Việt Nam News

Israel and Việt Nam signed an agreement yesterday on establishing a series of community centres based on an Israeli-developed model. The agreement was signed in the presence of Israeli President Reuven Rivlin who is on an official visit to Việt Nam.

Representatives from 18 grassroots human security projects signed contracts to receive grants from the Embassy of Japan in Hà Nội on Tuesday.

Customs officers in the northern port city of Hải Phòng yesterday seized a container suspected of containing Khat leaves.

HCM City plans to open special street-food areas in District 1 as part of a pilot programme to move vendors to designated pavements, among other plans to improve the liveability of the city.

Forty Red Cross staffers from Việt Nam, the Philippines, Cambodia, and Laos are participating in a three-day training programme on Participatory Multi-disaster Risks Mapping, which began on Tuesday.

 People from Xuân Thu Commune in the outskirts of Hà Nội’s Sóc Sơn District are complaining that a large quantity of waste is dirtying and polluting their locality, the online newspaper Vietnamplus.vn reported.

The city police have busted a weapon trading ring in HCM City. The ring was involved in importing electric guns, scimitars, Japanese-style swords, and grenades from China and sold them online in Việt Nam.

Sài Gòn Water Corporation (Sawaco) has submitted a funding proposal to build underground water tanks that will replace seven unused water towers in HCM City.

The police from HCM City’s District 1 arrested Nguyễn Thanh Tú, 21, on Monday for allegedly abusing children.

The Information System, a company of the FPT Group, will supply information technology infrastructure (IT) for 16 hospitals in Đà Nẵng this year.

A 35-year-old worker died on Monday after a rock fell on his head while he was working in a quarry near Phụng Mountain in Tây Ninh Province’s Thạnh Tân Commune.

 The Olympic Run Day for Public Health 2017 will take place across the country at 7am on March 26, according to the Việt Nam National Administration of Sports.

Growing vegetables on sandy fields is helping farmers out of poverty in a coastal commune in Thừa Thiên- Huế Province.

A herd of wild elephants wreaked havoc in a residential area on Monday, destroying several hectares of vegetable crops belonging to the local people.

The HCM City’s Urban Railway Management Board has submitted a plan to the municipal People’s Committee to link the urban railway system underground with high-rise buildings, apartments and shopping complexes.

For many people, a loaf of bread costing VNĐ1,300 (US$0.06) may not be worth much,  but for poor patients at Kon Tum General Hospital, the free breakfast is much dearer than its cost. No price can be put on the kindheartedness of its donor.

The HCM City People’s Committee has approved a programme to label poultry meat and eggs with details of product origin to protect consumers, according to Nguyễn Ngọc Hòa, deputy director of the local Department of Industry and Trade.

A national steering committee will be set up to fix incidents related to cyber security following a newly-approved decision by the Prime Minister.