Việt Nam News

The southern province of Bình Dương plans to call for investment in 20 projects in transport infrastructure, healthcare and education during the 2017-20 period, chairman of the provincial People’s Committee Trần Thanh Liêm said.

A serious bus accident occurred early morning on October 6 on the section of Highway 91 passing through Ô Môn District in Cần Thơ Province, killing two and injuring 14.

Toll fee at the Biên Hòa Build-Operate-Transfer (BOT) booth in Biên Hòa City will be slashed by 20 per cent from November 1 this year, according to the Việt Nam Road Administration (VRA) under the transport ministry.

Việt Nam has more than 18 million unofficial workers, according to a report released in Hà Nội on Wednesday.

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

Đồng Nai Province’s Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism and the Hà Nội University of Culture on Wednesday held a seminar on improving factory workers’ social life in the southeastern region.

Hà Nội will take over three delayed transport projects from the Ministry of Transport to speed up efforts in curbing traffic jams in the city.

Public tourism management authorities should not be wary of tourism investors but closely collaborate with them in environmental preservation, said Dr Nguyễn Hoàng Trí, secretary of the National Committee for UNESCO’s Man and the Biosphere Programme (MAB) in Việt Nam.

The HCM City Department of Education and Training has urged administrators at primary and secondary schools to reduce traffic congestion during peak hours when parents and others pick up students.

The Government has adopted a five-point action plan designed to create a good investment and business climate for the development of the private sector.

The central province of Quang Nam has fined Taiwan-invested garment factory Vast Apparel Việt Nam VNĐ350 million (US$15,500) for discharging sub-standard waste-water into the environment.

South Korea plans to open a consulate office in Đà Nẵng city to help the flow of tourism and investment between the two countries.

There will be a boom in green buildings in Việt Nam if the community’s awareness of environmental protection improves, an expert told a symposium in HCM City on Thursday.

A project, entitled “Gender-sensitive community-based disaster risk management project in ethnic minority areas of North-West Việt Nam,” has helped in improving people’s resilience to natural disasters.

Organiser of the programme "Pride of Vietnamese Farmers" officially declared the list of 63 outstanding Vietnamese farmers of 2017 on Thursday.

The Health Ministry has launched a project wherein by 2020, all pharmacies will be required to sell antibiotics only to patients carrying doctors’ prescriptions.

Hoà Bình Province’s Traffic Police Department yesterday seized 16 illegal sand exploitation vessels on Đà River in Hoà Bình City.

Conjoined twins joined at the coccyx area were succesfully separated at the Children’s Hospital II, announced the hospital officials at a press conference on Wednesday.