Việt Nam News

The Bạch Mai General Hospital started today the construction of a modern health examination and treatment centre, which will cater to patients in Hà Nội and its neighbouring areas.

A 40-year-old man, Đặng Văn Hiến, wanted for murder as per a decision of Đắk Nông People’s Court, has surrendered, director of court Nguyễn Văn Cường said today.

The Ministry of Communication and Information yesterday temporarily suspended the publication of the Tầm Nhìn (Vision) e-newspaper for three months for violating rules defined in its operating license.

Nearly 1,700 malnourished children in eight communes of Bắc Giang Province will be provided supplements in their daily meals to improve their health and nutrition in the year’s last quarter.

As Southeast Asian countries improve their connectivity and promote tourism, representatives from four countries in the region on Thursday discussed steps to prevent the sexual exploitation of children.

The brutal floods in this central Vietnamse province earlier this month left many farmers struggling. Now more than ever they need urgent support in seedlings and breeding stock to resume production and stabilise their livelihoods.

Residents living in outlying areas of Hà Nội have to face series of challenges brought by urbanisation, participants heard at a conference yesterday.

Việt Nam’s legal framework is compatible with most of the commitments on investment it has undertaken under the Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement (TPP) but not compatible with commitments on transfer and investor-State dispute resettlement, Việt Nam Chamber of Commerce and Industry (VCCI) announced yesterday.

Deputy Minister of Home Affairs Trần Anh Tuấn yesterday said the ministry and related agencies would consider suspending the Việt Nam Standards and Consumers Association (Vinastas) from operation.

Around 5,000 level crossings in the country, of which 4,302 are illegal, remain unguarded and are the main cause of railway accidents, the Vietnam Railways Corporation has announced.

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc has released an official message concerning this year’s presidental amnesty decisions.

Hà Nội University of Science and Technology (HUST) will have the right to use tuition as well as funds from enterprises and the government without asking permission from the Ministry of Education and Training after its pilot project on university autonomy was approved by Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc.

The Hà Nội People’s Court yesterday sentenced Vũ Thanh Hưng, 31, residing in the central province of Hà Tĩnh, to nine months' imprisonment for transporting banned goods.

A 25-year-old man in Hà Nội was taken into custody and legal proceedings were initiated for assaulting a policeman who tried to stop him after he violated traffic rules.

Customs officials on Wednesday seized a tonne of ivory smuggled from Mumbasa Port, Kenya, worth VNĐ40 billion (US$1.8 million), at Cát Lái Port in HCM City.

Over 7,000 vehicles across the country were penalised in the first nine months of this year for speeding, Nguyễn Văn Huyện, director of the Directorate for Roads of Việt Nam, said.

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc has approved in principle a plan that would give HCM City greater autonomy in several areas including fiscal management, legislation and organisation of civil service examinations.

For over a decade the pace of tourism development in HCM City has been rather slow due to limited products in terms of places of interest and cultural and entertainment activities for tourists.