Việt Nam News

Phúc Gia Bảo 868’s vice director-general was arrested yesterday for his involvement in the company’s fraudulent appropriation of VNĐ300 billion (US$13.3 million) from its customers.

Fines for administrative violations in operating and protecting irrigation projects are expected to increase sharply, according to a Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development’s draft decree currently awaiting Government approval.

At least 10 people are reportedly dead or missing following a flood last night in the northern Lào Cai Province, authorities said this morning.

HCM City lawmakers have demanded better management of food safety amid complaints that many eateries patronised by students, workers and others do not meet hygiene standards.

Việt Nam loses 2.5 per cent of its gross domestic product (GDP) annually due to traffic accidents.

More than half the Vietnamese employees polled in a recent survey conducted by Việt Nam General Confederation of Labour said they cannot make ends meet with their wages, even with the addition of pay for extra hours and allowances.

Hà Nội Municipal People’s Committee has decentralised power in granting construction permits, which is expected to help it better manage and curb violations in construction.

Britain’s exit from the EU should make ASEAN members think about the ramifications of the free movement of skilled workers, a senior economist has said.

Deputy Prime Minister Trịnh Đình Dũng has called on ministries and agencies to closely supervise the country’s power demand to ensure national energy security and meet socio-economic development needs.

Deputy Prime Minister Trương Hòa Bình yesterday asked the police to investigate the alleged removal of nearly 150 graves in Khánh Hòa Province without the knowledge of the deceased’s relatives.

The Health Environment Management Agency (HEMA) has called for an investigation into claims that 10 tonnes of medical waste have been dumped in Yên Phong District’s Văn Môn Commune.

A Japanese citizen was last night caught with seven statuettes supposedly made of gold while boarding a plane without a customs declaration at the Nội Bài International Airport.

Two of nine persons who had been rescued from the site of a building collapse at about 3.30am today at No 43 Cửa Bắc Street in Hà Nội have died.

The first session of the Asian Youth Forum 14 was held yesterday afternoon at the Đà Nẵng University of Foreign Language Studies.

With the rescue of one person at 9.45am today, workers have saved all those who were trapped in a building collapse at No 43 Cửa Bắc Street in Hà Nội.

Forty seven provinces and cities in the country now have hotlines on violations related to land-use right and management, the Ministry for Natural Resources and Environment reported.

Three more satellite 115 emergency aid stations opened in HCM City this week, according to the city’s Department of Health.

A pair of conjoined twins will be separated during microsurgery by doctors at HCM City Paediatrics Hospital No.2 when the twins turn three months old.