Việt Nam News

HCM City Preventive Medicine Centre today confirmed the first fatality caused by meningitis since the beginning of this year. The victim was a five-month-old baby girl.

A flood control and prevention project proposal for downtown HCM City, worth VNĐ20 trillion (US$900 million), has been rejected by municipal leaders and irrigation experts.

A volume of untreated waste water discharged from some industrial workshops and sewage from residential quarters in Tây Ninh City and Châu Thành District were confirmed as the main cause of Vàm Cỏ Đông River’s water pollution, a government official said.

The Vietnam URC Company Limited has been fined VNĐ5.8 billion (US$264,000) for its lead-contaminated beverages.

A worker died yesterday morning while installing the spans at the Ghềnh Bridge in Biên Hòa City of southern Đồng Nai Province.

An Australian man received life imprisonment for attempting to smuggle drugs out of Việt Nam, HCM City People’s Court has announced.

 A Kids Health Care Programme held to celebrate International Children's Day last weekend provided free health examinations and medicine to 10,000 children at HCM City’s September 23 Park in District 1.

No exceptions should be allowed in the fight against smuggling, trade fraud and counterfeit goods, Deputy Prime Minister Trương Hòa Bình said yesterday.

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc has approved the opening of three routes for 12-seat electricity-powered buses for the next three years in HCM City.

High-rise construction increasingly threatens architecture and urban planning in the Old Quarter.

Hà Nội is planning a massive US$5.5 billion expansion project for Nội Bài Airport to brace against overloading that is expected in just a few years, said an official.

The area under safe vegetables in HCM City topped 15,800 hectares last year, 18.9 per cent up from 2011 when a programme to strengthen food security began, according to the city People’s Committee.

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc has approved updated plans for Hòa Lạc High-tech Park, to be completed by 2030 in Hà Nội’s outlying districts of Thạch Thất and Quốc Oai.

Drunk driving or refusal to comply with a police ordered alcohol and drug test will now attract penalties of up to VNĐ18 million (US$800).

Funds from the State budget and international sponsors for malaria elimination initiatives have declined in recent years, creating difficulties for meeting the 2030 target, a conference here heard today.

The closure of Lương Yên Bus Station on Hà Nội’s Nguyễn Khoái Street is expected to ease traffic congestion in nearby areas and offer chances for coach operators to use better facilities, transport experts said.

The development and collapse of an underground karst cave caused a depression in An Tiến Commune, Mỹ Đức District in Hà Nội on April 2, experts have said.

The Sông Đà Stock Company 11 was accused of mixing soil with concrete while laying a base for the 220kV-electric poles in Vụ Bản District of northern Nam Định Province.