Việt Nam News

The Korean language test for labourers of the manufacturing sector, who are willing to work in South Korea under the Employment Permit System (EPS) programme, will be held this Saturday and Sunday.

The Hà Nội police have launched an investigation into two Chinese nationals for allegedly illegally appropriating assets in Việt Nam.

The Hà Nội People’s Court yesterday sentenced three people to death and one to life imprisonment for drug trafficking between the northern and southern regions of the country.

The upcoming Law on Prostitution Prevention is advised to raise awareness on prostitution to encourage prostitutes to change their “job.”

Many apartment buildings have shot up in Hà Nội over the past several years, leading to a huge population increase. However, the construction of basic facilities like schools has been ignored or carried out slowly.

Doctors of HCM City Paediatrics Hospital 2 on Tuesday successfully performed a liver transplant operation from a living donor on a 13-month-old patient with cirrhosis of the liver after 10 hours of surgery.

The HCM City Preventive Health Centre yesterday told health officials in districts to ensure the provision of the fourth shot of the combined vaccine against diphtheria, pertussis and tetanus (DPT) to children aged 18 to 48 months.

The Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta province of Hậu Giang plans to expand the cultivation area planted with certified rice to 60-70 per cent of its total rice cultivation.

The HCM City administration has instructed competent agencies to provide all assistance to a company undertaking flood prevention works to ensure there are no delays.

Triệu Thị Thoa of HCM City’s District 6 says when her neighbours see a vehicle come to collect garbage, all of them close their doors immediately to avoid its stench.

The popular monthly salary for IT and software jobs ranges from US$700-1,000, much higher than jobs in other categories, according to a Salary Insights Report of Vietnamworks.com.

Saint Paul general hospital on Tuesday announced that it would open a high-tech medical centre in the capital city by end of November.

This morning, Đà Lạt City’s Military Steering Committee (MSC) successfully disposed of a 320-kg bomb that had been found in a residential area. The bomb was discovered on October 2 at the construction site of a house during excavation.

Construction work on extending Ring Road 3, the lifeline of Hà Nội, started this morning. The project is estimated to cost more than VNĐ3.1 trillion (US$137.8 million) from the city’s budget.

A tree trunk fell on a teenager at around 11am on October 4 while loading a dozen coconut trunks with a crane.

The water pipeline carrying fresh water from Đà River to Hà Nội is facing issues again this week, forcing thousands of households to survive without fresh water for several days.

The driver of a three-wheeler transporting steel sheets was injured after he failed to stop his vehicle while going down a slope in Hà Nội’s Chúc Sơn town on Monday.

Flights from Việt Nam to Busan City in South Korea were delayed last night and this morning due to Typhoon Chaba passing over northeastern countries, national flag carrier Vietnam Airlines (VNA) has announced.