Việt Nam News

Thai company SCG has announced 400 scholarships worth VND4 million (US$180) each and called on outstanding secondary school students from underprivileged families in seven cities and provinces to apply for them.

Many farmers who breed brackish-water shrimp in the Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta have cut back on production because of high salinity this year.

Nearly 9,000 litres of suspected smuggled petrol that was seized early last month originated from military sources, reported National Steering Committee 389.

Cars offering taxi services on technology platforms like GrabTaxi and Uber must put signs reading “TAXI E” [E for "electronic"] on their roofs, the Directorate for Roads of Việt Nam has proposed.

The HCM City Department of Health plans to set up six teams to check for mosquitoes and larvae in all city districts as part of its Zika prevention plan, as a pregnant woman has tested positive for the virus.

The central city will start construction of a road tunnel at the junction of Điện Biên Phủ, Nguyễn Tri Phương and Lê Độ, one of the busiest roundabouts in the city, with a total investment of VNĐ220 billion (US$9.77 million) in the third quarter of this year.

The schedule for HCM City’s first bus rapid transit route and details of its construction have been finalized.

Mỹ Mỹ Trades and Services Co. Ltd. yesterday began construction of the American International Hospital (AIH) in HCM City’s District 2, the country’s first American-standard hospital.

Police in Thanh Hóa central province have detained 13 suspects for running football pools on the Internet worth a total of more than VNĐ1.3 trillion (US$57.8 million).

Enterprises with more than five per cent of their Vietnamese interns in Japan breaking their contracts will be stopped from bringing more interns to this country.

A fire broke out yesterday afternoon at an appliance store in this central province's Mỗ Đức District, causing VNĐ10 billion (US$440,000) in damages.

Authorities in the southern province of Tây Ninh arrested two men on Wednesday for illegally entering the country and transporting heroin from Cambodia to Việt Nam.

Two coaches lying in front of the toll station on the Hà Nội – Hải Phòng Expressway stalling other vehicles, was a hostile act planned by the drivers, an official said.

Border guards at the Vĩnh Hội Đông Border Gate in An Giang Province have arrested four people for allegedly smuggling in goods and money over the Cambodian border.

Students in ASEAN countries, China, Japan, and Korea yesterday began a four-day forum to discuss issues related to Việt Nam’s international integration.

Cyprus has opened a consulate in HCM City and appointed entrepreneur Dr Phan Quốc Công as its honorary consul-general.

HCM CITY — Two years ago, Phạm Quỳnh Trâm was on her way to visit her grandmother when the motorbike driven by her mother was hit by a drunk driver

Aedes Aegypti mosquitoes, which transmit the Zika virus, were found at Đà Nẵng International Airport, Phạm Trúc Lâm, director of Đà Nẵng international quarantine service, said.