Việt Nam News

Private hospitals that have signed health-insurance contracts with Việt Nam Social Insurance (VSI) will continue the contracts next year. However, private healthcare facilities must now have their classifications authorised by the Ministry of Health.

Remaining social insurance debt until the end of November was more than VNĐ2,800 billion (US$120 million), accounting for 8.47 per cent of the debt collection plan, Dân trí newspaper reported.

The HCM City People’s Council wrapped up its sixth session yesterday after approving two resolutions related to the implementation of the National Assembly’s Resolution No 54 on piloting special mechanisms and policies for HCM City and the city’s socio-economic targets for 2018.

Hà Nội should finalise regulations on construction management to eliminate overlapping responsibilities between agencies, and also to clarify inspection duties to better deter construction violations, experts have said.

High tides have exceeded warning level three of six, submerging HCM City streets and causing terrible traffic congestion on Wednesday.

 A reservoir embankment in central Quảng Trị Province is at high risk of breaching, threatening the safety of 3,000 local residents who live below the reservoir.

GreenlinesDP, which operates hydrofoils between HCM City and Vũng Tàu, is set to add services to Cần Giờ from the two cities from December 23.

Experts recommended solutions to protect HCM City’s groundwater sources and public health at a dialogue yesterday .

A cold front approached the northern region late last evening, dropping the temperature and causing scattered rain across the region.

Lê Tấn Hổ, head of Phú Yên Province's Department of Planning and Investment, will ask the Prime Minister to decide on the fate of a long-delayed $3.2 billion oil refinery.

Chairman of the People’s Committee of Hà Nội Nguyễn Đức Chung has ordered districts to suspend all upcoming projects to resurface sidewalks throughout the city.

HCM City People’s Committee has issued new land division regulations which allow large plots of land to be divided into smaller plots, including land plots that have been part of delayed plans that have yet to be implemented.

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc has agreed to increase the monthly basic salary for civil servants from VNĐ1.3 million (US$57.2) to VNĐ1.39 million ($61.16), a one per cent increase, starting from next July.

All five clinics in Nha Trang City have deteriorated with underdeveloped tools and machines, Lê Phán, director of the Nha Trang Medical Centre, said.

Several BOT (Build-Operate-Transfer) traffic projects will be on 2018’s audit list, the State Audit Office of Việt Nam (SAV) announced yesterday.

The 26th Vietnamese Information Technology (IT) Olympiad and the ACM International Collegiate Programming Contest (ICPC) for the Asian region opened in HCM City yesterday .

Saigon Railway plans to add 10 new carriages to replace old ones on the Thống Nhất (North - South) route on December 10.