New trial run needed for Hà Nội’s first metro line

Another trial run should be planned for Hà Nội’s Cát Linh–Hà Đông urban railway project, after the first one was cancelled due to a delay in capital disbursement, according to Deputy Minister of Transport Nguyễn Ngọc Đông.

Smuggling, fake goods up in holiday season

As the flow of goods intensifies in anticipation of increased demand during the Christmas and New Year season, there has also been an uptick in smuggling, authorities say.

Central provinces to get heavy rainfall

Central provinces from Quảng Bình to Phú Yên, as well as the northern part of the Central Highlands will experience strong rainfall, which will subside starting from December 6.

PM halts Cai Lậy toll fee collection

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc ordered the temporary postponement of fee collection at the Cai Lậy Build-Operation-Transfer (BOT) toll station in the Mekong Delta province of Tiền Giang for one to two months at a meeting held yesterday in Hà Nội.

Key municipal councils meet

The 15th Hà Nội People’s Council opened its fifth session yesterday, in which the council said Hà Nội needed to strengthen urban order and strictly handle violations of construction regulations.

Leaders visit Hải Phòng and Hà Tĩnh

The Government will focus on boosting economic development and ensuring social welfare, Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc told voters in Kien An ward in northern Hải Phòng City yesterday.

51 construction officials disciplined

Hà Nội authorities have disciplined 51 government officials and civil servants working at the Department of Construction or took part in construction management in the locality since 2014, the city People’s Committee reported yesterday.

Hải Phòng to build new residential quarters

Old and deteriorated residential quarters are being rebuilt, several modern ones are being completed, and from next year, a number of new quarters will be built in Hải Phòng City.

Two schoolboys drown in Yên Bái

Two schoolboys, aged 6 and 9 years, reportedly drowned while playing in Khe Dài Stream in the northern mountainous Yên Bái Province’s Đồng Tâm Ward on Sunday afternoon.

Blaze kills 3 in HCM City

A woman and her two teenage daughters were killed in a blaze that burnt down their house on HCM City’s Lạc Long Quân Street early on Monday morning.

VN yet to sow seeds of low carbon rice

Investment in low carbon farming models can speed up rice industry reform, increase productivity, boost farmers’ incomes and ensure sustainable development, a senior official have said.

Mothers, children get good healthcare

Lưu Thị Tân is a happy, relieved mother.

The 26-year-old ethnic Thái woman has given birth to two healthy daughters with minimum fuss, which in itself might not be something extraordinary, but considering that she and her husband are, in her own words, "floating on rivers all day to earn our living," she has reason to be thankful.

 

HCMC bus ads too pricy: Advertisers

Three out of four packages for advertising on HCM City buses have gone unsold, with prospective advertisers blaming it on the high rates.

Security lax at radio-active installations

Mismanagement has led to an increase in dangerous incidents involving radio-active materials in Việt Nam, said deputy minister of Science and Technology Phạm Công Tạc.

52 Vietnamese win Australia scholarship

Fifty-two Vietnamese people have won Australia Awards Scholarship and will soon leave the country to undertake postgraduate studies at the Australian university of their choice.

A land paradox in HCM City

Urban planning in HCM City must be supervised and improved to avoid wasting land, heard the meeting on planning sector on November 28

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