Cần Thơ to improve senior healthcare

The Cần Thơ city People’s Committee plans to set up action programmes for healthcare services for old people to improve the quality of their life and foster social development.

 

Former TrustBank general director arrested

The former general director of TrustBank, Ngô Trí Đức, was arrested Monday on charges of “lacking responsibility and causing serious consequences” and “abusing trust to appropriate property”.

 

 

Babysitter arrested for torturing toddlers in An Giang

Police in Long Xuyên City in the southern province of An Giang on Monday launched a criminal investigation against a babysitter who was allegedly involved in torturing three toddlers at Sắc Màu Tuổi Thơ nursery school.

Endangered bears rescued from private farm

Five endangered Asiatic black bears (Ursus thibetanus) were rescued from a private farm in Mỹ Tho City in the southern province of Tiền Giang on August 27. These bears are now on the way to Việt Nam’s Bear Rescue Centre in Tam Đảo town in the northern Vĩnh Phúc Province.

Holiday travel fares too high: experts

Many transport agencies in HCM City plan to increase fares on Friday and Saturday (August 31 and September 1) of the upcoming three-day National Day holiday, though experts have disputed the rationale for the increase.

Nearly 1,000 vehicles using electronic tags

Nearly 1,000 vehicles have been equipped with e-tags since electronic toll collection systems (ETC) were installed at toll stations on the HCM City – Long Thành – Dầu Giây Expressway in August last year.

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