Việt Nam News

Trial operation of one toll station on the Cầu Giẽ-Ninh Bình Expressway will start at 11.30 am tomorrow, the Việt Nam Road Administration has reported

American and Vietnamese scientists have discovered a new fern species growing inside grottos in central Quảng Bình Province.

Australia and Việt Nam have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) that provides a formal framework for the return of Vietnamese nationals with no legal right to be in Australia.

Thirteen people were rescued yesterday by the local army after their ship broke down and was in high danger of sinking off the central province of Quảng Trị.

Three police officers died and three others were seriously injured in an explosion that occurred at a chemical storehouse of the Đắk Lắk Police in this Central Highland province last night.

 A branch of the Vietnam National Textile and Garment Group (VINATEX) in Hưng Yên Province was fined for violating regulations on environmental protection.

Sài Gòn Railway Transport Joint Stocks Company has warned passengers about fake websites offering train tickets, particularly those for trips on the occasion of the Tết (Lunar New Year) celebration.

The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (MoNRE) has directed the four central provinces devastated by Formosa’s discharge of toxic waste to test sea water at 19 beaches every two weeks.

The HCM City People’s Committee has sought the Government’s approval to build a new road running parallel to its suburban National Highway No. 50.

Most enterprises at industrial parks in HCM City are lax about providing their workers with completely safe and nutritious meals.

Đà Nẵng plans to build a 4.4ha Central Square project in the city’s downtown that will serve as a landmark tourism attraction, shopping and public entertainment site.

The decline of the railway’s popularity in Việt Nam is not new: back in 2010, the European Union labeled rail transport as the country’s “least relevant” mode of transport.

A reconstruction plan for old apartment buildings in Hà Nội should be completed by the end of this month, according to the city’s People’s Committee.

Hải Phòng Police and Customs unearthed a drug trade ring, seizing more than 10kg of white substance and tools allegedly used to make the drug ecstasy, police announced yesterday.

Dr Nguyễn Viết Nhung, director of the Central Pulmonology Hospital, is one of the 19 members of the first task force on global tuberculosis research founded by the World Health Organisation (WHO).

The public security ministry’s police investigation agency has decided to prosecute two former top officials of the HCM City-based Đông Á Bank (DongA Bank), it announced today.

The construction of Provincial Road 537 was completed just recently, but the section passing through Yên Thành District’s Hợp Thành Commune has already developed huge cracks and started caving in.

Five new inner-city bus routes with subsidised fares were launched on Saturday in Đà Nẵng.