Hoàn Kiếm bars set to remain open untill 2am

Restaurants and bars in Hòan Kiếm District will be allowed to open until 2am instead of 24 hours as before in three days at the weekend from September 1, according to the decision of Hà Nội People’s Committee.

Five arrested in illegal logging case

Investigation agencies have arrested five loggers suspected of illegal logging in La Dêê commune in Nam Giang district last month, Colonel Huỳnh Sông Thu, deputy director the provincial Public Security department told a press conference yesterday.

Road toll collection to be inspected

The Directorate for Roads of Việt Nam has proposed the transport ministry inspect fee collection at the toll station on Pháp Vân-Cầu Giẽ expressway, the southern gateway to Hà Nội, to prevent loss of fees.

Freed prison inmates adjust to outside life

 A programme initiated by the Việt Nam Youth Union provides not only financial and employment support but also vocational training as well as legal consultation to young inmates and drug addicts.

 

Doctors donate blood to save child’s life

The life of a badly injured five-year-old child was saved after she received blood donated by doctors at Thạch Thành District General Hospital in the central Thanh Hóa Province yesterday.

Affordable homes urged for workers

Local authorities should facilitate private investment in affordable housing for workers at the Tân Thuận Export Processing Zone in District 7, HCM City Party Committee Secretary Đinh La Thăng has said.

Hà Nội tackles illegal construction

Hà Nội’s People’s Committee has urged the People’s Committee in Sóc Sơn District to review their management of agricultural land after local households have reportedly illegally built houses on farmland.

Growth not worth damaging environment: PM

The environment cannot be allowed to be destroyed for the sake of socio-economic development, Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc told an online environment protection conference with 63 localities yesterday.

Bus crashes on Quảng Bình bridge

One person died and 10 others were injured early this morning when their coach crashed on a bridge in central Quảng Bình province's Sen Thủy Commune, Lệ Thủy District.

Police investigate 76-year-old for sex crimes

Police in southern Bà Rịa – Vũng Tàu Province said they have decided to investigate a case in which a 76-year-old man is accused of committing sexual offences against seven children.

Malware detected in emails: Bkav

Việt Nam’s cybersecurity company Bkav has warned people about ransomware, a type of malicious software designed to block access to a computer system till a sum of money is paid.

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