President Trần Đại Quang yesterday presented over 100 Tết (Lunar New Year) gift packages to welfare policy beneficiaries, impoverished families and dioxin (Agent Orange) victims in Nam Đàn District in the central province of Nghệ An.
Associate Professor Trần Đắc Phu, director general of the Department of Preventive Medicine, under the Ministry of health speaks to Viêt Nam News Agency about his department’s readiness to cope with any emergency díeases
The municipal authority of HCM City has taken measures to improve the city’s public passenger transportation, aiming to increase the number of bus passengers by 5 per cent this year.
The Tân Sơn Nhất Airport Authority announced it will increase the number of night flights to meet high demand during Tết (Lunar New Year) holiday.
Concerted efforts by all related sectors and stakeholders are vital to fully exploit HCM City’s tourism potential, city leaders said.
The increasing amounts of remittances sent back to the homeland by overseas Vietnamese over the past few years have helped the country offset its trade deficit, reduce poverty, and improve living standards of recipients.
HCM City has managed to control abuse of antibiotics and banned substances in animal breeding by imposing tough penalties and destroying meats found with such substances, according to the city Animal Health Agency.
HCM City plans to raze 14 dilapidated apartment buildings this year and rebuild six of them, its Department of Construction said on Thursday.
The demand for domestic helpers in big cities such as Hà Nội surges during the run up to Tết, and the cost of hiring help has sky-rocketed as well, according to Nguyễn Văn Thắng, an official at a job agency in the capital city.
Besides improving teaching and studying quality, ensuring safety and security at schools is also an important duty, and experts believe that to do the work well, co-operation between families, schools and the community is needed.
Financial burden on the workers on the eve of the new year prompted many to go to loan sharks and fell into the never ending debt trap.
Deputy Minister of Transport Lê Đình Thọ has instructed relevant agencies to take necessary measures to ease the congestion on roads around Tân Sơn Nhất Airport during Tết (Lunar New Year).
HCM City ‘s Police Investigation Agency reported on Friday they were detaining seven Iran nationals and a Malta national for further investigation involved in property appropriation.
Hà Nội-Bắc Giang Highway, which opened one year ago, is expected to witness a reduction in traffic congestion and accidents between Hà Nội, northern Bắc Ninh and Bắc Giang provinces. However, several shortcomings reported on the highway have caused annoyance to residents and drivers.
Trucks with 4 axles and over will banned from the provincial roads No. 391 and No. 395 of the northern Hải Dương Province from January 15, director of the provincial Department of Transportation said on Friday.
A week of cultural events has been held in HCM City to commemorate the 45th anniversary of the establishment of Diplomatic Relations between Việt Nam and India and the 10th anniversary of their Strategic Partnership.
It is necessary to have a unit responsible for applying a geography information system for flood prevention, Tất Thành Cang, HCM City’s deputy secretary of the Party Committee, has said.
Volunteer medical team from Chung Ang University (CAU)’s hospital in collaboration with Doosan Vina Heavy Industry of Korea provided free examinations and medicine to 2,500 residents in the central province following the 8th annual medical service between January 9-14th.
Deputy Prime Minister Vũ Đức Đam has instructed authorities and society in general to take responsibility for providing good care to the aged, while encouraging the development of healthy-living models.
A senior official from Năm Căn District People’s Committee in the southern province of Cà Mau confirmed that a suspension bridge collapsed on Friday morning after a barge collided with a bridge abutment.
