Việt Nam News

The Ministry of Transport will inspect and discard unreasonable toll booths on build-operate-transfer (BOT) expressways across the country.

The World Health Organisation (WHO) urged Việt Nam to create a non-smoking environment during a meeting held on Thursday in Hà Nội, ahead of World No Tobacco Day on May 31.

Serious flooding of large areas in the centre of Hà Nội in the past two days due to prolonged heavy rainfall is significant evidence that a project on improving the sewage system has failed to meet its target of completion this year, experts have said.

Việt Nam is seeking international assistance with HIV/AIDS prevention and control to avoid a resurgence of the disease.

The ministries of justice, home affairs, information and communication, and government office are drafting a plan to establish a system to receive feedback on public administration services.

Doctors at the Gia Định People’s Hospital in HCM City yesterday offered specialty consultation to doctors at the Củ Chi District Hospital through a video link.

Ministry of Information and Communications has appealed for media to focus more on reporting about human right issues in Việt Nam.

The Bank for Social Policies will be responsible for managing HCM City’s poverty-reduction fund in an additional 21 districts, the HCM City People’s Committee said on May 24.

US Secretary of State John Kerry and HCM City Party Committee Secretary Đinh La Thăng yesterday presided over the official launching ceremony for Fulbright University Việt Nam in HCM City.

Torrential rain in recent days has affected people’s lives and damaged property in Hà Nội and a number of northern provinces, according to the standing office of the national committee on disaster prevention and control.

Relevant authorities yesterday successfully rescue a beached whale in Diễn Thịnh Commune’s beach, Diễn Châu District, Central Nghệ An Province. The 14-16 metre length and 15-tonnes whale was found beached early in the morning on the same day. Authorities mobilised two excavators and hundreds volunteers to help the whale returning to the sea.— VNA/VNS Photo Tá Chuyên

Quảng Nam raids illegal gold and mineral mining operations

Đức Thọ District’s Military Command in the central province of Hà Tĩnh successfully removed a 340kg bomb from a local fish breeding lake yesterday, according to a local source.

HCMC will move a market selling chemicals and additives far from the city center

The Ministry of Education and Training has requested city and provincial People’s Committees to set up their own development plans on education and training in order to reduce the number of teachers being enrolled in some areas.

Torrential rain that began last night and continued until early this morning has flooded the city centre, resulting in traffic chaos for the local residents.

The Transport Ministry has announced a blacklist of incompetent contractors that failed to meet major requirements and will therefore have fewer opportunities to win bids.

HCM City’s Criminal Investigation Police arrested eight people suspected to be involved in inter-provincial drug smuggling ring, a source said yesterday.