Việt Nam News

A Ministry of Transport unit, The Thăng Long Project Management Board, has asked the ministry to examine its feasibility study for the Mỹ Thuận – Cần Thơ Expressway’s first phase.

A pregnant woman was killed instantly when a container truck crashed into her motorbike from behind in Dĩ An town in Bình Dương Province yesterday morning.

The chairman of HCM City People’s Committee has asked all city districts to strengthen enforcement of traffic laws as the number of accidents and fatalities rose dramatically in the first seven months of the year.

The tropical storm, which developed from a low-pressure system yesterday afternoon near the East Sea, will bring torrential rains with rainfall up to 500mm for localities in the north and central region from this afternoon until Saturday.

Việt Nam needs new, radical, coherent policies and green business practices linking tourism with environmental protection and climate action, heard participants at a conference yesterday over sustainable tourism and climate change.

Migrants in this northern mountainous province’s Mường Nhé District have been offered a chance to purchase a household registration certificate, helping them settle down legally.

Hà Nội Health Department has asked local health services centres to suspend the selling and prescribing of Neo-Tergynan for gynaecological problems, fearing fake drugs.

A freshly formed tropical pressure zone in the East Sea is likely to develop into a storm, prompting localities to take preventive measures against its possible impact.

Hà Nội will plant 45,000 trees along Thăng Long Avenue, Chairman of the municipal People’s Committee Nguyễn Đức Chung said at a meeting with voters in Hoàn Kiếm District yesterday. 

Deputy Prime Minister Trương Hòa Bình has asked for intensified efforts to accelerate the establishment of a national population database which was approved by the Prime Minister nearly one year ago.

The Mekong Delta region faces a severe shortage of medical specialists in five specialised departments of tuberculosis, leprosy, mental diseases, anatomical pathology and forensic medicine, heard participants at a conference earlier this week.

Hà Nội administration has decided to stop spending its budget on trimming grass and flowers across the city, excluding several flower gardens around Hoàn Kiếm Lake.

Lack of oxygen has been blamed for causing the death of cobia (Rachycentron canadum) fish in six farms in the Bến Do area of north-eastern Quảng Ninh Province’s Cẩm Phả City between August 9 and 15.

Six teams have been set up to inspect food safety during the Mid-Autumn Festival in 12 cities and provinces, the Vietnam Food Administration (VFA) said. 

Deputy Prime Minister Trương Hòa Bình has asked the public security ministry and the local people’s committee to investigate and quickly arrest the murderer(s) of four people in Lào Cai.

Tân Sơn Nhất International Airport in HCM City has put into use several facilities to improve service quality.

Nguyễn Tri Phương Hospital in HCM City has opened a dialysis centre in collaboration with the Japanese Society for Dialysis Therapy.

Sixteen irrigation reservoirs in northern Phú Thọ Province have been discovered to show signs of cracking, subsiding and leaking water, failing to meet standards on safety during the rainy reason.