Đồng Nai cracks down on illegal abattoirs

The Đồng Nai Province Sub-department of Animal Husbandry and Health and other agencies have raided and fined nine slaughterhouses a total of VNĐ75 million (US$3,400) so far this year for failing to obtain quarantine and hygiene certificates.

Food safety need practical measures

Practical and specific measures are needed instead of general and vague directions from authorities to ensure clean production and food safety.

Are taxis making HCM City’s traffic worse?

Stand on just about any sidewalk in downtown HCM City and you can’t fail to see an oncoming stream of taxis, a welcome sight for passengers during rush hour and rainy days, but quite a nuisance for many others.  

 

’Funky balls’ face Hà Nội ban

The sale of nitrous oxide and nitrous oxide-filled balloons might be temporarily banned in Hà Nội, said Secretary of the municipal Party Committee Hoàng Trung Hải.

Bình Định hands over eight fishing ships to seamen

Hoài Nhơn District People’s Committee in the central province of Bình Định on Tuesday received eight fishing ships with steel cover at a ceremony which saw the participation of more than 200 local seamen.

Flood tide causes erosion in Bến Tre

Flood tide during the past three days has caused serious erosion in the coastal area of Thạnh Hải Village, Bảo Thuận Commune, Ba Tri District, in southern Bến Tre Province.

Govt bans 2,4-D, paraquat in Việt Nam

The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development has issued a diktat prohibiting the use of plant protection products containing paraquat and 2,4-Dichlorophenoxyacetic acid (2,4-D) in Việt Nam.

Ministry to tighten control of divestment and equitisation

The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) will tighten control over company equitisation and impose strict penalties on irresponsible leaders who delay this process, Deputy Minister Hà Công Tuấn said at a conference in Hà Nội yesterday.

Unqualified works at schools stopped: MOET official

The Ministry of Education and Training will soon officially ask that schools nationwide review their facilities and stop using any deemed to be unsafe, according to the vice head of the ministry’s Department of Facilities and School Equipment, Phạm Hùng Anh.

HCM City projects to prevent landslides to cost $75m

HCM City will undertake 14 projects to prevent erosion, including dredging of vulnerable waterways, at a cost of over VNĐ1.7 trillion (US$75 million) this year, according to its Inland Waterway Management Division.

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