Việt Nam News

Demand for new staff at the country’s enterprises increased in the first quarter, according to job recruitment agencies.

Việt Nam offers optimal conditions for investors, especially in tourism, Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc said at a meeting on Thursday with executives of Sun Group, one of the major investors in the country’s tourism with large projects on Phú Quốc Island in the Mekong Delta province of Kiên Giang.

Asset recovery in civil lawsuits, particularly those relating to major economic corruption, remains low as authorities have found it difficult to verify the financial status of defendants, said Lê Quang Tiến, head of Hà Nội’s Department of Civil Judgment Enforcement.

President Trần Đại Quang has urged the State Audit to focus more on sectors and areas with high risks of corruption and cases of public concern, thus giving advices to authorised agencies on how to adjust policies and legal regulation to prevent corruption.

Police in southern Đồng Nai Province’s Vĩnh Cửu District yesterday arrested a man suspected to have caused a fire at a lubricant recycling plant in a cajuput forest on Wednesday night.

A draft of a new general education programme was introduced by the Ministry of Education and Training (MoET) at a meeting with the press in Hà Nội on Wednesday.

The foundation layers of residential houses and buildings in HCM City are being designed and constructed without proper State office management.

Fifty prominent women in various fields including politics, business, social and charitable activities, science, education, communications, entertainment, arts, and sports were honoured by Forbes Vietnam magazine at a ceremony held in HCM City on Wednesday.

HCM City plans to establish three more hi-tech agriculture parks by 2020 with the aim of becoming one of the country’s leading cities in high-tech agricultural development.

HCM City authorities have asked for the Prime Minister’s permission to urgently build a flyover bridge instead of following normal protocol, which could delay construction until next year.

The Hà Nội People’s Court on Wednesday sentenced two Japanese men for trafficking seven gold statues via the Nội Bài International Airport in August last year.

The new Government Decree 41, issued this year to replace the 2013 Decree 103, has hiked administrative fines for violations in the aquatic products sector.

Having control over their lives, making independent decisions, and keeping up to date on social and political issues can help ensure women’s rights at work and at home, participants said at the “Women Bettering the World” summit held on Wednesday in HCM City.

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc has urged ministries, sectors and localities to be prepared to tackle road safety and traffic jams during the Liberation Day and May Day holidays.

Four garbage trucks that were driven in the BRT lane on Hà Đông District’s Tố Hữu Street on Tuesday have been identified.

Some 136 at-risk babies have received milk over two months from 46 donor mothers from the country’s first human milk bank at the Đà Nẵng Hospital for Women and Children.

A lubricant recycling plant stretching thousands of square metres in Đồng Nai Province was engulfed in flames on Wednesday night, but no casualties were reported.

Following an overall inspection of all karaoke shops, Hà Nội has decided to suspend 126 shops and asked more than 530 others to temporarily close.