Việt Nam News

A shortage of funds has prevented many provinces and cities from achieving of helping disadvantaged people in areas with high birth rates access reproductive health and family planning services.

HCM City International University has tied up with the US’s Northeastern University for an M.Sc degree in leadership.

The municipal People’s Committee plans to invest VNĐ8 trillion (US$360 million) in buying new fire-prevention and fire-fighting equipment, including robots and boats

Stiffer penalties for more than 100 traffic violations take effect this month, generating much public attention.

Hoài Đức District on the outskirts of Hà Nội will be developed into an urban district by 2020, said Hoàng Trung Hải, secretary of the Hà Nội municipal Party Committee.

Nearly 3,500 units of blood were collected from thousands of youth and volunteers at the last blood-donation drive of the annual blood-donation campaign Hành trình đỏ (the Red Journey) 2016.

The Hà Nội People’s Committee yesterday launched Level 3 of the online public services system for wards, helping residents and enterprises access ward-level services quickly and easily via the internet.

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc requested ministries, agencies and localities to prepare for tropical storm Nida, given the likelihood of it hitting northern Việt Nam.

Fred Hollow Foundation (FHF) and Standard Chartered Bank will finance a free eye screening project for more than 7,500 primary school students in the central city in the 2016-18 period.

A co-operative in Hà Nội’s Thanh Trì District will return nearly VNĐ1.7 billion (US$76,500) to its customers after it was found overcharging them for the water supply.

South Korea will temporarily stop receiving workers from 44 districts and towns in 10 Vietnamese provinces and cities, a document released by the labour ministry last Friday said.

The Supreme People’s Procuracy (SPP) is reviewing the police decision not to prosecute former leaders of Vinaconex Corporation for 18 breaches of the Đà River pipeline.

The fight against unsafe food requires more joint drastic efforts by State agencies, food producers, suppliers and users, according to the director of the National Agro Forestry and Fisheries Quality Assurance Department (NAFIQAD), Nguyễn Như Tiệp.

Airports across Việt Nam have been ordered to tighten aviation security following cyber-attacks at HCM City’s Tân Sơn Nhất international airport and Hà Nội’s Nội Bài international airport last Friday afternoon. 

The central coastal city has become a favourite destination for foreign diplomatic delegations and investors and a good example for other Vietnamese cities in utilising Official Development Aid (ODA), Deputy Prime Minister Phạm Bình Minh said at a meeting with the city’s leadership on Saturday.

Customs officers at HCM City’s Tân Sơn Nhất International Airport yesterday discovered a passenger illegally trafficking in forbidden rhino horns from Africa.

Border guards at the Móng Cái International Border Gate with China, in the northern province of Quảng Ninh, confirmed yesterday that the three kilos of white-coloured crystal they had seized two days earlier were illegal drugs.

The Hà Nội municipal People’s Committee on Saturday held a ceremony to launch the construction of a flyover bridge in Long Biên District.