Việt Nam News

Inspectors from the Ministry of Health have started to inspect smoke-free restaurants and hotels in Hà Nội as part of efforts to build a non-smoking environment in public places.

None of enterprises that have delayed or avoided paying social insurance for their employees have been brought into court although labour unions, on behalf of the employees, have the right to sue them, the Việt Nam General Confederation of Labour (VGCL) said yesterday.

A fishing boat with a crew of six fishermen was rescued after its engine broke down 43 nautical miles from Bạch Long Vĩ Island off Hải Phòng coast.

Deputy Prime Minister Vũ Đức Đam said yesterday that the so-called Hà Tĩnh scandal, in which several female teachers were forced to be temporary receptionists at a provincial event, was a "very bad incident" .

The US Consulate’s American Center on Monday kicked off International Education Week in HCM City, a joint initiative of the US Department of State and US Department of Education.

The ancient city of Hội An will launch three routes of public battery-powered cars to serve tourists, starting in January, vice chairman of the city’s people’s committee Nguyễn Văn Sơn confirmed to Việt Nam News.

Library staff at the HCM City University of Social Sciences and Humanities plan to develop audio and brallie books for students with visual impairments at the university.

The southern region must speed up delayed power projects to ensure sufficient energy supply and use cutting-edge technologies to reduce energy waste, experts have said.

Paper official documents will be replaced by digital documents in HCM City from the beginning of next year as part of a public administration review.

The central region's sea post-Formosa is now safe for all human activity, the environment minister affirmed this morning.

Some 200 public toilets will be built and become operational in the capital city before the 2017 Lunar New Year, as stated in a recent announcement by the Hà Nội People’s Committee.

The Civil Aviation Authority of Việt Nam (CAAV) has asked the Ministry of Transport for permission to build systems to detect debris on the runways of major airports to avoid accidents.

 Residents of Vĩnh Linh District in the central province of Quảng Trị today started receiving compensation for losses from an environmental disaster earlier this year.

HCM City People’s Committee yesterday gave the green light to the development of a power plant that uses waste to produce electricity.

A VNĐ14 billion-invested trade centre in the central Nghệ An Province was unused for six years, becoming a free-of-charge straw store of local people.  

Four passersby, who fell into the river following the collapse of a suspension bridge on Đồng Nai River in the southern province of Đồng Nai yesterday afternoon, were rescued.

People and students in HCM City may be late for work and school early this morning due to the floods caused by high tides.