Việt Nam News

Two people died due to the heavy rainfall which drenched much of the northern province of Quảng Ninh yesterday and this morning.

The Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam (CAAV) has proposed the Ministry of Transport apply criminal charges for the act of projecting laser beams on planes during landing or take off.

The US Government has provided US$500,000 in additional emergency assistance to people in Mekong Delta provinces as they experienced the worst drought and saltwater intrusion in Việt Nam in the last decade.

Two recent work-related accidents in which six people were killed were caused by weak management at both central and local levels, said labour experts.

Authorities in Thừa Thiên - Huế Province have announced that the estimated damage of the locality from the mass fish deaths was VNĐ135 billion or US$6 million, following a meeting report released on Monday.

The Việt Nam Association of Bridge and Road Science and Technology has asked agencies to inspect the construction of a railway overpass under the north-south axis project in Hà Nội.

President Trần Đại Quang yesterday cabled a message of condolences to his Iraqi counterpart Fuad Masum over a terror bombing in the Iraqi capital of Bagdad that claimed the lives of at least 165 people and wounded over 131 others.

Vocational training schools are revamping their curricula and offering new training majors in an attempt to stem the decline in the number of students applying to the schools.

HCM City authorities plan to include the location of public toilets on e-maps and improve toilet services in HCM City.

The People’s Committee of Đồng Nai Province has approved a VNĐ458 billion (US$20.8 million) project to prevent flooding at the Biên Hùng five-way crossroads in Biên Hoà City.

City authorities are seeking investors for a US$376-million monorail project, which they aim to be included on a list of Public-Private Partnership (PPP) projects in need of Project Development Facility (PDF) capital. 

Fire destroyed two petrol pumps at a filling station near wholesale Đền Lừ Market in Hà Nội’s Hoàng Mai District yesterday afternoon.

Hà Nội’s Department of Construction has asked for the quick resumption of water supply to thousands of households in the Đại Kim Urban Area.

A rescue team from the northern province of Thái Bình is still searching for a boy who was on board a boat that sank yesterday in Vũ Thư District.

A seafood production company in the central province of Phú Yên was found to be discharging untreated waste water into the environment, thanks to local residents who reported the matter.

Deputy Minister of Education and Training Bùi Văn Ga said the 2016 national high school examination was successfully organised at 120 exam locations across the country.

Five children drowned in the northern province of Bắc Giang’s Hiệp Hòa District yesterday, local official have confirmed.

Torrential rainfall of up to 250mm has blanketed the northern region since last night, putting localities on high alert for landslides and flash floods.