Việt Nam News

Deputy Prime Minister Trương Hòa Bình has urged police and market watch forces in the Mekong Delta province of An Giang to intensify their fight against smuggling and trade fraud.

Increasing hospital fees and benefits from health insurance helped increase the number of people buying health insurance in HCM City last year by nearly 662,000 compared to 2015, according to the city’s Social Insurance Agency.

Four new Zika virus infection cases have been recorded in southern Đồng Nai Province since the end of December, according to the province’s Steering Board for Epidemic Prevention.

The Trade Union of the HCM City Export Processing and Industrial Zones Authority in HCM City is set to organise various activities to help workers celebrate Tết (Lunar New Year) this month.

A drugstore opening using a rented pharmacist’s degree has become common in HCM City, and the authorities remain clueless about how to tackle the problem.

A fire broke out at the Thanh Bình Furniture factory in Thủ Dầu Một City, Bình Dương Province, yesterday.

A 1.5km road connecting Nguyễn Văn Cừ Street in Long Biên District to the left bank of the Red River was inaugurated on Monday in the capital city.

An American-Vietnamese collector, Trần Thắng, has donated to the Hoàng Sa (Paracel) Island District an 1827 map printed in the six-volume World Atlas (Atlas universel) by Belgium cartographer Phillippe Vandermaelen (1795-1869).

Students at Văn Lang University in HCM City won first prize in the Breaking Down Barriers contest that called for designs and upgrades of public works for people with disabilities.

Two persons were killed and one other injured in a road accident on National Highway 10 in Thái Bình northern province’s Vũ Thư District on Tuesday morning, after a truck crashed into a parked container.

Two Filipino fishermen were handed over to the border guards of central Phú Yên Province yesterday after being rescued from the sea by a local fisherman.

Two commune land officers in Buôn Ma Thuột City in this province have received a disciplinary warning over their involvement in the illegal construction of the Đồi Thông Tourism Area.

Rainfall will occur in the northern localities from Tuesday until Thursday following the impact of a trough, the National Centre for Hydro-meteorological Forecasting said.

One person died and another went missing after their boat flipped over in the Đáy River on Monday afternoon.

A road connecting Nguyễn Văn Cừ Street in Long Biên District to the left bank of the Red River was inaugurated on Monday in the capital city.

Fourteen foreign tourists, one tour guide and a crew of six were rescued early Tuesday morning after a fire occurred on their boat.

HCM City officials have asked telecommunications companies to redesign or replace more than 5,000 base transceiver stations (BTSs) located on top of houses and other buildings. 

The Ministry of Environmental and Natural Resources will inspect projects that have high potential for causing severe environmental pollution to ensure that they are adhering to the law in 2017.