Truck driver training to be offered nationwide

Last year, a couple was killed and their daughter injured after a truck hit their motorbike on Highway 51 in Bà Rịa-Vũng Tàu Province’s Tân Thành District, which has the highest rate of fatalities in the province.

Kovalevskaya awards for VN female scientists

The individual prize at the Kovalevskaya Awards 2016 went to Prof. Dr. Nguyễn Kim Phi Phụng, a lecturer from the University of Natural Sciences under the Vietnam National University in HCM City.

VN celebrates female nation builders

Party General Secretary Nguyễn Phú Trọng congratulated the women’s movement and the Việt Nam Women’s Union (VWU) for their past achievements in his speech at the opening of the 12th National Women’s Congress  in Hà Nội yesterday.

Shifting sands: illegal VN sales to Singapore

Quite a few Vietnamese companies are taking advantage of sand dredging privileges authorised by the Government to rake in huge illegal profits, according to an expose by the Tuổi Trẻ (Youth) newspaper.

Cam Ranh Airport faces overload

The number of passengers at Cam Ranh International Airport has surged substantially in recent years while infrastructure fails to address the overload, according to central Khánh Hòa Province’s People’s Committee.

Fire blazes in Vĩnh Tân thermal power plant

A fire was reported at the construction site of Vĩnh Tân Thermal Power Plant No 4 in the central province of Bình Thuận on Tuesday morning, according to a Electricity of Việt Nam (EVN) report.

West Lake cleanup begins

Sanitation workers on Tuesday morning started collecting garbage and cleaning the area where a number of floating restaurants and piers used to locate on West Lake, the Tây Hồ District People’s Committee said.

AIIB to offer loans for HCM City infrastructure projects

The secretary of HCM City’s Party Committee, Đinh La Thăng, on Monday met with Jin Liqun, the chairman of the Asian Investment and Infrastructure Bank (AIIB) to discuss financing for infrastructure projects in the city.

 

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