Việt Nam News

A concert last Saturday in southern Cần Thơ Province was abruptly interrupted when a woman and several of her friends jumped on the stage claiming her gold bar (37.5gr which is worth approximately US$1,500) was stolen.

A local business in HCM City attempted and succeeded in overturning a decision made by a district tax office. According to the business’ owner, he was wrongly taxed $15,000 in VAT and made to pay a fine of more than $2,000 for failing to declare income from his sales of rice husks.

With the desire to help minority children gain a brighter future, teachers have volunteered to leave their families for the remote Central Highlands (Tây Nguyên) Province of Kon Tum to work at the Măng Ri Boarding School, reported the Lao Động (Labour) Newspaper.

People on the streets of Sầm Sơn City in northern Thanh Hóa Province watched in disbelief when they saw a boy, no older than 7 or 8 years old, behind the wheel of a truck going down one of the city’s busy streets last weekend.

Huy Phát, a 30-year-old translator based in HCM City, has been working as a freelancer for five years since it gives him the flexibility for scheduling his leisure activities that an eight-to-five job cannot.

Hà Tĩnh Province Border Guard, in collaboration with other law enforcement forces, prevented 15kg of methamphetamines from being illegally trafficked to Việt Nam on Sunday.

A fireman of Hà Nội’s Fire Prevention and Fighting Police Department died after suffering multiple injuries in an accident, the department said on Monday.

The serious encroachment of sand sediment along Lạch Bạng Sea Port in Tĩnh Gia District of central Thanh Hoá Provine has been blocking many cargo ships and fishing vessels as they try to approach the port.

HCM City pledges to protect the legal rights and benefits of the business community, a city leader said.

More than two years ago, Đặng Thanh Tân, a farmer in Bình Minh Town, northern Ninh Bình Province decided to switch from breeding shrimp in traditional ponds to high-tech farming. Over the course of the same breeding period, the new technique brings about higher shrimp productivity and quality than the traditional method.

The central Quảng Nam province, with support from the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), the Việt Nam Disaster Management Authority (VNDMA), Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, the Republic of Korea, in partnership with the Việt Nam Red Cross Society, has launched the Damrey housing recovery and rehabilitation project.

In the context of the fourth industrial revolution, the country’s press has strived to overcome difficulties and challenges and continued to improve with more diversified and attractive forms.

HCM City planned to auction 5,200 resettlement apartments and land lots out of nearly 14,000 unoccupied apartments and land lots initially designed for resident relocation.

After being transferred to new investors, many of Hà Nội’s unfinished real estate projects are still delayed, and home buyers are the hardest hit, Tiền Phong (Vanguard) newspaper reported.

The press has enthusiastically supported the Government, promoted the Government’s integrity and actions, served the people and contributed considerably to the country’s achievements, representatives agreed at a forum held yesterday in Hà Nội.

A Government delegation led by Deputy Prime Minister Trương Hòa Bình on Friday paid homage to Archbishop of HCM City’s Archdiocese and former President of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Việt Nam Paul, Bùi Văn Đọc, who passed away in Rome on March 6 (Rome time).

Some 118,290ha of rice fields affected by lack of water and saltwater intrusion in the Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta will be used to grow other crops or aquaculture this year, according to the Plant Cultivation Department.

Phạm Khánh Phong Lan, head of the HCM City Food Safety Management Board, speaks to Sài Gòn Giải Phóng (Liberated Sài Gòn) about the positive results of the board’s work.