Flyover ground-breaking

The Hà Nội People’s Committee yesterday kicked off construction of a flyover connecting Ô Đông Mác and Nguyễn Khoái to ease traffic congestion on the Ring Road 1.

Banned chemicals found in noodles

A manufacturing base in central Khánh Hòa Province was fined VNĐ85 million (US$3,800) for using banned chemicals in food colouring.

Residents remove block to dump site

Residents in Hà Nội’s Sóc Sơn District dismantled barriers to let lorries go in and out of the Nam Sơn Rubbish Dump after a dialogue with Chairman of the municipal People’s Committee Nguyễn Đức Chung.

External information works honoured

As many as 70 outstanding journalism works were presented the National External Information Service Awards 2015 in Hà Nội on Saturday.

Train ticket prices from Sài Gòn to be reduced

Sài Gòn Railway Transport Joint-stock Company will reduce ticket prices on some railway routes: Vinh-Sài Gòn ; Sài Gòn-Quảng Ngãi-Sài Gòn; Nha Trang-Quy Nhơn-Nha Trang, said Đỗ Quang Văn, the company’s director yesterday.

Action for a "green Việt Nam"

A series of activities focusing on the environment was held in the central province of Thanh Hóa’s Vĩnh Lộc District yesterday.

Hà Nội workers call for social housing

Building social housing for workers and improving infrastructure at industrial zones were among issues raised by more than 300 workers at dialogues with Hà Nội authorities on Thursday.

WB pledges $119m for urban water project

The World Bank (WB) announced it recently approved additional funding of USD$119 million for the ongoing Urban Water Supply and Wastewater Project in Việt Nam.

HCM City schools to offer swimming lessons

 All public schools in HCM City will be required to teach swimming beginning in the 2016-17 school year under a new directive from the city’s Department of Education and Training.

Hotline set up for electricity customers

Seven million customers in 21 southern cities and provinces, except for HCM City, can now call the hotline 19001006 to submit complaints or request electricity registration and galvanometer attachment services.

Stubborn blaze

A fire ripped through the 1,000+ sq. warehouse of Van Thanh mattress company in HCMC’s Củ Chi District at about 1.30pm yesterday.

MARD wants power project halted

The Ministry of Agricultural and Rural Development (MARD) has proposed the Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc suspend a project on hydropower plants in the Central Highlands Province of Đắk Lắk to preserve environment and avoid doing harm to wild animals.

Educated struggle to find jobs

The higher education students take, the higher the rate of unemployment they might suffer, Deputy Minister of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs, Doãn Mậu Diệp, said. The statement is referring to the more than one million unemployed of working age in the country in the first quarter of this year.

Indonesia repatriates Vietnamese fishermen

The island country of Indonesia has repatriated 33 Vietnamese fishermen who were reportedly detained in late 2015 and early 2016 for accidently fishing in Indonesia’s seas.

Ukraine asked to clarify raid of Vietnamese citizens

The Vietnamese Embassy in Ukraine has urged the host country’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs to quickly work with relevant agencies to clarify the unwarranted raid and property confiscation of Vietnamese citizens in Odessa city on May 23.

Post fish-death salt samples safe

All samples of salt products taken from central coastal provinces that recently recorded an unusual massive fish death along the coast were tested and have met the national quality standards, the National Agro-Forestry-Fisheries Quality Assurance Department (NAFIQUAD) announced yesterday.

Global start-up contest for students comes to VN

A global business start-up contest is being organised for the first time in Việt Nam to offer high school and university students in the country a chance to win money and support for their business ideas.

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