Việt Nam News

The capital city’s police on Tuesday arrested a man for smuggling cigarettes and cigars.

Bình Thuận Province People’s Committee on Tuesday opened the provincial Public Administration Centre for public use.

Typhoon Bolaven, with the strongest wind speed of 75km per hour near its eye, entered the East Sea on Wednesday morning and become the first tropical storm to hit the East Sea this year.

An explosion reportedly killed at least two children and injured eight people early Wednesday morning at a scrap warehouse in the northern province of Bắc Ninh’s Quan Độ Village in Yên Phong District.

A group of reporters from the Nhân Dân (People) newspaper and one from the Người làm báo (The Journalist) magazine have won the top prizes at a national press contest promoting the fight against corruption and wastefulness in the country.

The HCM City Department of Transport has begun construction of a pedestrian overpass in Phú Nhuận District’s Gia Định Park.

Vietnam Railways (VNR) will institute improvements in service quality and infrastructure to compete with the civil aviation and road transport sectors in 2018.

The use of herbal medicine is on the rise among Vietnamese in recent years, but concerns about management and arbitrary pricing are growing, too. 

Ten infectious diseases are entitled to compulsory vaccination under an expanded national vaccination programme (NEVP) that started on January 1.

HCM City People’s Committee this year will focus on carrying out National Assembly’s Resolution No 54 on piloting special policies on land management, investment, finance and the state budget for the city. 

A fishing vessel caught fire while anchored near Sa Cần waterfront in the central province of Quảng Ngãi.

Doctors at the Hà Nội Medical University Hospital have successfully removed a large tumor from a man’s testicles.

 Tết (Lunar New Year) bonuses in HCM City are expected to rise 10.8 per cent compared to last year, with the average bonus being VNĐ8.3 million (US$364), according to a report from the city’s Department of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs.

The Franco-Vietnamese (FV) Hospital plans to invest US$5 million in building a “hi-tech medical centre” in Đà Nẵng City.

Việt Nam plans each year to send 100,000 to 120,000 labourers to other countries by 2020, according to Ministry of Labour, Invalids, and Social Affairs.

A recent audit on road maintenance funds conducted by the State Audit Office of Việt Nam (SAV) has revealed loopholes in their collection and expenditure, raising questions over the transparency of the fund’s management.

The Hà Nội criminal police division yesterday requested collaboration from organisations and citizens in the search for Nguyễn Hồng Lâm, chairman of the People’s Committee of Quốc Oai District, who was reported to have been missing from December 26, 2017.

Bắc Mê Hydro-Power Plant in Yên Phong and Phú Nam communes of northern mountainous province of Hà Giang made an unscheduled water discharge, which resulted in major losses for the local people, the authority official has said.