Việt Nam News

Beginning next year, districts will be responsible for managing parks and trees, and the HCM City People’s Committee will invite competitive bids from the districts to explain how they would maintain green spaces. 

A forest of trees at the foot of Hoành Sơn mountain in central Hà Tĩnh Province has come back to life, thanks to the efforts of one man.

The number of water buses operating in HCM City’s new transport service remains low, causing long wait times for passengers, according to media reports.

Multiple transportation firms have proposed reducing the number of Build – Operate – Transfer (BOT) toll stations as well as road maintenance fees by 30 per cent.

Việt Nam needs about VNĐ 9-15 trillion (US$396.9 -661.5 million) to develop its inland container depots (ICD) over the next three years, while funding for the following decade will be about VNĐ20-22 trillion (US$882-970.2 million).

Hà Nội’s authorities have ordered the city’s inspectors to inspect enterprises with long overdue social insurance premiums.

Police in this northern province have detained a physician for violating regulations on medical examinations and treatment and the production, distribution and sale of medicine or other medical services.

During the New Year holidays, the northern region, including Hà Nội City, will experience wet weather, cold and cold spells, with the lowest temperature hitting 13-15 degrees Celsius.

Airlines, until Tuesday, had registered to increase nearly 3,000 flights and 582,000 seats on 22 routes from and to 18 domestic airports.

New vehicle parking fees for Hà Nội have been published and will take effect from January 1, according to local authorities.

Some 30 new anti-vibration and noise-protective train carriages were handed over to the Việt Nam Railway Corporation (VNR) on Wednesday. These will be put into operation to serve passengers during Tết (Lunar New Year).

The Police Investigation Agency under the Ministry of Public Security is investigating two cases of deliberate violations of State regulations.

The Fire Prevention and Fighting Police Department in this central province have found the last victim of the fire at Tràng An Việt Nam Confectionery Joint Stock Company.

More than 22,500 units in Hà Nội were found to violating food safety regulations this year after authorised inspectors examined 110,930 units, according to the city’s Health Department.

The HCM City People’s Court on Wednesday sentenced 15 defendants to between five years and 16 years in prison for terrorism.

Despite fully knowing that HIV/AIDS, dangerous as it may be, can not be easily transmitted just by touching or direct talking, but in most people’s minds, it’s better just to stay as far away from the ‘doomed’ patients. Worse, those open-minded unaffiliated ones who don’t shy away from such common ‘interactions’ with HIV/AIDS patients could, in turn, face some wariness from the less open-minded crowds.

Many hospitals in HCM City use software to monitor the prescription of antibiotics to ensure they are not abused causing bacteria to mutate to become antibiotic-resistant, a major global health problem, including in Việt Nam.

Planning experts have urged authorities in the Central Highlands province of Lâm Đồng to preserve the special urban heritage of Đà Lạt City.