Suspension bridge collapses, injuring 4

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.

Inequality on the rise in Việt Nam

In an hour, the money the richest Vietnamese can earn from their wealth is almost 5,000 times higher than what the poorest group of Việt Nam spend daily on the basic needs.

PM affirms culture’s crucial role in national development

Culture should be well positioned like other crucial sectors in national economic development, Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc said yesterday while addressing a conference reviewing 2016 developments and setting tasks for 2017 for the cultural, sports and tourism sector.

Hà Nội to set up garbage collection stations

Urbanisation and a sharp increase in population have presented a number of challenges for Hà Nội, one of which is the collection and treatment of household waste in a way causes minimal impact to the environment.

Five workers die at private seafood company

Five workers of a private business specialising in aquatic product processing died due to suffocation under suspicious circumstances on Thursday in southern Phú Yên Province.

City targets 2,300 new swimming pools

At least 2,300 swimming pools must be built to accommodate swimming lessons for public high school students, according to the city’s Department of Culture and Sports.

 

PM calls for lifting curbs on land ownership

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc has tasked the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment to promptly find solutions for limitations on agricultural land ownership that curtail large-scale farming and production.

12 needy provinces get rice for Tết

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc has instructed the Ministry of Finance to provide over 10,400 tonnes of rice from national reserve funds for 12 provinces before the upcoming Tết holiday.

Bắc Ninh youths struggle to access loans

The national fund of employment assistance from the Hồ Chí Minh Communist Youth Union has helped youths from northern Bắc Ninh Province launch businesses. However, a lot of local youngsters still find it difficult to access the fund.

Four wounded as scaffolding collapses

Four workers were seriously wounded when scaffolding collapsed at the construction site of a 32-storey building in Sơn Trà district on Wednesday night.

Boat capsizes, two dead, one missing

Two people died and another went missing after their boat flipped over in Krông Ana River in the Central Highlands province of Đắk Lắk on Wednesday.

Illegal sand mining continues

Illegal sand mining still takes place along Bến Hải river in the central province of Quảng Trị in spite of efforts of local authorities, causing great public concern among residents for years.

Committee details supervision

The National Assembly (NA) Standing Committee members yesterday approved a draft resolution that stipulates the order and procedures for carrying out some contents relating to supervision activities of the NA, the NA Standing Committee and delegations of NA deputies.

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