VN bans antibacterial soaps with triclosan, triclocarbon

The Ministry of Health’s Drug Administration will withdraw registration numbers and stop selling antibacterial soaps on the market if they find them unsafe or if warnings about the soap are issued by international organisations.

 

City urged to inspect thousands of trees

The Việt Nam Green Trees and Parks Association has urged the HCM City Transport Department to allocate more funds to examine 5,500 trees in the city after two people were killed by falling trees in the last three weeks.   

Do toll road operators charge too much?

The fees being charged at toll stations in the mushrooming BOT transportation projects are inconsistent with the capacity of drivers to pay, Deputy Transport Minister Nguyễn Nhật said at a conference in Hà Nội yesterday.

Storm kills 5, leaves 10 missing

Storm Rai has killed at least five people and left ten others missing over the past few days in central localities, according to the latest report from the National Steering Committee for Disaster Prevention and Control.

Adults share in kids’ grade pressure at school

Last week Việt Nam News asked how its readers expect their children to study at schools following a letter of a father sent to the Ministry of Education and Training to ask for his son to study badly at school. Here are some response:

Officials sentenced to prison for mismanagement

The People’s Court of the central Phú Yên Province yesterday sentenced to prison 15 former leaders and executive officials of Đông Hòa Distict for violating state regulations on economic management.

Đà River pipeline breach detected once again

A breach was detected in the Đà River pipeline yesterday, the 19th time the pipeline has faced repairs. The incident was resolved and water supply was restored at 12am this morning.

Children celebrate mid-autumn fest

State and local officials have granted gifts and wishes for poor, underprivileged and ill children across the country on the occasion of this year Mid-autumn festival, which annually held on the 15th day of the eighth month following the lunar calendar.

Workers missing after power plant accident

A broken steel valve of water conductor tunnel at Sông Bung 2 Hydro-power Plant in the central province of Quảng Nam was reckoned as an initial reason of an incident on Tuesday (September 13th).

Mid-autumn Festival celebrated nationwide

Vietnamese are celebrating the Mid-autumn Full Moon Festival (Tết Trung Thu) across the country, with lanterns and cultural activities in every street and home today and tomorrow.

Local health sectors urged to review services

The Ministry of Health yesterday requested the health sector in Nghệ An and Hậu Giang provinces to strengthen inspection of the healthcare facilities for mothers and children.

1 dead, 8 injured by Typhoon Rai

One person is reported to have died and eight others were injured in the central provinces of Thừa Thiên-Huế, Quảng Trị and Quảng Bình due to Typhoon Rai.

Việt Nam should adopt EITI for resource management

Implementing the Extractive Industry Transparency Initiative (EITI) will help Việt Nam fight corruption in the resources extraction sector, participants were told at a workshop held yesterday in Hà Nội.

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