Việt Nam News

A charity text message campaign was launched on Thursday by the Việt Nam Red Cross Society (VNRC) in collaboration with the “Tấm lòng Việt” Humanitarian Fund of the Việt Nam Television and the National Humanitarian Portal 1400.

Experts yesterday agreed in a conference in Hà Nội that there was a need for more public-private partnerships in education and training.

Coach operators are facing bankruptcy after Hà Nội’s Transport Department moved their departure point from Mỹ Đình Bus Station to Nước Ngầm Bus Station, 15 kilometres away, on January 01.

HCM City is one of several localities in the country that have successfully worked with central and municipal judicial agencies in the fight against corruption, a senior official has said.

Some 5,000 poor and underprivileged people will get health check services free for the early detection of cancer.

Việt Nam Expressway Corporation (VEC) has proposed a plan to the Transport Ministry to upgrade and expand the Liêm Tuyền intersection on the Cầu Giẽ-Ninh Bình Highway.

Australia and Việt Nam have started a reciprocal work and holiday visa programme from March 1.

The central city people’s committee will start an education on landmines and bomb awareness and accidents project with funding from the US’s Secretary through Catholic Relief Service organisation in 2017-20.

A spate of fires in the ancient town of Hội An is causing concern for citizens and local authorities. A project on fire fighting and prevention is looking for funding of VNĐ240 billion.  

The sound of children reciting lessons aloud rings through the house of ‘teacher Nhật’ — as his 71 adopted children lovingly call him — located in the distant commune of Ia Hlốp, in the Central Highlands province of Gia Lai.

Last month, while Kiều Văn Mạnh was delivering timber in the capital city’s Thạch Thất District, the planks of wood he was carrying came into contact with the overhead power lines and caused a 23-minute power outage for the two districts of Thạch Thất and Ba Vì.

The municipal Customs Department is now offering online services at Level 3 for 41 administrative procedures.

Hà Nội People’s Committee has called for a halt to any activities related to fish breeding and aquaculture exploitation in West Lake in order to protect the water environment and tourism development.

The chairman of the HCM City’s People’s Committee has urged district authorities to seek long-term measures to free up pavements in an aim to beautify the city and maintain security and order.

A pregnant woman and an 8-year-old student were killed on Tuesday after a truck hit their motorbike in the southern province of Đồng Nai.

Police in the northern Lai Châu Province’s Tân Uyên District have arrested two persons for illegally transporting 39 cakes of heroin.

Doctors at the HCM City Paediatrics Hospital 1 have successfully operated and removed a ball of hair 12cm in diameter from the stomach and small intestine of a six-year-old girl.

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc has asked the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs to study recent reports that Vietnamese workers sent to work in Taiwan were paying brokerage fees that were higher than regulated.