Việt Nam News

Many businesses in HCM City resumed operations on Feb 2, the first day after a week-long Tết (Lunar New Year) holiday, though most companies at export processing zones and industrials parks remain closed this week.

Nearly 500, or 10.1 per cent, of the over 4,780 flights operational during the six-day Tết holidays were delayed, the Civil Aviation Authority of Việt Nam (CAAV) has said.

Tây Ninh Province has directed all local authorities of its border districts to take immediate steps to prevent the outbreak of H5N1 bird flu and foot and mouth disease from Cambodia.

No fatalities have been reported in the fire that broke out in a factory in Quảng Nam Province’s Chu Lai-Trường Hải Auto Manufacture and Assembly Complex on Thursday evening.

The Ministry of Finance will propose to the Government that the number of State-owned cars are cut by 30 to 50 per cent by 2020.

The central province of Ninh Thuận has approved a new wind power project in Thuận Nam District’s Phước Minh Commune.

The HCM City People’s Committee has notified that the Lê Minh Xuân Industrial Zone in Bình Chánh District will be expanded.

The Provincial Child Friendly Programme (PCFP) funded by UNICEF has helped more than 3,600 vulnerable children in the Mekong Delta province of Dong Thap.

The Government Inspectorate (GI) will this year conduct a series of crucial inspections, according to an official.

Around 10pm in the mist and cold of a winter night, Ngần Quốc Việt and Phùng Bá Thanh, teachers at the Tân Dân secondary school in Hòa Bình Province wore headlamp flashlights around their foreheads, wrapped themselves in coats and took cautious steps on a steep, slippery slope that led to the Đà River.

The Ministry of Education and Training expects to have 35 per cent of more than 400 universities and colleges across Việt Nam accredited this year, as part of its education accreditation plan announced early this week.

Farmers in suburban districts of Hà Nội resumed work early while the celebration of Tết (Lunar New Year) is still in the air.

Doctors and nurses on duty during Tết (Lunar New Year) have little time for relaxing and meeting up with their families.

Traffic accidents rose sharply during the week-long Tết (Lunar New Year) holiday, killing 203 people and injuring 417 others in 368 incidents.

An estimated 380,000 passengers travelled on the bus rapid transit (BRT) in January – the first month Hà Nội has operated the new public transport service.

From now until 2020, the Ministry of Transportation (MoT) is supposed to mobilise US$153.8 million to invest into a key project aiming at bolstering transportation in Central Highlands, according to the ministry’s reports on investment intention. National Route No 19 will be the beneficiary of this fund, the lion’s share of which – about $150 million – is derived from World Bank’s International Development Association (IDA) loans, while the rest comes from the State’s counterpart fund.

President Trần Đại Quang has called on people to plant trees, calling it vital for every country to simultaneously ensure economic growth and environmental protection.

The grumbling around the loudspeakers was nothing new, but recently once again come into sharp focus. Only this time, the freshly generated debate may actually seal the fate of the long-standing icon that has fallen out of grace with its audience.