City orders clean-up for new school year

HCM City schools have been instructed to work with ward-level health centres to disinfect classrooms and devices used to serve children eating lunch, taking a nap and attending extra classes ahead of the new academic year that begins on August 15.

 

New aid project to support women in northwestern region

The Australian Government will provide A$2.5 million (US$1.9 million) for a consortium of three international NGOs - SNV, Oxfam and CARE International – to support women in northwestern provinces of Lào Cai and Bắc Kạn.

43 toxic barrels removed to safe place

Forty-three toxic barrels, remnants from the war, have been successfully moved to a safe location by the military in this Central Highlands province yesterday, the Military Command said.

Police cull 15,000 unquarantined chickens

The Market Watchdog Department and the Police Department of the north-eastern Quảng Ninh Province yesterday culled 15,000 unquarantined chickens of unclear origin.

National trade unions vow to boost reforms

Trade unions of Việt Nam will constantly boost comprehensive reforms to confirm their role in the protection of workers’ and labourers’ rights, as Việt Nam strives to enhance its international integration.

Unsafe City flats to come down

HCM City is expected to demolish up to half of all apartment buildings that are in disrepair by 2020, according to Lê Văn Khoa, deputy chairman of the city’s People’s Committee.

Việt Nam adds three new vaccines

Vaccines against pneumonia, diarrhoea and the HPV virus that causes cervical cancer will be added to the national immunisation programme, with support from the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunisation.

VN increasingly see corruption as new norm

Vietnamese are coming to terms with corruption as only three per cent of those who were forced to pay under the table said they would go to the police, according to UNDP research.

Gov’t cracks down on child labour

The Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs has urged local authorities to increase inspections and punish all establishments using child labour or forced labour. They are to report their findings by November 15.

Deputy PM urges City airport expansion

Deputy Prime Minister Trịnh Đình Dũng has called for immediate plans to expand HCM City’s Tân Sơn Nhất Airport after inspecting its international terminal yesterday, saying its is too congested.

Dengue fever at risk of spreading across the country

Trần Đắc Phu, director of the Ministry of Health’s Preventive Heath Department, has warned that the dengue fever would continue to spread this year as an effect of the El Nino phenomenon and the cyclical nature of the disease, re-appearing every five years.

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