Progress over heritage in HCMC

Demolition work on the Sài Gòn Tax Trade Centre, built by the French 135 years ago, began yesterday (Oct 12) in HCM City to make way for a 40-storey office and hotel tower and the first metro subway route.

Risk of dengue fever spreading in Nghệ An

 A delegation of the Health Department in the central province of Nghệ An yesterday visited Diễn Châu District to directly instruct locals to urgently control the spread of the dengue disease.

Safety at coal mines comes under scrutiny

Up to 15 serious labour safety violations at coal mines in northern Quảng Ninh province were reported in the first nine months of this year, killing 18 people and injured dozens of others, Lao Động (Labour) newspaper reported.

In August alone, there were five cases, leaving six coal miners dead.

VN push to achieve UN’s AIDS targets

The head of the HCM City AIDS Prevention Centre has asked the Việt Nam Network of People Living with HIV/AIDS to help the country reach the 90-90-90 targets set by the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV and AIDS to help end the AIDS epidemic by 2030.

 

 

ADB to back inclusive growth

Over the next five years, the Asian Development Bank will support investment and policy reforms in Viet Nam that promote more inclusive and environmentally sustainable economic growth.

Programme to help vulnerable kids

 A children’s protection programme will try to lower the proportion of disadvantaged children and those who are identified as vulnerable under the current rate of 4.3 per cent from now to 2020, according to goals set by the HCM City Department of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs.

Information sought on pregnant VN girl in China

The Vietnamese Foreign Ministry is very concerned about a12-year-old pregnant girl in China who is supposedly a Vietnamese national, Deputy Spokesperson for the Foreign Ministry Pham Thu Hang said.

PM orders probe into industrial fish sauce

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc has tasked the Ministry of Health to quickly clarify contents in the article reported by Thanh Niên (Young People) newspaper about “industrial” fish sauces containing a number of chemical additives selling in the market.

Man killed by metal sheets in Huế

A 55-year-old man fell on the road and died after being pierced by metal sheets while trying to steer his three-wheeled vehicle to avoid a semi-truck in central Huế City yesterday.

Ministry warns of risk of cattle diseases

Outbreaks of cattle diseases have appeared in some areas across the country, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development’s Veterinary Department.

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