Việt Nam News

Hà Nội authorities have asked three construction giants to devise planning schemes to develop the areas along the iconic Hồng (Red) River that flows past the capital city.

The HCM City People’s Committee plans to build two more water plants in an aim to improve water supply by 2019.

HCM City has agreed to the Transport Department’s proposal to open temporary smart parking lots in downtown areas to meet demand.

HCM City authorities have asked Chợ Rẫy Hospital, the major hospital in the southern region, to build new medical facilities and satellite hospitals to reduce severe patient overloading at city hospitals.

More than 280 blood-pressure screening spots have been set up in HCM City under the Communities for Healthy Hearts programme.

 The Ministry of Health (MoH) on Wednesday urged residents to give children the complete four doses of the diphtheria vaccine.

Two Laotians were arrested on Wednesday for smuggling some 41,000 pills of synthetic drugs into Việt Nam, according to the border force of the central province of Quảng Bình.

The Cần Thơ City Police on Wednesday asked the municipal People’s Procuracy to prosecute nine traffic inspectors for receiving bribes.

Inspectors from the Ministry of Health discovered 244 cases related to the trade and manufacture of unsafe dietary supplements and pharmaceutical products last year.

The Việt Nam Fatherland Front Committee, Youth Union and Student Support Centre have gifted bus tickets to 5,000 disadvantaged students and workers for returning home for Tết (Lunar New Year).

Deputy Prime Minister Vũ Đức Đam called on ministries to review their databases and means of information delivery to improve and offer more online public services.

External information work and dissemination of information on sea, islands, border demarcation and landmark planting must be stepped up in 2017, focusing on the Party and State’s guidelines and foreign policies, said Phạm Văn Linh, deputy head of Central Committee’s Commission for Communication and Education.

Construction of a double tunnel at An Sương intersection between HCM City’s District 12 and Hóc Môn District will kick off today, according to the city’s Department of Transport.

The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development has officially issued a circular to prohibit the use of cysteamine - a substance used in animal husbandry.

More than 2,000 canals around HCM CIty have been seriously polluted threatening people’s health, reported the Nông Thôn Ngày Nay (Countryside Today) newspaper.

A fire broke out on an islet in Nha Trang in the central province Khánh Hoà last night, destroying nearly 40 houses and other property. No casualties were reported.

Service fee at residential buildings in Hà Nội, ranging from VNĐ700 (3 cents) to VNĐ16,500 (72 cents) per a square metre, regulated under the capital’s newly-issued decision, is believed to fail to match the reality.

Physical barriers will be installed on Hà Nội’s roads on a pilot basis to make the bus rapid transit (BRT) system more effective.