Việt Nam News

Fifty prominent women in various fields including politics, business, social and charitable activities, science, education, communications, entertainment, arts, and sports were honoured by Forbes Vietnam magazine at a ceremony held in HCM City on Wednesday.

HCM City plans to establish three more hi-tech agriculture parks by 2020 with the aim of becoming one of the country’s leading cities in high-tech agricultural development.

HCM City authorities have asked for the Prime Minister’s permission to urgently build a flyover bridge instead of following normal protocol, which could delay construction until next year.

The Hà Nội People’s Court on Wednesday sentenced two Japanese men for trafficking seven gold statues via the Nội Bài International Airport in August last year.

The new Government Decree 41, issued this year to replace the 2013 Decree 103, has hiked administrative fines for violations in the aquatic products sector.

Having control over their lives, making independent decisions, and keeping up to date on social and political issues can help ensure women’s rights at work and at home, participants said at the “Women Bettering the World” summit held on Wednesday in HCM City.

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc has urged ministries, sectors and localities to be prepared to tackle road safety and traffic jams during the Liberation Day and May Day holidays.

Four garbage trucks that were driven in the BRT lane on Hà Đông District’s Tố Hữu Street on Tuesday have been identified.

Some 136 at-risk babies have received milk over two months from 46 donor mothers from the country’s first human milk bank at the Đà Nẵng Hospital for Women and Children.

A lubricant recycling plant stretching thousands of square metres in Đồng Nai Province was engulfed in flames on Wednesday night, but no casualties were reported.

Following an overall inspection of all karaoke shops, Hà Nội has decided to suspend 126 shops and asked more than 530 others to temporarily close.

Justice authorities of HCM City’s Bình Chánh District on Tuesday delivered a public apology to three men wrongly arrested and jailed for robbery.

Experts have called on the Ministry of Finance to be carefully consider and be transparent on their plan to spend the environmental protection tax applied on gasoline, which they have just proposed to double the current figure recently.

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc has urged ministries, sectors and localities to seek measures to promote traditional herbal medicines, thus taking advantage of the country’s potential in the field. 

With the role of keeping and displaying antiques or historic documents and items, museums’ locations are always in the main and beautiful streets in city.

Party General Secretary Nguyễn Phú Trọng has instructed the authorities of the poverty-stricken commune of Ayun, in the Central Highlands province of Gia Lai, to focus on restructuring crops and husbandry, train officials and improve residents’ knowledge.

Oversized billboards of popular brands have popped up prominently in the capital city for a long time now. However, successful removal of these unwished-for and illegal ‘sky debris’ depends not only on a more committed enforcement, but also on these companies’ inclination to follow regulations.

The HCM City Department of Transport plans to build a road parallel with Cộng Hòa Street in Tân Bình District in an aim to reduce traffic congestion around Tân Sơn Nhất international airport.