The Vietnamese government has proposed to reduce contribution by employers to workers’ unemployment insurance premiums to facilitate “growth of enterprises” in the country by “improving their competitiveness”.
HCM City People’s Committee has instructed departments and other agencies to take measures to reduce the recreational use of amphetamine-type stimulants (ATS) among local residents.
National Agro-Forestry-Fisheries Quality Assurance Department (NAFIQAD) under the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) has said that it in co-ordination with the Ministry of Public Security will inspect and strictly punish cases on illegal injecting foreign substance into shrimp.
HCM City is considering to bury overhead electricity and telecommunication cables on 46 small streets in Districts 1 and 3 to improve the quality of life for locals.
Statistics on traffic accidents last year showed that 40 per cent of 21,568 crashes occurred from 6 pm to 12 am when drivers felt tired after working all day.
City authorities have acknowledged several lacunae in the Fire Fighting Department, including the lack of qualified personnel and inadequate planning for future contingencies.
HCM City is considering to build car parking on the surface of Nhiêu Lộc – Thị Nghè and Tàu Hủ canals in order to cope with traffic congestion in downtown.
Nam Trà My District in Quảng Nam Province has introduced the first ever Ngọc Linh ginseng (Panax vietnamensis or Vietnamese ginseng) and medical herbs Centre in Trà Mai Commune as a major source of seed and sapling in Việt Nam.
Some 3.6 million Vietnamese are suffering from depression, accounting for four per cent of the total population, the Ministry of Health (MoH) said on Friday.
Ngô Văn Quý, vice chairman of the Hà Nội People’s Committee, urged the evaluation of trees at schools to avoid repeated tree collapse incidents, posing danger to students.
Fish breeding in floating cages in central Thừa Thiên-Huế Province’s river have died en mass, resulting in huge losses for breeders.
Traffic police in central Thanh Hóa Province on Wednesday found a frozen tiger weighing 180kg in an ambulance travelling on HCM Trail in the province’s Thạch Thành District.
Residents of Hà Nội’s Gia Lâm District are taking undue risks by jogging and exercising along Hà Nội-Thái Nguyên Highway, which runs through the district’s Ninh Hiệp Commune, reports vietnamplus.vn.
Search for the last missing victim in the Bạc Liêu boat capsize is continuing on Friday, Bùi Minh Túy, chairman of Đông Hải District People’s Committee, said.
A 19-year-old girl in the central province of Hà Tĩnh has received a letter of compliment from President Trần Đại Quang applauding her decision to donate her brain-dead mother’s organs.
Police in northern Lào Cai Province on Wednesday evening discovered a coach carrying more than one tonne of explosive material and precursors on National Highway 279 in Văn Bàn District.
Deputy Prime Minister Trịnh Đình Dũng has asked Hà Nội’s People’s Committee to revise its construction plan and build more parks and parking areas to serve people.
Police in this central province have arrested Nguyễn Văn Hóa, 18, from Kỳ Anh District for abusing his civil right, freedom and democracy to infringe upon the interests of the State.
A year after the environmental catastrophe of mass fish deaths caused by the Hưng Nghiệp Formosa Steel Corporation, residents along the central coast are trying to return to a normal life.
