Việt Nam News

A little boy in A Mú Sung Commune of the northern mountainous province of Lào Cai. — VNS Photo Việt Thanh

Housing development should be done along the under-construction metro network while jobs should be created nearby to reduce the need for transport in congested HCM City, an expert has said.

A wedding turned tragic as a van carrying the groom’s relatives crashed into a truck in Hà Nam Province on Thursday morning, leaving three dead and another 14 injured.

Those who are silent on the sexual abuse of children support the crime, participants agreed at a workshop in Hà Nội on Tuesday.

HCM City’s Department of Planning and Investment has petitioned the city’s People’s Committee to approve a project to build roads along the Tham Lương - Bến Cát - Nước Lên canals under a Build – Transfer (BT) contract.

The Australian government and the Vietnamese education and training ministry co-organised a workshop on Thursday to validate a toolkit developed to assist APEC countries in quality checks for online education.

The Hà Nội People’s Court on Wednesday sentenced a couple from Ba Vì District’s Cam Thượng Commune to jail for production of fake imported liquor.

The Supreme People’s Procuracy on Wednesday ordered full investigations on a 76-year- old man from Bà Rịa-Vũng Tàu Province who is facing allegations of child sexual abuse, following public uproar.

The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) on Wednesday launched its portal https://dvc.mard.gov.vn providing online information on administrative procedures.

The Hà Nội Railway Joint Stock Company will run an additional 31 passenger trains between April 27 and May 2 to serve commuters' needs during the Reunification Day and May Day holidays.

More than 100 representatives of relevant Government and non-governmental agencies and organisations convened in Hà Nội yesterday to discuss plans for ridding Việt Nam of all unexploded war-time bombs and mines.

Việt Nam is experiencing a worrying spike in the use of amphetamine-type stimulants (ATS) and other types of synthetic drugs.

Members of the National Assembly Standing Committee (NASC) yesterday agreed that the revised railway law needs comprehensive regulations that will help revitalise the country’s railway industry.

Local administration and provincial agencies are investigating illegal logging in the Bắc Trà My District’s protective forest.

48 out of 108 (44 per cent) cut pork meat samples collected at wet markets in Hung Yen Province were found to contain the disease-causing bacteria Salmonella.

 Việt Nam’s two biggest cities, Hà Nội and HCM City, severely lack parking spaces for cars, the Tuổi Trẻ (Youth) newsaper reported.

Military sappers in the Tây Giang district of Quảng Nam Province yesterday found and defused three bombs left from the wars in the communes of Lăng, A Nông and Bhalêê.

Hà Nội People’s Procurate yesterday decided to prosecute a couple and an airport employee for attempting to smuggle gold worth VNĐ2.8 billion (US$122.600) to South Korea.