Việt Nam News

Former VN Pharma chairman of the Board of Directors-cum-general director Nguyễn Minh Hùng and former director of H&C International Marine Trade Company Võ Mạnh Cường on Monday afternoon received temporary arrest warrants issued by the Judicial Council during their trial relating to their involvement in VN Pharma’s fraudulent cancer drug import. 

As people in flood-hit provinces struggle to piece together severely disrupted lives, local authorities are calling out for urgent help to deal with major damage suffered by dykes, irrigation works and other constructions.

The Helmets for Kids programme yesterday (October 23) expanded its road safety education efforts to the northern province of Yên Bái and donated 1,500 high-quality helmets to the school community.

FrieslandCampina Vietnam donated more than 17,500 glasses of milk and essential items last week to children and families affected by floods in the northern province of Yên Bái and Hà Nội.

Chợ Rẫy Hospital in HCM City on Monday used a robot-assisted system to perform complex minimally-invasive surgery. This is the third hospital in Việt Nam that has applied the most advanced medical technology.

Three crew members of a barge that sank in the waters off Bạch Lọng Vĩ Island near the port city of Hải Phòng last Saturday were rescued and taken to the Cát Bà Border Guard Station safely on Monday morning.

Trucks, tipper lorries and lorries with trailers will not be allowed on certain roads in central Đà Nẵng City for the duration of the APEC meetings in November.

A woman died after a fire broke out at her kiosk in Thuận An Town, southern province of Bình Dương, early Sunday morning.

As many as 14,346 traffic accidents occurred nationwide over the past nine months, leaving 6,113 dead and 11,785 injured.

Recess at the Nghĩa Chánh Elementary School in Quảng Ngãi City is a surprisingly quiet affair, far from the usual din of students enjoying their break from classes.

Military-run mobile carrier Viettel on October 21 piloted its My Parking app to allow car owners to find a parking lot and pay parking fees on several streets in downtown HCM City.

The area of super-intensive shrimp farming in Cà Mau Province, the country’s largest shrimp producer, has increased this year as the model offers high profits for farmers.

Maritime authorities are actively searching for three fishermen who went missing in the waters off Bạch Long Vĩ Island near the port city of Hải Phòng on Saturday.

“I started selling fruit in Hà Nội several years ago. At that time, income from this business was just enough to cover my daily needs. Fortunately, a cousin of mine raised the idea of renting land in the Hồng (Red) River’s mudflats to plant fruit,” said 48-year-old Nguyễn Văn Tá.

A special high tax proposed by some provinces and cities is being questioned by economists due to its controversial impacts on Việt Nam’s tax policies.

The demand for human resources in HCM City is forecast to rise 2-3 per cent annually to reach 4.61 million labourers by 2020 and 5.34 million labourers by 2025, according to a report from the HCM Centre for Forecasting Manpower Needs and Labour Market Information.

HCM City Management and Operation Centre for Public Transport on October 20 announced that it has started construction on a new Bến Thành bus terminal on Hàm Nghi Street in District 1.