Việt Nam News

The Ministry of Transport’s Project Management Unit No. 7 has finished an investment report on the proposed cable-stayed Rạch Miễu Bridge No 2 over the Tiền River in the Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta.

The Regional Maritime Search and Rescue Co-ordination Centre No 3 in Vũng Tàu City on Friday assigned a ship and some doctors to rush to the scene and provide first aid to 11 seamen who had met with an accident at sea.

Cần Thơ City on Thursday announced it busted a football gambling ring operating on a large scale on the internet.

Doctors from Bạch Mai Hospital in Hà Nội have reported at least one patient everyday hospitalised due to herbicide poisoning, popularly known as paraquat poisoning.

Deputy Minister of Health Nguyễn Thanh Long yesterday (Feb 16) urged agencies and local authorities in the southern region to take preventive measures against outbreaks of dengue and Zika virus infections.

The Government will issue a new decree on mechanisms for the Hòa Lạc Hi-Tech Park, enabling it to play an extremely important role in enhancing the country’s science and technology capacity, Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc said on Thursday on a visit to the park.

The Hà Nội’s People’s Court yesterday began a four-day first-instance court hearing in the Vinashin Ocean Shipping Company Ltd. (Vinashinlines) embezzlement case.

Forty-eight vehicles, including 6 cars and 42 motorbikes, were fined by Hà Nội police on Wednesday, the first day stricter rules were implemented for the dedicated bus rapid transit (BRT) lanes.

A flea market is expected to be held every weekend at Bạch Đằng Wharf park in downtown HCM City, according to the People’s Committee of District 1.

Việt Nam’s first human milk bank opened today at the Đà Nẵng Hospital for Women and Children in central Đà Nẵng City.

Tiền Giang Border Guards on Wednesday said they have seized a tug boat and a barge for transporting around 8,000 tonnes of coal dust without any required documents.

The 10th Xuân Hồng (Pink Spring) blood donation festival will take place at the National Convention Centre in Hà Nội on Saturday.

Upgrading the water environment of Hoàn Kiếm (Sword) Lake is necessary and urgent work, Võ Tiến Hùng, general director of the Hà Nội Sewage and Drainage Co Ltd., said.

HCM City’s Transport Department proposed at a meeting on Wednesday solutions to traffic congestion, including proper traffic management, camera installation and higher traffic fines.

Japanese encephalitis cases account for around 10 per cent of 1,000 cases of viral encephalitis reported every year in Việt Nam.

A fire was reported inside a ship from Panama anchored at Cái Lân International Container Terminal in Quảng Ninh Province’s Hạ Long City on Tuesday night.