Việt Nam News

Vietnam News Agency General Director, Nguyễn Đức Lợi, joined almost 200 guests from 80 countries representing more than 130 leading news agencies to discuss burning issues concerning media, in general, and news agencies, in particular.

 During a check at a pre-chosen location, police in HCM City this week stopped a number of drivers of vehicles that had previously been caught on video violating traffic regulations. 

The HCM City People’s Committee will honour 25 groups and 113 individuals whose good deeds have contributed to the city’s patriotic emulation movements, according to the city’s Award and Emulation Board.

Tourism enterprises, experts and managers yesterday discussed ways to promote tourism in the northcentral region after the massive fish death crisis that hit the coastal areas in April.

Some 4,200 prisoners are expected to be granted amnesty later this year, a senior police officer said yesterday.

Northern Hải Dương Province Police this morning arrested two local teenagers for allegedly killing a pagoda keeper and stealing donations made to the Minh Giám pagoda in Thanh Hà District

Deputy Prime Minister Trương Hòa Bình has urged ministries and agencies to boost efforts to assist victims of the toxic spill by Taiwanese Hưng Nghiệp Formosa Hà Tĩnh Steel Co. Ltd.

A tanker truck suddenly lost control to roll down the valley of Hải Vân Pass, killing one and wounded another, the Phú Lộc traffic police station said yesterday.

Developing organic agriculture is an urgent task, given the fact that food safety violations, which pose serious threats to the health of the community, occur at an alarming rate, experts said.

A Panamanian vessel collided with a barge this morning while running on Thị Vải River in the Cần Giờ District, resulting in a crash that has left one missing.

Việt Nam has successfully performed nearly 1,400 organ transplant surgeries over the past 20 years, said Lê Quang Cường, deputy minister of health.

Tân Sơn Nhất International Airport in HCM City on Tuesday opened an 11,351 sq-metre, seven-storey parking garage located outside the domestic terminal.

A mysterious foreign ship was found drifting with no crew aboard in the Bình Thuận sea, leaving authorities perplexed.

Doctors at Hà Nội City’s E Hospital yesterday successfully removed a 7kg tumor from a man’s chest, director Lê Ngọc Thành reported.

Inspectors from the Ministry of Health have started to inspect smoke-free restaurants and hotels in Hà Nội as part of efforts to build a non-smoking environment in public places.

None of enterprises that have delayed or avoided paying social insurance for their employees have been brought into court although labour unions, on behalf of the employees, have the right to sue them, the Việt Nam General Confederation of Labour (VGCL) said yesterday.

Library staff at the HCM City University of Social Sciences and Humanities plan to develop audio and brallie books for students with visual impairments at the university.

The southern region must speed up delayed power projects to ensure sufficient energy supply and use cutting-edge technologies to reduce energy waste, experts have said.