Việt Nam News

A 37-year-old traffic inspector allegedly involved in the assault of a woman employee at Nội Bài International Airport last Tuesday will be relieved of his duties with effect from November.

Around 600 drug addicts escaped from a rehabilitation centre in Đồng Nai Province’s Xuân Lộc District late last night, and caused havoc on and around National Highway 1, blocking traffic, rioting and looting. More than 300 have returned the centre this morning.

Trucks that weigh over 50 tonnes and coaches with more than 25 seats are banned from entering several streets in Hà Nội as three regional summits take place here on October 24-26.

Deputy Prime Minister Trương Hòa Bình has urged forces to investigate the shooting that killed three forest protection staffers in the Tây Nguyên (Central Highland) province of Đắk Nông yesterday morning.

Five people were killed and two injured this morning when their car collided with a train while crossing a railway track on a major highway in a Hà Nội district.

The Prime Minister will allocate VNĐ260 billion (US$11.7 million) from the central budget’s reserve to assist 12 northern localities seriously affected by storms earlier this year.

All fish sauces on the market are safe for human consumption, the Ministry of Health confirmed Saturday after a10-day inspection.

The Consulate General of Japan in HCM City signed an agreement on Friday to provide aid worth more than US$405,500 for five projects in southern Việt Nam. The agreement is part of the Japanese Government’s non-refundable aid programme for Vietnamese localities. 

HCM City’s Health Department said it launched 15 more points for screening and detecting Zika virus infections in an effort to stem the number of cases. 

HCM City has begun the second phase of an environmental sanitation project at a cost of more than US$524 million, city authorities announced. Under the project, sewer networks and connections to houses will be built in parts of District 2.

The southeastern province of Bình Phước, the country’s largest cashew producer, plans to intercrop cocoa with a total of 50,000 ha of cashew trees in an aim to raise farmers’ incomes.

Northern Việt Nam’s Hà Giang province has a 274km border with China, thus is particularly vulnerable to human trafficking.

HCM City will build a complete digital map of roads to provide online information to reduce traffic jams and accidents, according to its Department of Transport’s road infrastructure management and exploitation division.

HCM City police must crack down on gangs using deadly weapons and street robbery, Senior Lieutenant General Tô Lâm, Member of the Politburo and Minister of Public Security said.

New research in the treatment of AIDS has pointed to a possible cure, which could lead to the UN’s goal of ending the HIV/AIDS epidemic by 2030.

The Urban Railway Management Board has submitted a construction investment project for the fifth metro line to the HCM City People’s Committee.

Authorities in the southern province of Bà Rịa-Vũng Tàu are working with government agencies to provide financial assistance to farmers who suffered losses after the recent mass death of farm-raised fish in Long Sơn Commune.

The Government Inspectorate has detected a series of violations in the building and operation of Đình Vũ Polyester Manufacturing Plant in the coastal city of Hải Phòng, which led to huge economic losses.