Việt Nam News

A sleeper bus, carrying 30 passengers suddenly caught fire early Monday morning when it was travelling on a section of National Highway No 1A passing through Đồng Nai Province’s Xuân Hưng Commune.

The Hà Nội Police’s Investigation Agency has arrested and prosecuted a woman from the northern city of Sơn La for falsifying health insurance documents for patients to receive treatment at hospitals that are not their primary designated healthcare center.

Lawmakers convening today in Hà Nội for 14th session of the National’s Assembly’s Standing Committee are scheduled to discuss an amended Law on Corruption Prevention and Control, giving the State more leverage against officials suspected of corruption.

A draft amendment to higher education law proposes clarifying university assessment measures and making them uniform so that university rankings can be more precise in the future.

Việt Nam has policies to help expand the cultivation of biotech corn, but the cultivation area for the crop remains modest, according to the Crop Production Department.

The large number of base transceiver stations (BTS) - antenna-like equipment for wireless communication - is creating management risks and blighting the urban landscape in Ha Noi.

A stretch of a major embankment on National Route 24 in the Central Highlands Kon Tum City has eroded while under construction.

Progress on the metro continues, but a tax dispute has left some necessary equipment languishing at port, Lê Nguyễn Minh Quang, head of the HCM City Management Authority for Urban Railways told a press briefing on Friday

Northern provinces are expected to receive heavy rain until Tuesday, possibly causing landslides and flash floods according to the National Centre for Hydrometeorogical Forecasting

The HCM City Department of Transport will soon submit to the People’s Committee proposals to increase the bus transport subsidy for students and improve the quality of bus services to get more school students to use public transport.

Deputy Prime Minister Vương Đình Huệ on Thurdsay called on relevant agencies to use the Government’s agriculture policies to push the development of co-operatives in Việt Nam.

More than 30 delegates representing youths of Việt Nam, Laos and Cambodia gathered at a conference in HCM City yesterday to share experience in organising youth unions.

The investigating police have just issued a decision to prosecute Đặng Thanh Bình, former deputy governor of the State Bank of Việt Nam.

No transport constructions carried out under the build-transfer-operate (BOT) and build-transfer (BT) mechanisms in Việt Nam have been carried out with bidding, according to the Government Inspectorate.

Ride-hailing services like Uber and Grab have already transformed the urban transit landscape. With new options for consumers, however, come planning challenges for city leaders, experts said yesterday at a conference in Hà Nội.

With Việt Nam working towards making tourism a key sector by 2020, Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Nguyễn Ngọc Thiện has sought to strengthen co-operation with Italy to expand promotion programmes and attract more Italian visitors to the country and vice versa.

The HCM City Department of Home Affairs has called on the People’s Committee to expand the public complaint app Bình Thạnh Online city-wide following its successful trial in Bình Thạnh District.

Construction of two bridges linking Cao Lãnh City and Lấp Vò District in Đồng Tháp Province and Đồng Tháp with Cần Thơ, which are under way, will be a big boost to transportation and connectivity in the Mekong Delta.