Việt Nam News

Primary school teachers and students, who were selected through provincial traffic safety festivals and from provinces and cities that efficiently implemented traffic safety education, gathered in HCM City last weekend for the “National Traffic Safety Festival for primary pupils in the school year 2016-2017.”

Việt Nam Infrastructure Development and Finance Investment Joint Stock Company (VIDIFI) has submitted to the Ministry of Transport a proposal to delay increasing toll on the Hà Nội-Hải Phòng Expressway.

Accompanied by whirlwind, a surprise hailstorm occurred over the weekend in central province of Thanh Hoá, dealing devastating damages in its wake. Fortunately, no casualties were reported.

Minister of Transport Trương Quang Nghĩa has sent a letter praising the kindness of Nguyễn Thị Ánh Tuyết, a sanitation worker of the Vietnam Airlines’ Việt Nam Airport Ground Service Co Ltd.

Deputy Prime Minister Vũ Đức Đam has ordered relevant ministries to strengthen measures against child sexual abuse and violence, following a series of cases causing public outrage reported on media recently.

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc on Saturday inspected a waste-to-energy (WTE) technology model – a made-in-Việt Nam invention successfully applied in Đồng Văn 2 industrial park in the northern province of Hà Nam.

Permanent Vice Chairman of Hà Nội People’s Council Nguyễn Ngọc Tuấn asked Hà Nội authorities to accelerate the issuance of “red books”, saying that the process must be free from mistakes and lawsuits that affect public rights.

A series of events will be held in Bắc Ninh Province this week to mark World Water Day 2017, said the Ministry of Environmental and Natural Resources.

The central city of Da Nang has suspended illegal construction of a coastal eco-tourism project in the Sơn Trà Nature Reserve, the city’s construction department said in a statement yesterday.

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc met yesterday with 10 young people named Việt Nam's Outstanding Youths, lauding their talent, creativity and desire to contribute to the country and society.

Many farmers in the southern provinces of Bình Thuận, Bình Phước and Bà Rịa – Vũng Tàu have been encountering difficulties due to a poor cashew crop caused by bad weather and plant diseases.

An automated car parking technology will be piloted on two streets in the capital city in the second quarter of this year.

New York, famously known as the “city that never sleeps,” will soon be joined by HCM City, which is aspiring to that status in an effort to step up its tourism game.

Authorities in Sơn Hòa District said on Saturday that police had identified three drunken local men who were responsible for causing a flood that swept away a large swathe of fields and tons of harvested sugarcane.  

A series of serious traffic accidents throughout the country on Saturday left eight people dead and dozens injured.

Avoiding paying social security fees and social security debt has continued to increase, said the Social Insurance Agency’s Deputy Director General Phạm Lương Sơn.

Housing, meals, social and medical insurance and labour safety were the main topics of concern of more than 100 representatives of workers who met with HCM City Council’s Standing Committee and business leaders on Thursday.