Việt Nam News

Lương Duy Hanh has been appointed vice leader of the team inspecting Formosa's activities.

HCM City and southern provinces will be battered by heavy rains in the first 10 days of October and, together with high river tides, will cause flooding in many places, the Southern Hydrometeorology Station has forecast.

The traffic volume on the four expressways managed by the Việt Nam Expressway Corporation (VEC) over the past nine months increased 22 per cent over the same period last year to 27.4 million vehicles, VEC reported Tuesday.   

Two men were found dead after their electric fishing tool generated high-voltage current in the water in a field in the central Quảng Bình Province yesterday.

Three people among 28 guests at a wedding party in Hà Giang Province who were hospitalised with symptoms of food poisoning have died, provincial Department of Health director Lương Viết Thuần said.

HCM City needs to continue mobilising all resources to achieve sustainable growth in productivity, quality, efficiency and competitiveness for the rest of the year, a city official said.

Twenty per cent of HCM City’s population with no health insurance have been hit with a 30 per cent increase in fees.

The number of children infected with hand, foot and mouth disease in Cấn Thơ has sharply increased since last month, according to the Preventive Medical and Heath Care Centre in the southern city.

More than 10,000 students in 12 primary schools in the south-eastern province of Bình Dương attended a programme on nutrition education and physical development which ended on Monday.

Natural disaster forecasts should be tailored to specific locations instead of large areas, said Nguyễn Văn Khánh, vice chairman of the People’s Committee of the northern province of Yên Bái yesterday.

Many countries in the East Asia and Pacific region face the threat of social divisions that could hurt efforts to reduce poverty, according to a World Bank report released yesterday.

National Assembly chairwoman Nguyễn Thị Kim Ngân on Tuesday applauded the State Audit Office of Việt Nam (SAV) for its contributions in fighting corruption and waste.

Việt Nam Railway plans to operate extra trains for Tết (Lunar New Year) from February 2 to March 4 next year.

Deputy Prime Minister Trương Hòa Bình on Monday directed the Government inspectorate to begin a two-month inspection of the privatisation process of State-owned Việt Nam Feature Film (VFS) studio.

Four Cát Linh-Hà Đông trains were delivered to Hà Nội on Monday. In November, eight more trains are planned to be transported from China to Việt Nam.

Police in central Thanh Hóa Province busted a football betting ring worth VNĐ160 billion (US$7.04 million).

Companies in Việt Nam who wish to employ foreign employees can now apply for work permits online.

The two 15m cracks on the surface of Nguyễn Bỉnh Khiêm – Đình Vũ overpass in Hải An District may be caused by bad weather and deep excavation.