EVN given more power price control

A new decision by Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc has given more authority to the State-owned Electricity of Việt Nam (EVN), the largest supplier of electricity in the country, in deciding power prices.

Capital city must shape up: NA chair

The capital city needs stronger determination and participation by authorities and citizens to reach its growth target for this year, said National Assembly Chairwoman Nguyễn Thị Kim Ngân.

PM prescribes remedies for pharma sector

 Lack of a master plan has been blamed for Việt Nam having to import up to 80 per cent of its processed pharmaceutical materials although the country has an abundant source of pharmaceutical materials and was one of top exporters of raw pharmaceutical materials in the 1980s.

Việt Nam gears toward agro export expansion

Nguyễn Xuân Cường, Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, talks to Nông thôn Ngày nay (Countryside Today) on the country’s resolve to increase the export of more agro-products

35 people exposed to HIV test negative

Eleven more people were exposed to HIV after responding to a traffic accident in Kom Tum Province, with 35 people altogether exposed to the virus altogether.

Unemployment dips slightly in Q2

In the second quarter of this year, Việt Nam recorded labour force of 54.52 million, of which 53.4 million people at working ages from 15 years and more get jobs, according to the General Statistics Office (GSO).

Major tunnel to be closed daily

The Hải Vân Tunnel, connecting the two central provinces of Đà Nẵng and Thừa Thiên-Huế, will be closed for 30 minutes per day starting from July 11.

Guards cross borders into fatherhood

Major Nguyễn Hùng Vương of the Tân Thuận Border Gate, a customs post on one of HCM City’s rivers, got married when he was 29, but only became a father at 40. Vương’s daughter, Nguyễn Ngọc Linh Đan, was born last March.

Flyover leading to HCM City airport completed 2 months early

A flyover leading to both the domestic and international terminals at Tân Sơn Nhất airport in HCM City opened to traffic on July 3, and is expected to ease the congestion that has for long been plaguing the roads around Việt Nam’s busiest airport.

PM gets faulty boats report

The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development has submitted its report to the Government concerning the faulty implementation of a decree to develop the country’s fisheries.

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