Việt Nam News

More than 400 households in the southeast region of Việt Nam yesterday signed a commitment not to use banned chemical substances such as lean-meat agents that have harmful side-effects.

Illegal hunters, transporters and smugglers of pangolins will face imprisonment for 1-15 years from July 1 under the amendments of the Penal Code.

The military command of Central Highlands province of  Đắk Nông has successfully defused two bombs believed to have been dropped by the US Army during the war.

Dozens of workers at a company in southern Trà Vinh Province were hospitalised yesterday morning with suspected food poisoning.

Việt Nam would likely to have more than 70,000 teachers out of jobs by 2020 as the supply is much more than the demand, according to educational experts.

Two teams of blind young people living in a HCM City shelter have created websites for job search and providing resume consultancy targeted at blind people that have won funding from a UNICEF programme to commercialise them.

A number of organisations have signed a joint action programme in Hà Nội yesterday to support farmers affected by drought, saltwater intrusion, and massive seafood death.

Electric bike drivers can have their vehicles re-charged at no cost using special stations in Hà Nội.

Phan Thị Hạnh has become the first Vietnamese national to win the Midwives4all Award for excellence in midwifery and outstanding contribution to maternal and newborn health in Việt Nam.

Hà Nội Police on Tuesday proposed that the municipal People’s Procuracy  begins legal proceedings against 16 people relating to an incident of petrol fraud in the city.

Cam Ranh International Terminal JSC has submitted to the Ministry of Transport a study on the construction of an international terminal at the Cam Ranh International Airport in central province of Khánh Hòa.

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc on Saturday signed an order asking concerned ministries, people’s committees and sectors to prepare well for the national high school exam this year.

The damage caused by the fire early Tuesday at the Pakse Đào Hương market, a Vietnamese trade centre in the Laos province of Champasak, amounted to nearly US$8 million.

The Việt Nam Red Cross Society (VRCS) will provide fresh water and financial assistance during May and June to residents in the four provinces suffering from drought and saltwater intrusion.

Police from HCM City’s Thủ Đức District yesterday arrested the 27-year-old leader of a major ring selling methamphetamines.

The Việt Nam Environment Administration (VEA) under the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment has decided to impose administrative fines on three businesses for polluting Bưởi River.

The Việt Nam Expressway Corporation has proposed to the Ministry of Transport to build the Hữu Nghị-Chi Lăng Expressway with a total initial investment of over VNĐ9.9 trillion (US$446.4 million).

Việt Nam is in need of over VNĐ995 trillion (US$44.6 billion) to upgrade the national transport infrastructure in the next five years.