Việt Nam News

The job market in Việt Nam is expected to be largely positive next year as the country continues to develop into a major manufacturing hub, according to recruitment companies.

Two companies involved in an illegal case of hazardous waste landfill in central Hà Tĩnh Province have been fined a total VNĐ1 billion or US $45,000.

Twenty-two people were injured yesterday morning when a bus crashed into a car at the Võ Nguyên Giáp intersection in Thanh Hóa City.

The operations of a stone quarry run by the  Asia Mineral Joint Stock Company were suspended yesterday after a collapse killed a worker and injured two others in Nghệ An Province.

Solutions to raise the living standards of people residing in the Cambodia-Laos-Vietnam (CLV) Development Triangle Area were given at a conference in the southern province of Bình Phước.

Organic farming was an important part of Việt Nam’s agricultural production, Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc said at the weekend.

The HCM City Department of Transport has proposed the city People’s Committee allow a pilot electric motorbike rental programme in District 1.

Using iodine in salt, a health step long enforced in Western countries, cannot by itself improve iodine shortages in Vietnamese people, experts agreed at a conference held last week in Hà Nội.

Some cumbersome regulations for visa exemptions are believed to be hindering efforts to attract more foreign tourists to Việt Nam.

The functioning of district­ level education departments has come under public scrutiny after a teacher suggested they are abolished for being ineffective and obstructionist.

Tiên Tây Vàm Village in the Mekong Delta province of Bến Tre is notable not only for its delicate wooden products, but also for the artisans who make them. Here, women are - or were - known for their skills in the male-dominated carpentry profession.  

A pedagogical university in HCM City is having financial struggles as the result of a tuition-free policy that was issued twenty years ago.

The People’s Court in the southern province of Bà Rịa-Vũng Tàu has reported that it has received the indictment of the provincial People’s Procuracy for prosecuting four crew members in connection with the sinking of the Hải Thành 26-BLC cargo ship.

HCM City People’s Court has sentenced Nguyễn Thị Hoàng Oanh, former director of Bến Thành branch of the Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development of Việt Nam (Agribank), to life in prison on corruption charges after a 10-day trial.

Leaders of more than 30 cities in ASEAN countries gathered at a conference in Huế City, the central province of Thừa Thiên-Huế in the last two days to discuss sponsoring and implementing sustainable development projects for cities in the Southeast Asian region. 

The Civil Aviation Authority of Việt Nam (CAAV) has approved a plan to upgrade Côn Đảo Island’s airport at a total cost of VNĐ5.2 trillion (US$230 million).

A new project on preventing and responding to gender-based violence and domestic violence, and addressing sex-work related issues was signed yesterday in Hà Nội.

Enterprises are facing challenges in hiring and keeping employees as a result of competition from multinational corporations expanding their businesses in Việt Nam, with many recruiters saying they cannot find enough qualified candidates for jobs.