More trains to run for Tết holidays

There will be more trains between Hà Nội and other cities to meet the increase in commuter traffic on the occasion of Lunar New Year (Tết) Festival next year.

 

Việt Nam announces plan to boost Mekong tourism

Cần Thơ City and Phú Quốc Island will be developed into Mekong Delta tourism centres over the next five years, while Mỹ Tho City in Tiền Giang province will be made a tourism hub for the region’s eastern tourism zone.

Partnership needed for Paris deal

Việt Nam’s environment ministry has called on further assistance from local and international organisations to help Việt Nam successfully implement the Paris Agreement, deputy minister of Natural Resources and Environment Võ Tuấn Nhân confirmed yesterday.

Low public pay deters talent

Salaries for public officials and civil servants need a major revamp to attract talent and avoid a brain-drain, experts agreed at a conference in Hà Nội on Monday.

Work begins on final part of City metro line

Construction of the Bến Thành central station and an underground section from there to the Opera House under a contract package for HCM City’s first metro line has begun, according to the city authority.

The lowdown on height-boosting pills

There is no indication that children who are given so-called height-boosting pills grow taller than those who are not. Yet many websites advertise the pills and parents are often seduced by the promise.

 

Responsibility urged in construction

Numerous buildings in the capital city show signs of cracks, leaks and blistering soon after construction has been completed, raising questions of construction quality management, Tin tức (News) newspaper reported.

Fatal blaze

A fire broke out in his house yesterday afternoon in the central city of Đà Nẵng.

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