of a stretch of National Highway 1 in Tien Giang Province has been facing protests from truck drivers and owners for collecting toll on the highway as well as a bypass it built.

The construction sector is currently seeing the highest number of fatal work accidents, making up more than 20 per cent of the total amount of work accidents across the country.

The International Educational Cooperation Department under the Ministry of Education and Training (MoET), on Tuesday asked Newton Grammar School in Bắc Từ Liêm District to end its relationship with George Washington International School (GWIS) in the US.

The Ministry of Public Security’s Investigation Police yesterday launched legal proceedings against Phan Văn Anh Vũ and added proceedings against Trần Phương Bình, former CEO of Đông Á Bank, both for “abusing position and power” to misappropriate VNĐ200 billion (around US$8.9 million) from the bank.

Authorities in the northern coastal province of Quảng Ninh and experts from the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) on Wednesday discussed the promotion of green growth of Hạ Long Bay.