Flyover coming to unclog City roads near airport

A massive flyover will be built early next year at the Nguyễn Thái Sơn-Nguyễn Kiệm Street intersection near HCM City’s Tân Sơn Nhất Airport to unclog an area which is choked by traffic, the Department of Transport has said.

National symposium on sexual health

In contrast to popular opinion that women and girls can protect themselves by avoiding strangers or unsafe places frequented by criminals, statistics show that 73 per cent of assaults on women are committed by acquaintances, and 10 per cent are fathers or stepfathers of victims.

City needs regular tree surveys

HCM City should make a regular survey of trees to provide decision makers with information to make sustainable plans for adapting to climate change, experts said.

City fire safety inadequate

HCM City needs to regularly monitor fire safety practices in households and amusement venues to preclude fire accidents, city Party Committee Secretary Đinh La Thăng has said.

449 people pledge to donate organs

As many as 449 people attending a ceremony last Sunday (Nov 28) signed a pledge to donate their organs after death to the National Coordination Centre for Organ Transplantation.

Criteria issued on hospital quality

The Ministry of Health has issued a set of criteria to assess hospital quality towards improving services and increasing patient satisfaction.

Hitting the water

The first vessel has been built under Resolution No.67 and No.89 to support fishermen by the Government with total investment of VNĐ10.8 billion.

City seeks private sector help for canals

Concerted efforts are needed to reduce pollution and improve the landscape near slums along canals and rivers in HCM City, including investment from the private sector, speakers said at a workshop held on Monday.

Hà Nội set to inspect SIM card retailers

The Hà Nội Department of Information and Communications has set up inter-sector inspection teams to supervise the management of pre-paid SIM cards in the city from November 29 to December 31, department chief inspector Nguyễn Văn Minh said.

Capital city trails behind in agromechanisation

The lacklustre agricultural mechanisation was attributed to the unsatisfactorily slow progress in land aggregation, leading to the persistence of small-scale and scattered production, said Ngô Đại Ngọc, deputy director of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development.

Rhino horns, skin, jewellery made from ivory seized

Customs officials in northern Quảng Ninh Province, in cooperation with provincial border soldiers, arrested two persons allegedly transporting more than 3kg of products made from endangered wild animals.

 

Floods aftermath: Việt Nam spends $5m as relief

 Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc has approved a plan to draw over VNĐ115 billion (US$5 million) from the State budget to assist 10 localities in dealing with the aftermath of storm Dianmu and the floods this year.

Fragile suspension bridges need urgent replacement

Many suspension bridges in the Central Highlands province of Lâm Đồng were built of wood. Their vertical piers are dilapidated while many parts of their decks are decayed, covered with rotten wood pieces, making them dangerous to cross. 

City invests $119m to build road section

The HCM City Department of Transport last Friday (Nov 25) signed a contract with a consortium of investors to build the Ring Road No.2 section stretching from Phạm Văn Đồng Street to Gò Dưa intersection on National Highway 1A in HCM City.

VN faces big deficit in HIV/AIDS funding

Việt Nam will face a huge budget deficit in health services for people with HIV/AIDS in the next five years, an official from the HIV/AIDS Prevention Agency, Dương Thúy Anh, said yesterday at a conference on insurance payments for ARV therapy.

20 golds for math students

The Vietnamese student team has won 32 medals - 20 gold medals, 11 silver ones and one bronze - in the seventh World Mathematics Team Championship (WMTC) held in Seoul, South Korea.

 

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