Đồng Nai wants funds for airport resettlement

Leaders of the southern Đồng Nai Province have requested the Government’s permission to use VNĐ1 trillion (US$44.76 million) from the State Capital Investment Corporation (SCIC) to build two resettlement areas.

Cleanup after Mirinae is ongoing

Mirinae, the first storm to hit Việt Nam this year, made landfall with wind speeds of level 11–12 (about 100-130km per hour). It damaged crops, uprooted thousands of trees and caused massive power cuts in the north including in Hà Nội, Thái Bình, Hải Phòng, Hà Nam and Ninh Bình.

Cracking down on illegal sand

Authorities of the northern Ninh Bình Province’s Gia Viễn District are making every effort to wipe out illegal gathering areas of building materials built along the Hoàng Long River dike, said Nguyễn Anh Tuấn, deputy chairman of the district People’s Committee.

Universities try new techniques

Globalisation and technology are transforming universities and colleges worldwide, leading to different approaches in research and education, including in Việt Nam, the president of University of Victoria in Canada said at a conference in HCM City.

’China Beach’ posters seized

Da Nang city’s immigration public security force and Ngũ Hành Sơn Police seized dozens of posters that had illegally printed the local beach under the name ‘China Beach’ at a tour service company in the city.

Search for military plane ends

The search to find an Su30-MK2 aircraft that crashed off central Nghệ An Province has ended, Dương Minh Hiềndeputy commander of central Nghệ An Province’s Military Command, told local media yesterday.

New City market for chem sales

An 11-hectare centre for chemical trading will be built near Phong Phú Industrial Park in HCM City’s District 8 to replace Kim Biên Market, known as the “market of death” for its sale of toxic, and sometimes banned, chemicals.  

Storm Mirinae strikes northern provinces

Typhoon Mirinae, the first to hit Việt Nam this year, has caused human and property damage in the north of the country after it rolled into the mainland from the midnight of Wednesday.

Police probe pơ mu wood thefts

Relevant offices of Việt Nam and Laos are jointly investigating a large-scale pơ mu forest destruction ring, said an official from Quảng Nam Province People’s Committee.

Aviation sector needs to improve work force

All cases causing airway insecurity at levels B and C (A is the highest level) in the first six months this year were made by people, and this fact raised a “red” alarm about work force quality in the airway sector, said the Civil Aviation Administration of Vietnam (CAAV).

VN flight attendant held for smuggling gold

A Vietnamese flight attendant and her male companion have been arrested by Nội Bài International Airport Customs while trying to smuggle more than 3kg of gold into South Korea.

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