Việt Nam News

The production of external information has helped promote the country’s image and culture to the world, boosting the country’s sovereignty over sea and islands as well as human rights.

Implementing social welfare needs the involvement of the community and businesses so as to contribute to social stability, socio-economic development and national security, Deputy Prime Minister Vũ Đức Đam said on December 21.

Several enterprises, mostly in HCM City, Đồng Nai Province and Bình Dương Province, are now accelerating worker recruitment, preparing for the production expansion after Tết (Vietnamese New Year) Holiday.

The People’s Court of southern An Giang province yesterday sent five local people to jail for conducting “anti-State propaganda” under Article 88 of the Penal Code.

Investigative police of the southern province of Bến Tre on Wednesday initiated legal proceedings against the former director of the provincial agricultural department.

The Hà Nội Customs Department on Wednesday decided to temporarily suspend two employees of the customs sub-department at the Hà Nội-based Nội Bài International Airport for having inadequate communication with passengers.

Authorities in central Hà Tĩnh Province on Wednesday stopped the illegal burning of frozen contaminated fish by a local company.

Rice husk is no longer agricultural waste thanks to a heat press machine invented by less trained rural engineer Trần Đình Lai in central Thừa Thiên- Huế Province.

The National Cancer Hospital (K Hospital) is working on a project to set up the first centre applying proton radiation therapy to treat cancer in Việt Nam.

All 11-digit mobile phone numbers in Việt Nam will be changed to 10-digit numbers in 2018, said Phạm Hồng Hải, deputy Minister of Information and Communications.

Late yesterday, the Việt Nam National Committee for Search and Rescue sent a vessel to rescue a local fishing boat which had ran out of fuel and was drifting at sea 116 nautical miles from Ô Cấp Cape in the southern province of Bà Rịa-Vũng Tàu.

A fire broke out yesterday evening at the Quảng Ninh Exhibition of Planning and Expo Centre in the northern province of Quảng Ninh, just a night before a local festival scheduled to start today.

Organisations and establishments from private sector can join testing and certificating plant varieties in Việt Nam if the proposed draft law on Plant Cultivation by Agriculture Ministry gets approved.

Fines and penalties for pedestrians violating traffic laws, some as high as VNĐ100 million (US$4,400) or 15 years in jail, will take effect in the next ten days. However, on many of Hà Nội’s streets, violations such as crossing roads at unmarked locations, walking on expressways, or crossing traffic dividers continue unabated.

A conference on Vietnamese women’s role in the fourth industrial revolution held in HCM City on Tuesday highlighted the need for female entrepreneurs to grow their businesses and overcome entrenched barriers such as gender disparities and lack of leadership roles.

After a month of implementation, Sài Gòn river buses carry just some 1,000 passengers a day, too little to be considered an alternative to reduce traffic congestion as was expected.

The sustainable development of the Mekong Delta must go in hand with its long-term ability to recover and adapt to the multi-dimensional impacts of climate change, Deputy Prime Minister Trịnh Đình Dũng has said.

The Cần Thơ – Phụng Hiệp BOT (Build-Operate-Transfer) toll station in the Mekong Delta city of Cần Thơ became the latest toll station in the country to slash fees after drivers’ complaints.