Việt Nam News

Việt Nam will be assisted with carrying out legal and responsible timber trade by the "Responsible Asia Forestry & Trade Partnership" programme that it signed yesterday with the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF), TRAFFIC and RECOFTC.

The country’s struggling rail transport sector continues to falter, with output and revenues of Việt Nam Railways (VNR) declining considerably, falling short of set targets.

The aviation authority has approved several proposals from local airlines to increase the number of domestic flights to meet high demand during Tết (Lunar New Year) holiday, although only half of the requested additions have been approved.

Four days after a route change for coaches in Hà Nội took effect, many coach operators are still refusing to move to Nước Ngầm station, instead stopping at Mỹ Đình station area to pick up passengers.

The Hà Nội People’s Committee has directed the strict control of food origin and production to ensure food safety.

Public space in Việt Nam’s urban areas has failed to meet demand or create typical characteristics to identify each city, deputy minister of Construction Phan Mỹ Linh said.

Sappers in the Central Highland Province of Đắk Lắk yesterday collected and deactivated about 70 pieces of ammunition.

The General Department of Customs has asked all local customs departments to take bold measures to prevent the smuggling of goods by air, which is expected to rise around Tết.

More than 7,000 children and teenagers will receive training on skills of self-protection, prevention against abuse, trafficking and exploitation.

The central and city and the Ireland Embassy in Việt Nam has agreed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on high quality human resource education, management skills for the city’s personnel and start-up programme for students in the central city.

The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development will soon officially issue a circular to prohibit the use of cysteamine - a substance used in animal husbandry.

The HCM City Department of Agriculture and Rural Development has called on all related agencies to check the high-tide controlling culvert system is in good shape to prevent unexpected occurrences during Tết (the Lunar New Year).

Workers have begun dismantling a water music project in the centre of this northern coastal city after more than a year of ineffective operations and being criticised for wasteful expenditure.

Government officials have announced that mineral exploitation will be more tightly controlled under a new regulation coming into effect January 15.

The Ministries of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs, Information and Communications and Việt Nam Journalists Association, on Thursday, launched a writing contest on poverty reduction.

The HCM City Centre for Human Resource Forecast and Labour Information foresees a mere 3 per cent shortage in worker numbers after Tết (the Lunar New Year).

An outbreak of chickenpox has been reported at Gunze Việt Nam Co.ltd in HCM City’s Tân Thuận Export Processing Zone, with 30 people contracting the disease since November 17, according to the HCM City Preventive Health Centre.

The 2017 national press award on the fight and prevention of corruption and wastefulness has been launched by the Việt Nam Journalists’ Association (VJA) and the Việt Nam Fatherland Front Central Committee.