Việt Nam News

Part of the runway of Cát Bi International Airport in northern Hải Phòng City has been seriously downgraded after a long time in use, forcing airlines to reduce flights to the airport, the Civil Aviation Authority of Việt Nam (CAAV) has said.

The Cà Mau Provincial People’s Court on Monday began the trial of seven people in the fisheries and banking sector for allegedly defrauding the government of more than VNĐ1 trillion (US$44 million).

The HCM City People’s Committee has instructed district leaders to monitor preventive action taken against dengue fever and Zika as the southern region enters the rainy season.

The investigated police team of Ngũ Hành Sơn district has arrested two suspects of a robbery in the district on Monday night.

An insurance card holder in HCM City has returned VNĐ9 million (US$396) to the Heath Insurance Fund for misusing health insurance, according to HCM City’s Social Insurance Agency (SIA).

A new road safety programme called Safety Delivered inaugurated today in HCM City will work with young and inexperienced motorcyclists to improve their driving behaviours and seek to increase child helmet use.

The second Social Ideas 2017 competition organised by the HCM City Department of Science and Technology’s e-newspaper Khám phá (Discovery) was launched in HCM City today.

A fire broke out in the protected pine forest in Hà Nội's outlying district of Sóc Sơn on Monday, resulting in the destruction of 100 hectares.

The Hà Nội People’s Procuracy on Tuesday initiated legal proceedings against four people for using fake seals of state organisations and cheating people of money with false promises.

In a move to relieve traffic pressure and environment pollution, Hà Nội is considering banning motorbikes entirely by 2030, as well as other measures like fee collection in rush hours and stricter regulations of app-based ride hailing services.

More public-private partnerships are needed in the private healthcare sector as public hospitals and clinics cannot meet the demand across the country, experts have said.

The HCM City Department of Transport has proposed a fee for parking and commercial use of pavements and roadsides.

Measures to ensure food safety heated the National Assembly yesterday as NA deputies spent the whole day reviewing the implementation of food safety laws and regulations from 2011-2016.

Children and elderly people were hospitalised in their droves over last weekend in Hà Nội as temperatures reached a historic peak.

HCM City’s Party Secretary Nguyễn Thiện Nhân has urged the city to call for further investment in infrastructure and to promote public-private partnerships.

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The People’s Court of Đắk Lắk on Monday opened the first court of instance hearing in the fraudulent case related to online shopping and training company MB24 (muaban24.vn)’s branch in Đắk Lắk Province.

Ordinary people will soon have chance to access to National Assembly meeting, said Nguyễn Hạnh Phúc, Chairman of National Assembly Office.