Việt Nam News

The working group of the Prime Minister yesterday called for the railway sector to work on raising its competitiveness in comparison with other types of transportation.

The Hà Nội Transport Department and the Hà Nội Transport Corporation have proposed to the People’s Committee a pilot programme on using an electronic transportation cards on BRT route 01, connecting the Kim Mã and Yên Nghĩa bus stations.

The central city of Da Nang has added five streets where parking is only allowed on odd or even dates in the two downtown districts of Hải Châu and Thanh Khê.

The police in the northern mountainous province of Lạng Sơn have picked up a Chinese national for trying to enter Việt Nam illegally, while carrying nearly US$1 million in cash.

Heavy rains are forecast for northern Việt Nam in the next few days, and localities are being urged to prepare for possible floods and landslides.

Despite local authorities of northern coastal province of Quảng Ninh ordering tougher management and punishment of destructive fishing practices, use of illegal fishing equipment is still common, Nông Thôn Ngày Nay (Countryside Today) newspaper reported.

Seventy eight overseas Vietnamese teachers from 12 countries and territories are participating in a training course on teaching the Vietnamese language. 

A massive influx of migrants from remote northern provinces to the Central Highlands region has put intense pressure on the local population and has hindered socio-economic development.

A third-year student of the HCM City Open University, Trần Thị Mỹ Linh has done several part-time jobs while pursuing her degree in tourism administration.

Two more construction projects in coastal Sơn Trà and Ngũ Hành Sơn districts of Da Nang have been found discharging untreated wastewater into the city’s household sewage system. 

The People's Committee of Tây Hồ (West Lake) District of Hà Nội City has reacted to the recent rumour related to filling up the West Lake for building hotels.

A representative of the Việt Nam Road Administration (VNRA) on Monday worked with the Transportation Department of Mekong Delta’s Tiền Giang Province on the problem related to the local Cai Lậy toll station.

The People’s Committee of Hà Tĩnh central province has decided to withdraw the licence for an iron exploitation project that is yet to be implemented after nine years.

Thousands of volunteers marched in HCM City yesterday to mark the 11th Volunteers Day, calling for more funding from the community to support poor students in the city.

Việt Nam News reporter Hoàng Anh talks to Chuck Searcy, Vice President of Project RENEW and Co-chair of the Agent Orange Working Group.

Auricular acupuncture is a good option for the treatment of smoking addiction as Việt Nam every year has more than 30,000 people die due to diseases caused by smoking, Asso.Prof Nguyễn Thị Tân, dean of Faculty of Traditional Medicine at Huế University of Medicine and Pharmacy, told Việt Nam News.

Phạm Thị Hường (not her real name) from the Mekong Delta Province of Kiên Giang decided to take her four-year-old son to a hospital in HCM City after she noticed him blinking all the time, displaying facial twitching and experiencing occasional nausea.

The HCM City Border Guard Force’s Headquarters and HCM City Department of Customs have worked together to uncover 48 cases and 104 poeple suspected of smuggling illegal goods via border lines, confiscating over VNĐ50 billion (US$2.2 million) worth of items since 2012.