Việt Nam News

The Central Highlands province of Đắk Nông has suggested speeding up the construction of the Nhân Cơ Aluminum Plant to ensure its completion in 2016 as scheduled. 

The master plan for Việt Nam’s capital city has been adjusted, nearly doubling the metropolitan area.

Rotating rice and shrimp farming on the same fields in the Mekong Delta has proven so economically effective and environmentally friendly that experts have urged the creation of zoning areas for the cutlivation model.

The Ministry of Home Affairs and the United Nations in Việt Nam on August 12 held a youth event with the theme “Vietnamese Youth: Partners in achieving the sustainable development goals” in Hà Nội.

HCM City schools have been instructed to work with ward-level health centres to disinfect classrooms and devices used to serve children eating lunch, taking a nap and attending extra classes ahead of the new academic year that begins on August 15.

Local and international experts have discussed smart city innovative solutions to address challenges in various fields that HCM City faces.

The Australian Government will provide A$2.5 million (US$1.9 million) for a consortium of three international NGOs - SNV, Oxfam and CARE International – to support women in northwestern provinces of Lào Cai and Bắc Kạn.

Forty-three toxic barrels, remnants from the war, have been successfully moved to a safe location by the military in this Central Highlands province yesterday, the Military Command said.

HCM City’s tax department and the people's committee of Bình Tân District have sent the highest number of letters of apology to applicants for delayed processing of their dossiers compared to other agencies.

The Hà Nội Traffic Police have dealt with about 18,000 violations since August 1, six times higher than HCM City and 10 times higher than Đà Nẵng.

Police in Cần Thơ Province yesterday raided a house in Cần Thơ City’s An Hội Ward and seized a large amount of lethal weapons of unclear origin stored there.

The Market Watchdog Department and the Police Department of the north-eastern Quảng Ninh Province yesterday culled 15,000 unquarantined chickens of unclear origin.

Indonesia yesterday repatriated 49 Vietnamese fishermen who were arrested two to three months ago for accidentally fishing in Indonesia’s seas. 

Trade unions of Việt Nam will constantly boost comprehensive reforms to confirm their role in the protection of workers’ and labourers’ rights, as Việt Nam strives to enhance its international integration.

HCM City is expected to demolish up to half of all apartment buildings that are in disrepair by 2020, according to Lê Văn Khoa, deputy chairman of the city’s People’s Committee.

Vaccines against pneumonia, diarrhoea and the HPV virus that causes cervical cancer will be added to the national immunisation programme, with support from the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunisation.

Vietnamese are coming to terms with corruption as only three per cent of those who were forced to pay under the table said they would go to the police, according to UNDP research.

The Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs has urged local authorities to increase inspections and punish all establishments using child labour or forced labour. They are to report their findings by November 15.