Việt Nam News

Businesses operating in the 23/9 Park in HCM City must move out by April 30 next year, the chairman of the HCM City People’s Committee, Nguyễn Thành Phong, has said.

The Department of Health of the south-eastern province of Đồng Nai plans to set up at least one clinic in each district, Long Khánh town and Biên Hòa city to provide methadone substitution treatment for drug addiction.

The Bến Tre Province People’s Committee has approved construction of a  dyke to prevent saltwater intrusion along a section of the Hàm Luông River extending from Ba Tri District to Giồng Trôm District.

Only 5.7 per cent of Việt Nam’s older people maintain good health—a worrisome sign as the country’s population is aging faster than almost any other country in the world, said Nguyễn Đức Công, director of Thống Nhất Hospital and deputy president of HCM City Association of Geriatrics at last week’s “Nutrition and Geriatrics” conference.

The Ministry of Education and Training, Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) and the Japanese Embassy are calling for applications for the Project for Human Resource Development Scholarship funded by Japanese Grant Aid (JDS) 2018.

Nguyễn Thành Phong, chairman of the HCM City People’s Committee, yesterday called on the Ministry of Defence to soon hand over land for construction of the Thủ Thiêm 2 Bridge.

The shipment, weighing 119 kilograms and worth an estimated VNĐ7 to 8 trillion (US$29.9 million), was found in a scrap metal container.

Landslides and more cracks have appeared on Road 445 in Kỳ Sơn District, northern province of Hòa Bình, threatening residential areas.

 The CDs which store scanned images of multiple-choice answer sheets of high school exam in northern Sơn La Province were destroyed at a local cemetery, Trần Xuân Yến, deputy director of the provincial Department of Education and Training confessed to the police on Wednesday.

Around three million workers will have demand for housing by 2020, according to reports from 46 of the country's 63 provinces and cities.

If it were not for the stench and the muddy colour of the waters, one could imagine it was Venice.

The People’s Committee of the southern province of Đồng Nai has submitted for approval from the PM an evaluation of land reclamation, compensation and resettlement for the Long Thành International Airport.
 

The emerging trend of online tourism becomes a momentum for Việt Nam’s agencies to change.

Driving forces for Vietnam’s economic growth need to be maintained not only in 2018, but also in the years to come, Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc said at Government’s regular meeting yesterday.

The Việt Nam Red Cross Society’s Central Committee and FrieslandCampina’s Dutch Lady brand will continue with programme on nutrition education and physical development in the 2018-2019 school year.

The General Department of Việt Nam Customs (CGD) will study and submit to the Ministry of Finance a proposal to the Government to restrict imports of scrap materials and move towards a ban on scrap imports to Việt Nam.

One person died and three people were injured after their car crashed into a train on Wednesday morning in Yên Tiến Commune, Ý Yên District, northern province of Nam Định.

The driver of the coach involved in a collision that killed 13 people in the central province of Quảng Nam on Monday lost control of the vehicle after falling asleep, said an official from the National Traffic Safety Committee.