Việt Nam News

The Ministry of Finance (MoF) has asked agencies and enterprises under its umbrella to efficiently use State-owned cars and implement taxi fare subsidies to certain officials instead of offering them State-owned cars.

Professor Trần Hồng Quân, former Minister of Education and Training, speaks to Giáo dục Việt Nam (Việt Nam Education) about the imperative need to promote autonomy among Vietnamese universities

City dwellers and experts are concerned about the effectiveness of the bus rapid transit (BRT) route connecting Kim Mã and Yên Nghĩa, which is being launched later this month.

The Governmental agencies and donors have allocated an emergency logistics and necessities including 23 tonnes of dry provisions, 25,000 boxes of instant noodle and 10,000 bottles of water for flood affected provinces in the central region.

HCM City’s education sector has set a target next year to collect school tuition via bank transfers instead of cash after two years of piloting the project at 40 schools.

The HCM City Department of Transport has asked the central government for permission to choose investors to build six multilevel parking garages under the Private-Public Partnership (PPP) mode.

Hoa mai and hoa đào, one yellow and the other pink, are without doubt the two most important, auspicious flowers in Việt Nam.

Nhân Dân Gia Định Hospital, one of largest general hospitals in HCM City, plans to use more high-tech medical treatments and buy more state-of-the-art equipment to improve medical quality, Dr. Nguyễn Anh Dũng, director of the hospital, has said.

Two primary schools in HCM City have recorded a total of 43 cases of mumps among students in two outlying districts, the city’s Preventive Medicine Centre said yesterday.

A preliminary hearing began the second phase of the trial on a transnational trafficking case of some 5,000 heroin cakes in the northern Quảng Ninh Province yesterday.

The Long Biên District People’s Court in Hà Nội this morning sentenced a 39-year-old man to 10 years imprisonment for violating regulations on driving road vehicles.

The Việt Nam Standards and Consumers Association (Vinastas) – a key initiator of the fish sauce scandal – has posted an official correction of its false report on the quality of the sauce following heavy public pressure and Governmental investigations into the case.

The traffic police seized 270kg of sparklers and 100kg of firecrackers being smuggled into the central province of Nghệ An in two separate incidents on Sunday.

The latest techniques in treatment and surgery for pelvic organ prolapse were highlighted last Saturday (December 17) at the 11^th symposium on diseases of the female pelvis held at Bình Dân Hospital in HCM City.

The Lâm Đồng transport department has set up a 24-hour hotline so that residents can call any time about traffic violations during the Lunar New Year holidays.

HCM City has set a target of saving 2 - 2.5 percent of energy consumption per year between now and 2020, with a view to protecting the environment.

 Police yesterday arrested a suspect in a robbery at a branch of the Bank for Investment and Development of Việt Nam (BIDV) in Huế City earlier this month.

Thirty-nine agricultural products and 40 outstanding companies were honoured at a programme displaying high quality agricultural products by the Việt Nam General Council of Agriculture and Rural Development.