Việt Nam News

The Government has approved a HCM City plan to build two bridges and a parallel road to National Highway No 50 in HCM City.

With the vision by 2030, APEC will have a strong and cohesive education community characterised by inclusive and quality education that supports sustainable economic growth, social wellbeing and employability of people in APEC economies.

HCM City authorities on Tuesday destroyed nearly 22 tonnes of fake or substandard fertiliser without labels of origin worth VNĐ300 million (US$13,000).

Despite several setbacks, investors pledged in February to put the capital city’s first elevated railway to trial operations in October. However, financial constraints have once again casted a pall over the project’s prospects.

The Ministry of Agricultre and Natural Resources is seeking solutions to prevent landslides in the Mekong Delta, after a landslide occurred on the Vàm Cỏ Lau Canal on Monday afternoon in An Giang Province, causing six houses to collapse and forcing two other households to relocate.

Three more avian flu outbreaks have been recorded in the Central Highlands provinces of Đắk Lắk and Đắk Nông, according to the Department of Animal Health under the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development. 

Health officials from Việt Nam, Laos and Cambodia shared experience in fighting infectious diseases, especially avian flu, at a workshop in the central province of Thừa Thiên-Huế yesterday.

Deputy Prime minister Trương Hòa Bình has ordered the Ministry of Transport instruct the Directorate for Roads of Việt Nam and Vietnam Railway Authority to work with relevant agencies in provinces and cities that the railway runs through to take drastic measures to increase safety at railways.

The police department for Smuggling Prevention under the Ministry of Public Security said it has seized medicine worth over VNĐ5 billion (US$220) believed to have been smuggled from Turkey.

A lightning strike killed three people in the central province of Quảng Bình while they were working in an open cemetery yesterday afternoon.

 Trương Thị Mai, Politburo member and head of the Party Central Committee’s Commission for Mass Mobilisation, yesterday presented gifts to celebrate Vesak 2017 .

The Bà Rịa – Vũng Tàu Province customs on Monday set up a port control unit that will link up with international counterparts to secure customs clearance and prevent smuggling and transport of prohibited goods.

The Plant Protection Department is set to issue a new decree on fertiliser management to encourage legitimate producers and eradicate fake products, which are widepsread.

HCM City authorities are soliciting private investment in healthcare projects because public resources are limited, according to the Department of Planning and Investment.

A wide gender gap, improper legal framework and lack of self-confidence create major barriers for women, especially those from ethnic minority groups, to participate in political life in Việt Nam, Associate Professor Đỗ Thị Thạch from HCM National Academy of Politics and Public Administration (NAPA) said yesterday.

Transferring the right of suing companies for overdue social insurance payment to workplace-based trade unions has not been as effective as lawmakers had expected.

An unidentified 20-year-old Vietnamese man was caught smuggling 1.5 kilos of rhino horn worth VNĐ2 billion (US$87,890) on a flight from Africa to Việt Nam on Monday.

A fine of up to VNĐ40 million (US$1,760) will be applied to the trading of pre-activated SIM cards, according to a decree on penalities on telecommunications, information and technology sector.