Việt Nam News

Thái Minh Mẫn of HCM City, a physically disabled man who uses a wheelchair, once had to rely on “black credit” to buy laptop bags, electronic parts and other items to sell to students.

The Institute for Cyber Security Research and Training (CSO) has launched a training system for cybersecurity simulations, the first of its kind in Việt Nam.

The central city’s Foreign Affairs department and the Việt Nam Health Improvement Project (VNHIP) have inked a new agreement on improving health care for kids with HIV/AIDS in the city in 2017-21.

A six grader at Sóc Trăng City’s Lê Vĩnh Hòa Secondary School has been moved back to the first grade of a primary school after a short time of starting the new academic year.

Social media users are not being careful enough as Internet fraud gets increasingly sophisticated, the Hà Nội Public Security Department warned yesterday.

Labour disputes kept increasing over the past years and became more complicated, demonstrating a need for adjustment of related regulations and measures to improve relations between workers and employers.

The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) has issued a plan to control the injection of prohibited substances and stop the abuse of chemicals, antibiotics and veterinary drugs in prawn cultivation, in a bid to put an end to these harmful practices by 2018.

The Việt Nam Red Cross Society will release emergency aid of VNĐ 4.2 billion (US$187,000), including money and essential goods, to help the central provinces overcome difficulties following the heavy rains and floods.

Việt Nam’s Competition Authority has revoked the licence of multi-level marketing firm Việt Nam Consumer Alliance Joint-Stock Company (VietNet JSC) and slapped it with a fine of VNĐ409.5 million (US$18,350).

The city’s transport department has submitted a proposal to the municipal People’s Committee on piloting a car parking plan according to odd and even days.

The sea was rough from Ninh Thuận to Bà Rịa-Vũng Tàu after a tropical low-pressure that formed yesterday emerged over the western part of Trường Sa (Spratly) Archipelago this morning.

Việt Nam Buddhist Sangha (VBS) has contributed to enriching and developing the country’s culture, the rector of HCM City University of Social Sciences and Humanities said at conference held on Wednesday.

The HCM City People’s Committee yesterday decided to set up a steering board for Zika and dengue-fever prevention as the number of cases has increased during the rainy season, which creates favourable conditions for the breeding of mosquitoes.

More than 25 transport and logistics companies have gathered at a workshop in Hà Nội to discuss ways to avoid the risk of unwittingly becoming a party to wildlife trafficking.

Heavy rains and strong wind caused erosion and isolated mountainous areas in Quảng Ngãi, Bình Định, Ninh Thuận and Kon Tum provinces over the last two days.

The Government has issued special regulations concerning investment, budgetary status and decentralisation Da Nang in order to help the central coastal city boost growth.

The fleet of State-owned cars serving officials will be cut by 30 to 50 per cent, or about 12,000 to 20,000 cars, by the year 2020. The cut will not be applied to mountainous, remote areas and the islands.

Deputy Prime Minister Phạm Bình Minh said yesterday at the Việt Nam Summit 2016 that the country would continue to focus on restructuring the economy, renewing its growth model and integrating into the global production and value chain.