100,000 City households unwilling to use tap water

In an effort to provide clean water to all households, HCM City in recent years has connected nearly all households in the city to water pipelines and meters for free. But more than 100,000 households in the city continue to use well water, mostly out of habit, according to city officials.

Two arrested for subversive Facebook use

Two men have been arrested for spreading news against the State on Facebook - the most popular social network in Việt Nam, the police announced on Wednesday.

PM orders halt to dredging projects

 Prime Minister Nguyen Xuân Phúc has told the Ministry of Transport (MoT) to suspend the licencing for river dredging projects which has stoked great public concern.

 

US ambassador, MoIC discuss internet freedoms

Minister of Information and Communication (MoIC) Trương Minh Tuấn has asked the US ambassador to Việt Nam, Ted Osius, to work with internet giants Google and Facebook to open their offices in Việt Nam “to easily work over issues regarding compliance to Việt Nam’s law.”

7 workers injured due to scaffolding collapse

At least seven workers were injured after scaffolding at a construction site suddenly collapsed on Wednesday morning on southern Bà Rịa-Vũng Tàu Province’s February-03 Street.

Cát Bi air traffic control to be inspected

The Civil Aviation Authority of Việt Nam on Tuesday night decided to inspect operations at the air traffic control station in Hải Phòng City’s Cát Bi International Airport.

 

Tougher healthcare oversight ordered

Minister of Health Nguyễn Thị Kim Tiến yesterday (March 20) urged inspectors from the central to grassroots levels to ensure that fines are handed out for violations of healthcare service regulations.

City to open street vendor areas

HCM City plans to open special street-food areas in District 1 as part of a pilot programme to move vendors to designated pavements, among other plans to improve the liveability of the city.

Israel to help VN build community centers

Israel and Việt Nam signed an agreement yesterday on establishing a series of community centres based on an Israeli-developed model. The agreement was signed in the presence of Israeli President Reuven Rivlin who is on an official visit to Việt Nam.

Major haul

Customs officers in the northern port city of Hải Phòng yesterday seized a container suspected of containing Khat leaves.

New risk mapping training for Red Cross staff

Forty Red Cross staffers from Việt Nam, the Philippines, Cambodia, and Laos are participating in a three-day training programme on Participatory Multi-disaster Risks Mapping, which began on Tuesday.

Commune near Sóc Sơn filthy and polluted

 People from Xuân Thu Commune in the outskirts of Hà Nội’s Sóc Sơn District are complaining that a large quantity of waste is dirtying and polluting their locality, the online newspaper Vietnamplus.vn reported.

Police arrest four in online arms trafficking case

The city police have busted a weapon trading ring in HCM City. The ring was involved in importing electric guns, scimitars, Japanese-style swords, and grenades from China and sold them online in Việt Nam.

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