Việt Nam News

A crash between a sleeper coach and a container truck killed two passengers and injured 17 others early Saturday morning in southern Bến Tre Province.

The Hà Nội People’s Court on Saturday handed down a 12-year jail term for Huỳnh Thị Bảo Ngọc for “swindling to appropriate properties”.

The police in the northern province of Quảng Ninh has started legal proceedings in the murders of four people in Phương Nam Ward of Uông Bí City.

Hà Nội police yesterday stepped up enforcement against modified vehicles such as three wheelers and other rudimentary means of transport that carry cumbersome loads of goods, causing traffic disorder and endangering pedestrians and drivers.

The chairman of the Hà Nội People’s Committee Nguyễn Đức Chung yesterday asked the capital police to urgently investigate the alleged harassment of a reporter and to report back by Tuesday.

Việt Nam has succeeded in cutting the demand for rhino horn, with a reduction of 38 per cent over the past three years, Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Hà Công Tuấn told a gathering of 182 states at a conference in South Africa yesterday.

The government is determined to take advantage of the opportunities presented by the fourth industrial revolution and develop Việt Nam into an information technology (IT) power, Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc said on Saturday. 

Deputy Prime Minister Vũ Đức Đam, Chairman of the National Committee for AIDS, Drug and Prostitution Prevention of Việt Nam has requested relevant agencies to quickly implement measures to control and fight against drug.

This year’s British Council New Directions in English Language and Assessment conference will be held in Hà Nội on 13 and 14 October 2016.

Abundant rainfall in HCM City has increased the mosquito population, resulting in a rising number of dengue cases beginning early this month, according to the city’s Preventive Medicine Centre.

The Southeast Asian Ministers of Education Organisation’s (SEAMEO) Regional Training Centre in the past two years has used onlline site Tech4Teach in 40 training courses for 1,200 foreign-language teachers in 11 southern provinces.

A coach went up in flames yesterday afternoon while passing Hòa Xuân Đông Commune on Highway 1A, Đông Hòa District, in the central province of Phú Yên.

Recognising the disadvantages in soil conditions, Sơn La Province’s Mường La District’s authority has instructed local farmers to shift from agriculture to aquaculture by taking advantage of the district’s reservoirs.

Local and international health experts have shared experiences on training human resources for the healthcare sector at a conference held today in Hà Nội.

An ADN test result released yesterday confirmed that a male prisoner sold sperm to drug smuggler Nguyễn Thị Huệ awaiting execution under the death penalty in Quảng Ninh Province.

Phong Nha-Kẻ Bàng National Park in the central province of Quảng Bình said yesterday it was co-operating with related agencies to investigate an alleged attack on forest rangers by a group of loggers.

The Hà Nội Customs Department and the economic police yesterday seized some 350kg of electronic cigarettes and vape liquid, which were shipped from United States to Hà Nội in July.

The Directorate for Roads of Việt Nam (DRVN) has asked Hưng Yên, Hải Phòng, Hải Dương provinces and Hà Nội to set up more bus stops along National Highway 5.