Việt Nam News

HCM City plans to improve its administrative procedures by using smartphone apps for tracking citizens’ submissions and forming working groups, according to Trần Vĩnh Tuyến, deputy chairman of HCM City People’s Committee.

STEM education (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) is an interdisciplinary and applied approach being used at HCM City schools with effective results.

Phan Thành Mai, the indicted former general director of Việt Nam Construction Bank (VNCB), asked the court to reconsider the amount of purported loss on the third day of his trial for “deliberately violating State regulations on economic management causing severe consequences” at his former bank.

A new regime of exemption and fee reduction for commercial vehicles registered in nearby townships will be applied at the BOT Bạc Liêu toll booth from Wednesday (January 10).

The National Institute of Haematology and Blood Transfusion has called on citizens to donate blood type O until the Lunar New Year.

Police in northern Điện Biên Province have busted a drug trafficking ring, arresting two traffickers and seizing 21 cakes of heroin weighing 7.5kg.

Rescue forces are searching for eight fishermen missing from three fishing boats that sank off the coast of the central province of Thanh Hóa, following the strong monsoon recently.

SOS Children’s Villages Việt Nam, which provides homes for thousands of orphans and abandoned children nationwide, on Tuesday celebrated its 30th birthday. 

The monthly basic salary of civil servants and public employees will increase to VNĐ1.39 million (US$61), from the current VNĐ1.3 million ($57), this July onwards.

A new regime of exemptions and a 50 per cent fee reduction for commercial vehicles registered in a nearby ward will be applied at the controversial Cần Thơ-Phụng Hiệp toll booth from January 20.

The Supreme People’s Procuracy released yesterday an indictment of Phạm Công Danh, ex-chairman of the members’ board, for “deliberately violating State regulations on economic management causing severe consequences” at the Việt Nam Construction Bank (VNCB).

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc has stressed the important role played by science and technology in promoting production value and economic growth, and asked for more effort to effectively develop the sector in the future.

A patient who suffered a stroke and was declared clinically dead for 20 minutes has been released after 10 days of treatment, doctors from Hoàn Mỹ Đà Nẵng Hospital said yesterday.

The northern port city of Hải Phòng plans to implement four main transport projects in the period 2016-20, with foreign direct investment (FDI) totalling nearly US$500 million.

 In 2017, more than two million children in Việt Nam were stunted and 1.2 million were underweight, according to a report by National Institute of Nutrition.

People in the northern mountains shivered yesterday as temperature dropped to freezing point - and snow is likely to blanket Sa Pa Township this morning.

Thirty-four award-winning paintings featuring the life and career of Cuban revolutionary leader Che Guevara were presented at a meeting celebrating the 59th anniversary of Cuba’s National Day (January 6, 1959-2018) in HCM City.

The HCM City People’s Committee and Viet Nam Post Corp (VNPost)  signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on Monday on improving  processing of administrative forms and tasks.