Quảng Ninh to shut lime kilns by 2018

Quảng Ninh Province plans to close down all traditional lime kilns by 2018, Vũ Văn Diện, deputy chairman of the provincial People’s Committee, said.

Death penalty proposal submitted for 11 drug traffickers

The death penalty was submitted on Thursday by the People’s Procuracy of Hòa Bình Province against 11 defendants for “illegally trading and storing drugs” as part of a massive trans-national heroin trafficking operation.

 

VN CEOs urged to protect wildlife

Over 60 Vietnamese entrepreneurs have convened in HCM City to hear about the benefits of corporate social responsibility (CSR) policies that integrate zero-tolerance towards threatened wildlife consumption.

Website of Tân Sơn Nhất airport hacked

The website of HCM City’s Tân Sơn Nhất International Airport, tansonnhatairport.vn, was hacked late Wednesday, with many people reporting they were unable to log on at about 10:45 pm. 

Elite police unit commended

Special Task Police Battalion No 1, an elite unit of the Ministry of Public Security’s Mobile Police High Command, marked its 20th anniversary and was awarded the Feat Order (first class) by President Trần Đại Quang in the capital on Thursday. 

Cần Thơ gets serious about food safety

Monitoring of the import and trading of fresh foods without clear origins will be strengthened to keep them out and ensure food safety, a top Cần Thơ health official has said.

BRT bus prices reported wrongly

The city’s Urban Transport Infrastructure Projects Management Board on Wednesday explained fare hike suspicion of rapid bus purchase as reported by local media recently.

VN sizes up massive smuggling caseload

Competent authorities in 2016 discovered and solved hundreds of thousands cases of smuggling, trade fraud and counterfeit products, reported the 389 National Steering Committee at an online conference yesterday.

Hà Nội’s lakes cleaned up

All lakes in the inner city and 36 of the 140 polluted lakes on the outskirts have been cleaned, the Hà Nội Water Drainage Company said on Wednesday.

Province to invest $17m to clear post-war ammunition

Central Bình Định Province will invest more than VNĐ392 billion (US$17.1 million) to continue implementing a programme on clearing post-war bombs, mines and explosives in four affected areas in the province.

Korean constructor to cover Vĩnh Tân 4 incident

South Korea’s Doosan Heavy Industries and Construction, general constructor of the Vĩnh Tân Thermal Power Plant No 4 in Bình Thuận Province, will take responsibility for the fire at the construction site .

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