Việt Nam News

A court in the Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta province of Cà Mau has sentenced Hữu Bê, 57, from Thới Bình District to seven years in prison and fined VNĐ13 million (US$ 600) on Monday for child sex abuse.

Tiền Giang Province plans to invest VNĐ110 billion (US$4.84 million) in 270 traffic projects to further the National Target Programme for New Rural Areas and improve traffic conditions in the Đồng Tháp Mười area.

The representative of the HCM City People’s Procuracy suggested punishing Phạm Công Danh, ex-Chairman of the Việt Nam Construction Bank (VNCB)’s Board of Directors and general director of Thiên Thanh Group 20 years in jail for “deliberately violating State regulations on economic management causing severe consequences” at the VNCB.

HCM City has about 200 bridges in need of repair or replacement, 30 of which will be repaired by 2020, said Bùi Xuân Cường, director of the city’s Department of Transport.

Government workers and civil servants in HCM City asked for higher salaries at a meeting they held with the city People’s Council on Sunday (January 21).

Lê Đình Hồng, of An Dương District in the northern Hải Phòng City, is taking care of peach trees in his garden in Đặng Cương Village. There are about three weeks left before Tết (Lunar New Year).

An illegal gold mine tunnel was found on Sunday by the Central Highland province of Kon Tum Department of Natural Resources and Environment and the provincial environmental police.

A report from the Labour Safety Department shows that 33.8 per cent of construction-related accidents are caused by employers’ negligence.

The report says little attention is paid to work-safety procedures, which often involves the use of  low-quality scaffolding structures and outdated equipment.

As part of efforts to universalise education access, the Ministry of Education and Training has proposed free tuition for all public secondary schools.

Vocational training providers should pay more attention to quality to help Vietnamese workers integrate globally and prepare for the fourth industrial revolution, experts have said.

The country’s busiest airport, Tân Sơn Nhất in HCM City, has taken measures to cope with overload inside as well as on roads outside during Tết (the Lunar New Year) next month.

A charity organisation called Foodbank Việt Nam was launched on January 20 to distribute food to deprived people and reduce food wastage.

Japanese LEOC company and the Đà Nẵng-based Đông Á College have inked a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on co-operation in Japanese language training, vocational skills and manpower enrollment.

President Trần Đại Quang stressed the need for trade unions to make continued efforts to improve incomes and working conditions and protect legitimate rights and interests of labourers and trade unionists as the fourth Industrial Revolution brings both opportunities and challenges to the country.

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.

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.

Thousands of people, mostly students and volunteers, gathered at Hà Nội University of Science and Technology in Hà Nội to participate in a blood donation festival on Sunday.

A Belarusian aircraft with humanitarian cargo weighing a total of 42 tonnes landed at Cam Ranh Airport in Khánh Hòa Province on Sunday.