Việt Nam News

National Agro-Forestry-Fisheries Quality Assurance Department (NAFIQAD) under the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) has said that it in co-ordination with the Ministry of Public Security will inspect and strictly punish cases on illegal injecting foreign substance into shrimp.

HCM City People’s Committee has instructed departments and other agencies to take measures to reduce the recreational use of amphetamine-type stimulants (ATS) among local residents.

The Vietnamese government has proposed to reduce contribution by employers to workers’ unemployment insurance premiums to facilitate “growth of enterprises” in the country by “improving their competitiveness”.

Deputy Minister and Vice Chairman of the Committee for Ethnic Minority Affairs, yesterday visited Buddhist Monk Tăng Nô, Supreme Patriarch of Buddhist Sangha of Sóc Trăng Province, on the occasion of the traditional Chol Chnam Thmay New Year festival.

Statistics on traffic accidents last year showed that 40 per cent of 21,568 crashes occurred from 6 pm to 12 am when drivers felt tired after working all day.

Nam Trà My District in Quảng Nam Province has introduced the first ever Ngọc Linh ginseng (Panax vietnamensis or Vietnamese ginseng) and medical herbs Centre in Trà Mai Commune as a major source of seed and sapling in Việt Nam.

Some 3.6 million Vietnamese are suffering from depression, accounting for four per cent of the total population, the Ministry of Health (MoH) said on Friday.

Trà Cổ border guard in Quảng Ninh northern province captured on Thursday a fishing boat, QN 9065TS, that using electric generator (being banned in the country) to exploit seafood on the sea. 

Fish breeding in floating cages in central Thừa Thiên-Huế Province’s river have died en mass, resulting in huge losses for breeders.

Ngô Văn Quý, vice chairman of the Hà Nội People’s Committee, urged the evaluation of trees at schools to avoid repeated tree collapse incidents, posing danger to students.

Traffic police in central Thanh Hóa Province on Wednesday found a frozen tiger weighing 180kg in an ambulance travelling on HCM Trail in the province’s Thạch Thành District.

Residents of Hà Nội’s Gia Lâm District are taking undue risks by jogging and exercising along Hà Nội-Thái Nguyên Highway, which runs through the district’s Ninh Hiệp Commune, reports vietnamplus.vn.

Search for the last missing victim in the Bạc Liêu boat capsize is continuing on Friday, Bùi Minh Túy, chairman of Đông Hải District People’s Committee, said.

A 19-year-old girl in the central province of Hà Tĩnh has received a letter of compliment from President Trần Đại Quang applauding her decision to donate her brain-dead mother’s organs.

Police in northern Lào Cai Province on Wednesday evening discovered a coach carrying more than one tonne of explosive material and precursors on National Highway 279 in Văn Bàn District.

Deputy Prime Minister Trịnh Đình Dũng has asked Hà Nội’s People’s Committee to revise its construction plan and build more parks and parking areas to serve people.

Police in this central province have arrested Nguyễn Văn Hóa, 18, from Kỳ Anh District for abusing his civil right, freedom and democracy to infringe upon the interests of the State.

Four power plants in the central provinces of Nghệ An, Quảng Trị and Thừa Thiên-Huế have been asked to undertake urgent repairs before the flooding season arrives.