Việt Nam News

The number of children suffering from foot-hand-mouth disease in June in the southern province of Đồng Nai has increased compared with the previous months, the provincial Preventive Medicines Centre said.

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc has approved rules for the management and operation of Cam Ranh International Port in central Khánh Hòa province’s Cam Ranh Bay.

The body of the last missing person involved in a boating accident in this Central Highlands province was found yesterday afternoon.

PM Nguyễn Xuân Phúc this morning asked Deputy PM Vương Đình Huệ and Minister of Finance Đinh Tiến Dũng to prepare a plan for the compensation of US$500 million received from Formosa.

More than 600,000 teachers and principals nationwide will train on the new curriculum and pedagogical approaches to help adapt teaching practices to the needs of every student and to improve teaching quality.

The number of unemployed young people aged 15 to 24 was remarkably high for the first six months of the year, accounting for 47 per cent of unemployed workers, the General Directorate of Statistics (GDS) said.

Enterprises located in key economic areas of the south where the industry and supporting services are developing have raised concerns over the lack of soft skills of graduates despite the enhanced co-operation between universities and colleges, and enterprises.

Nearly 900,000 students nationwide yesterday registered for the national high school exam, the most important exam after 12 years of study, which takes place from today until July 4.

Chairman of the Government Office Mai Tiến Dũng yesterday announced that the Taiwanese Hưng Nghiệp Formosa Hà Tĩnh Steel Corporation was responsible for the massive fish deaths in several central Vietnamese provinces in the past few months.

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Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc has given the nod to a package worth over VNĐ5.3 trillion (US$236 million) to invest in the construction of five hospitals in HCM City.

Hà Nội will set up an inter-sector team to inspect the business operations and the safety of boats and floating houses on West Lake by next month, Vũ Văn Viện, the city’s Transport Department director said.

Unsightly and dilapidated temporary houses for construction workers that have long since been abandoned are affecting the landscape in some parts of the city.

As many as six more cases of Japanese encephalitis (JE) have been reported in Hà Nội over the past week, raising the total cases to nine, the city’s Preventive Medicine Centre announced yesterday.

An online football betting and gambling ring was busted on Wednesday afternoon by the capital city’s police in Hoàng Mai District. The betting and gambling money seized by the police was worth VNĐ6 billion (roughly US$280,000).

Deputy Prime Minister Vũ Đức Đam has asked the Việt Nam Social Insurance and Ministry of Health to work harder in the time ahead to have at least 90 per cent of the population covered by health insurance by 2020, as demanded by the Prime Minister.

A strengthened co-operative mechanism between the Việt Nam Fatherland Front and other State anti-corruption agencies is needed to better oversee and detect corruption.

Four Chinese nationals were arrested for alleged swindling and misappropriation of assets, the city police said. Those arrested are Guan Zao, 46, Ke Qinying, 52, Xie Yuqiong, 44, and Zang Huamei, 47.