Capital city nightlife set to get an extension

After one year of allowing restaurants, bars and entertainment centres in the Hà Nội Old Quarter to stay open late at night, the city has received positive feedbacks from visitors, especially foreigners who wanted to experience nightlife in the city.

Typhoon Damrey costs Khánh Hòa workers their jobs

It has been a fortnight since the Damrey storm swept over Khánh Hòa Province. But employees of local companies are still grappling with an uncertain future, as the textile factories, cashew processing plants and seafood farms where they worked were seriously damaged by the storm.

Dams release water, flood several areas

Seven dams and reservoirs in Quảng Nam and Thừa Thiên-Huế provinces began releasing water in preparation for the torrential rain that was already pouring down over the central region.

Việt Nam celebrates World Children’s Day

 Vietnamese children have joined millions of kids around the world to raise their voice to save children’s lives, fight for their rights and help them fulfill their potential.

Son La dam: 17 probed for corruption

Sơn La police has arrested 15 people, most of whom are officials, for their alleged breaches in compensation work for land clearance of the colossal Sơn La hydropower plant.

Policeman helps fishermen move from boats to homes

Since 2012, Lieutenant Colonel Ngô Minh Tuệ of Hải Phòng City Police has assisted the families of 22 fishermen in moving from small boats—vulnerable to overturning amid waves caused by cargo ships—to homes in a new village in Máy Chai Commune.

KOCHAM donates $206,000 for charity

Some VNĐ4.64 billion (US$206,000) was collected by the Korea Chamber of Commerce & Industry HCM City (KOCHAM HCMC) at the 14th KOCHAM Charity Night, organized on Friday in HCM City.

 

City leaders hear teachers’ concerns

Leaders of the HCM City Party Committee and People’s Committee on Friday had a meeting with educators in the city on occasion of the 35th anniversary of Việt Nam Teachers’ Day (November 20).

Traditional slaughterhouses in HCM City ordered to close

Traditional slaughterhouses in HCM City must either close down or modernise their facilities and relocate to outlying districts by the end of the year, Vũ Văn Hoan, the spokesman for HCM City People’s Committee, has said.

City department wants rational master plan

The HCM City Department of Construction has called for amending the agricultural zoning master plan, promoting housing development and changing the construction inspection model to reduce violations, which increased by 16 per cent year-on-year in the first 10 months of this year.

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