Downtown HCMC parking lots overloaded

Many family households in HCM City’s District 1 are storing motorbikes at their homes after the decision by the District 1 People’s Committee on January 11 to suspend operation of 48 parking sites on street pavements.

HCM City authorities ensure a warm Tết

The HCM City People’s Committee has asked district people’s committees, departments and other agencies to ensure everyone has a “warm and sufficient Lunar Tết” which falls on February 16.

HCM City to make Bùi Viện walking-only

The administration of HCM City's District 1 has sought the People’s Committee's approval to make the whole of Bùi Viện Street in the heart of the ‘backpacker area’ a walking-only street on weekend evenings.

Bubble tea raises health concerns

 During the first 20 days of 2018, Hà Nội Market Management Force has inspected two huge shipments of bubble tea materials that lacked a certificate of origin.

Việt Nam business climate improves

The size of Vietnamese domestic enterprises is shrinking, according to the latest data from the 2017 economic census. Experts said this signals improvements in the country’s business environment.

HCM City keen on hi-tech agriculture

HCM City is urging farmers to adopt hi-tech agricultural techniques in an aim to increase productivity, quality and competitiveness, Lê Thanh Liêm, vice chairman of the city’s People’s Committee, said.

 

Hà Nội to host 10th Red Sunday camp

More than 23,400 units of blood have been collected at 30 Chủ Nhật Đỏ (Red Sunday) blood donation camps in 19 provinces and cities after a month.

Street cleaners quit because of low pay

Many street cleaners in HCM City have quit their jobs because of the hard work - and wages and bonuses that tend to decline year by year, Tuổi Trẻ (Youth) newspaper reported.

Fake MSG production ring busted in Hà Tĩnh

Police in central Hà Tĩnh Province busted a ring producing fake monosodium glutamate (MSG), seizing more than 1.4 tonnes of the powder packaged in bags printed with trademarks.

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