Phan Thanh Tiền can now focus on his work at a garment company in HCM City’s Củ Chi District as his 4 ½-year-old son is being taken care of at an officially licensed public kindergarten in the industrial park where he works.
The Việt Nam Textile and Apparel Association (VITAS) yesterday proposed not to increase the regional minimum wage next year.
Việt Nam’s medium-term economic outlook remains positive, with GDP growth rate projected to accelerate slightly to 6.3 per cent in 2017, according to the latest World Bank East Asia and Pacific Economic Update, released yesterday.
The HCM City People’s Committee has asked the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development to speed up resettlement of residents living in landslide areas along the river and canals.
Doctors at Trưng Vương Hospital in HCM City have performed their first ever surgery to reduce the curvature in the spine of a patient with Marfan syndrome.
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Lương Duy Hanh has been appointed vice leader of the team inspecting Formosa's activities.
HCM City and southern provinces will be battered by heavy rains in the first 10 days of October and, together with high river tides, will cause flooding in many places, the Southern Hydrometeorology Station has forecast.
The traffic volume on the four expressways managed by the Việt Nam Expressway Corporation (VEC) over the past nine months increased 22 per cent over the same period last year to 27.4 million vehicles, VEC reported Tuesday.
Two men were found dead after their electric fishing tool generated high-voltage current in the water in a field in the central Quảng Bình Province yesterday.
Three people among 28 guests at a wedding party in Hà Giang Province who were hospitalised with symptoms of food poisoning have died, provincial Department of Health director Lương Viết Thuần said.
HCM City needs to continue mobilising all resources to achieve sustainable growth in productivity, quality, efficiency and competitiveness for the rest of the year, a city official said.
Twenty per cent of HCM City’s population with no health insurance have been hit with a 30 per cent increase in fees.
The number of children infected with hand, foot and mouth disease in Cấn Thơ has sharply increased since last month, according to the Preventive Medical and Heath Care Centre in the southern city.
More than 10,000 students in 12 primary schools in the south-eastern province of Bình Dương attended a programme on nutrition education and physical development which ended on Monday.
Natural disaster forecasts should be tailored to specific locations instead of large areas, said Nguyễn Văn Khánh, vice chairman of the People’s Committee of the northern province of Yên Bái yesterday.
Many countries in the East Asia and Pacific region face the threat of social divisions that could hurt efforts to reduce poverty, according to a World Bank report released yesterday.
National Assembly chairwoman Nguyễn Thị Kim Ngân on Tuesday applauded the State Audit Office of Việt Nam (SAV) for its contributions in fighting corruption and waste.
Việt Nam Railway plans to operate extra trains for Tết (Lunar New Year) from February 2 to March 4 next year.
Deputy Prime Minister Trương Hòa Bình on Monday directed the Government inspectorate to begin a two-month inspection of the privatisation process of State-owned Việt Nam Feature Film (VFS) studio.
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