Việt Nam News

Legal proceedings have temporarily seized three people for selling and transporting heroin across many provinces in the country, as well as the capital.

The southern province of Bà Rịa – Vũng Tàu on Monday reported a second Zika virus infection case.

Salaries for public officials and civil servants need a major revamp to attract talent and avoid a brain-drain, experts agreed at a conference in Hà Nội on Monday.

Construction of the Bến Thành central station and an underground section from there to the Opera House under a contract package for HCM City’s first metro line has begun, according to the city authority.

There is no indication that children who are given so-called height-boosting pills grow taller than those who are not. Yet many websites advertise the pills and parents are often seduced by the promise.

Numerous buildings in the capital city show signs of cracks, leaks and blistering soon after construction has been completed, raising questions of construction quality management, Tin tức (News) newspaper reported.

A fire broke out in his house yesterday afternoon in the central city of Đà Nẵng.

The Government has given the green light to HCM City to immediately build two flyovers near Tân Sơn Nhất International Airport to ease traffic congestion in the vicinity.

Việt Nam will send two entries to an international photo and poster contest on environmental protection, launched by United Nations in Vienna.

The second phase of HCM City’s Tân Hiệp water pumping station began operation yesterday with a daily capacity of 300,000 cubic metres.

The Australian government yesterday launched a Gender Equality Strategy for Việt Nam for the first time, outlining its plans to promote women’s empowerment in Việt Nam.

The Australian Embassy has announced that a new group of 53 Australia Awards scholars will leave Việt Nam in early 2017 to undertake postgraduate studies in Australia.

Five Vietnamese scientists have been recognised as among the World’s Most Influential Scientific Minds in a list compiled by the multinational media and information firm Thomson Reuters.

Authorities in central Quảng Bình Province have ordered an investigation to trace the origin of timber stored illegally in a public agency’s warehouse.

Authorities in Quảng Ninh Province on Monday announced a domestic investor partnership to build a US$622million expressway, after rejecting a proposal to borrow money from China for the project.

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc has suggested the Mekong Delta province of Sóc Trăng further promote tourism development and agricultural restructuring, and study to produce high-value products, towards becoming a medium-income locality in the region. 

A total of 11 seamen from the distressed fishing ship BD99047 TS were rescued and brought safely to Phú Quý Island in the southern province of Bình Thuận yesterday afternoon.

The battery charging room of the Cẩm Phả Thermo-electricity Plant in Cẩm Phả City in the northern province of Quảng Ninh caught fire at 6am today.