Project protects Vietnamese guest workers’ rights

The Vietnam General Confederation of Labour (VGCL) and the Asia Foundation in Việt Nam yesterday held a workshop in Hà Nội to launch a project on protecting the legitimate rights of Vietnamese guest workers.

Is TPP a public health threat?

The Government should bar certain industries from exploiting the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) lest they damage public health, health activists warned yesterday.

Restructure of co-operatives urged

It is necessary to reorganise the co-operative sector through gathering individual producers in co-operatives and co-operative groups in the time ahead, said President of the Việt Nam Fatherland Front (VFF) Central Committee Nguyễn Thiện Nhân.

Families wait years for land to be compensated

Hồ Văn Hiệp, a resident of central Thừa Thiên-Huế Province, sits looking at the sun beams piercing the roof of his home and wishing his compensation payment would come soon so that he can repair the broken roof before the rainy season.

Researchers warn of methanol poisoning risk

Researchers from Hà Nội Medical University have warned alcohol consumers about an increased risk of methanol poisoning from consuming improperly brewed homemade alcohol.

Fishermen home safe after Philippine ramming

Seven fishermen from the central province of Quảng Bình returned home safely on Sunday after their ship was hit by a Philippine cargo vessel and sunk near the waters of Côn Đảo Island in central Quảng Trị Province on July 4.

Huế City’s water system is being improved

The central province of Thừa Thiên–Huế is accelerating a project to improve the water environment in the former imperial city of Huế, funded by the Japan International Co-operation Agency (JICA).

City, Delta plan tighter links

Mekong Delta’s Long An province and its neighbour, HCM City,  need to have better transportation and communications connections in order to improve their economic development.

Police blast student bikers

A great number of Hà Nội students violate traffic rules as they drive electric motorbikes, said a senior police official.

VN, Australia team up on health research

Việt Nam will discuss ways to improve its research capacity in medicine and health services and internationalise its university education at a conference it will hold together with Australia in Hà Nội and HCM City from today.

Safety risk on Nghệ An waterways

Lack of means of transportation, inadequate infrastructure, weak management of local authorities and low awareness on waterway transport regulations of ship owners and passengers in the central province of Nghệ An are threatening the lives of hundred of passengers who travel on this mode of transportation every day.

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