HCM City hopes to have continued support from the US for smart-city projects and plans to call for more investment at a conference in April, Nguyễn Thành Phong, chair of the People’s Committee, said.
Police in northern Ninh Bình Province said they had summoned the landlord and construction workers who were responsible for the death of a taxi passenger to record their statement.
Nguyễn Ngọc Minh, head of the People's Committee of Tuy Đức district in Đắk Nông Province said that an explosion at a local quarry led to four casualities.
More than 35ha of ready-to-harvest sugarcane was burnt in Ea Sup District, the Central Highlands (Tây Nguyên) province of Đắk Lắk, causing severe damage.
Two drug traffickers were sentenced to 20 years imprisonment for transporting 4,000 tablets of ecstasy from the northern mountainous province of Sơn La to Hà Nội, Vietnam News Agency reported.
Traffic accidents killed 780 people and injured 1,348 others from December 16, 2017, to January 15, 2018, the National Committee for Traffic Safety reported.
The north might experience a cold snap during the Tết holiday, while the south region would have good weather with light rainfall, the National Hydro-meteorological Centre said.
Many residents know harm of traditional earthenware stove with coal, but due to its cheap price, a number of families still use it for their cooking and warming, especially in winter leaving consequences for their health, said experts.
The People’s Procuracy of Hà Nội yesterday proposed a life sentence for Trịnh Xuân Thanh, former Chairman of the Board of Directors of PetroVietnam Construction Corporation (PVC), on the charge of “asset embezzlement” at PetroVietnam Power Land JSC (PVP Land).
The lessons learned from the Paris Peace Accords can still be applied today, according to former Vice President Nguyễn Thị Bình.
The HCM City Department of Transport has begun to dismantle the tollbooths in the Thủ Thiêm Tunnel under the Sài Gòn River, which have remained unused for six years, to ease the flow of traffic.
Drivers in the capital who use iParking, a smart parking mobile app, can pay parking fee by cash if they face problems with the app, Vũ Văn Viện, director of Hà Nội’s Transport Department said.
A survey on violence against women in Việt Nam will be conducted by the General Statistics Office (GSO).
Police in Hà Nội’s Đống Đa District handed over two wanted criminals in South Korea to the South Korean police at the International Nội Bài Airport yesterday.
Hà Nội’s People’s Committee yesterday urged the city’s police department and Department of Health to investigate the death of an eight-month-old on January 23.
Construction of pavements in Ba Đình and Hai Bà Trưng districts continues despite an order by the capital city’s authorities, vietnamplus.vn reported.
The National Assembly and the Supreme People’s Court should guide implementation of new laws and the Government should provide more funding for courts at all levels to use IT in their daily working to improve their efficiency, delegates told an annual review meeting of the Supreme People’s Court and HCM City Court yesterday.
To prepare for the 50th anniversary of the 1968 Tết Offensive and other events, HCM City authorities have banned vehicles from certain streets on January 26.
The Ministry of Health and the World Health Organisation (WHO) in Việt Nam on Wednesday launched a new Health Co-operation Programme for period 2018-2019.
