Việt Nam News

Up to 228 Vietnamese fishermen being held for illegal fishing in Indonesian waters were released yesterday and arrived safely in Vũng Tàu City in the southern coastal province of Bà Rịa – Vũng Tàu.

The HCM City People’s Committee has asked for permission from the government to appoint investors for the Thủ Thiêm Bridge 4 project under the BT (build-transfer) model.

Ministry of Public Security yesterday issued an arrest warrant domestically and internationally to Trịnh Xuân Thanh, 50, former Chairman of PetroVietnam Construction Corporation (PVC).

Many projects need to be carried out in order to deal with flooding situation and traffic woes around Tân Sơn Nhất International Airport.

Hà Nội administration has decided to pave 936 streets with natural stone, reliability of up to 50-70 years, in 12 districts across the city.

HCM City is trying to help achieve the national goal of having 70 per cent of disabled children in school by 2020.

Trịnh Quốc Huy and his family own a five-hectare farm with various fruit plants of great renown across the country and local varieties. The farm, located in Việt Lâm Town, the northern mountainous Hà Giang Province’s Vị Xuyên District, has been developed following the garden-pond-livestock pen (VAC) model and earns Huy billions of đồng annually.

Piles of rubbish illegally dumped on streets and pavements have been seen along the Lừ River in capital city of Hà Nội.

 Minister of Natural Resources and Environment Trần Hồng Hà has requested the Environment General Department and local People’s Committee to determine the cause of the fish kill-off in central Thanh Hóa Province.

To make way for the metro line Nhổn – Hà Nội Railway Station, 109 trees, 24 of which are ancient trees on Kim Mã Street (Hà Nội), will either be relocated or cut down.

Nine people, mostly children, were hospitalised after being severely burned when balloons exploded at the Mid-autumn Festival in central Quảng Bình Province yesterday.

The Ministry of Public Security’s Investigation Police Agency yesterday announced they would prosecute former executive officials of the PetroVietnam Construction Joint Stock Corporation (PVC).

HCM City’s Transport Department and the Southern Airport Transportation Joint Stock Company (Satsco) have launched bus route 119 connecting Tân Sơn Nhất Airport and Miền Tây coach station.

Police of the Mekong Delta City of Cần Thơ have decided to prosecute an official from the city’s transport department for allegedly accepting bribes.

A market management official was killed last night by a cigarette smuggler, while being on duty near Vàm Cỏ River in Long An Province.

The Hà Nội Police on Thursday said they had decided to prosecute five more people who are part of a ring accused of printing, publishing and trading value-added tax (VAT) invoices.

Việt Nam’s rate of non-compliance with the minimum wage in the garment, textile and footwear sector is the lowest among seven garment-exporting countries in Asia, at 6.6 per cent, accordint to a new report by the International Labor Oeganization (ILO).