Việt Nam News

The Bạc Liêu Province People’s Committee on Tuesday organised a meeting to discuss measures to repair two dykes that were breached by seawater in the last few days.

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc has approved an investment in a project titled “Strengthening community connections for HIV/AIDS prevention and control in southern provinces.”

The investor of the Hà Nội – Hải Phòng Expressway could collect toll fees for 28 years, 8 months, and 27 days, about one year less than originally envisaged.

Hoài Nhơn District People’s Committee in the central province of Bình Định on Tuesday received eight fishing ships with steel cover at a ceremony which saw the participation of more than 200 local seamen.

Flood tide during the past three days has caused serious erosion in the coastal area of Thạnh Hải Village, Bảo Thuận Commune, Ba Tri District, in southern Bến Tre Province.

Việt Nam has set a target of controlling rabies in dogs and eliminating the disease in humans by 2021.

The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development has issued a diktat prohibiting the use of plant protection products containing paraquat and 2,4-Dichlorophenoxyacetic acid (2,4-D) in Việt Nam.

The HCM City People’s Committee has instructed the operator of the new Miền Tây (Western) Bus Station to integrate it with other modes of pubic transport.

With the number of street vendors increasing along with the exponential rise in popularity of Hội An Town, the very factors that made it attractive – its pristine settings and quietness – are under threat.

The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) will tighten control over company equitisation and impose strict penalties on irresponsible leaders who delay this process, Deputy Minister Hà Công Tuấn said at a conference in Hà Nội yesterday.

The Ministry of Health has asked people across the country to take protective measures against hand, foot, and mouth disease after data from the ministry’s General Department of Preventive Medicine showed that over 2,100 people had contracted the disease in 57 localities this year.

The Ministry of Education and Training will soon officially ask that schools nationwide review their facilities and stop using any deemed to be unsafe, according to the vice head of the ministry’s Department of Facilities and School Equipment, Phạm Hùng Anh.

HCM City will undertake 14 projects to prevent erosion, including dredging of vulnerable waterways, at a cost of over VNĐ1.7 trillion (US$75 million) this year, according to its Inland Waterway Management Division.

A new technique that helps improve water drainage in urban areas has been proposed by a Japanese company. The technique will help clean underground pipelines without digging them up, saving energy and cost, and can be applied in emergencies.

New soldiers at the enlistment ceremony in Yên Bái City.

Police have arrested three more men in a criminal ring accused of using psychotropic drugs to commit frauds in the central province of Thanh Hóa.