Việt Nam News

A project approved by the then Prime Minister 16 years ago hasn’t been finished and continues to waste the State’s money.

 Private hospitals are struggling to receive patients, with most of them operating at 40-50 per cent of their capacity, according to the Việt Nam Private Hospital Association.

Old apartment buildings in Hà Nội that are in danger of collapsing have remained in their current condition for years because residents, authorities and investors have failed to agree on a plan to upgrade the structures.

The 2016 Labour Inspection Campaign was launched yesterday in northern Hưng Yên Province with a focus on construction, the sector which has claimed the most lives of workers in occupational accidents in Việt Nam.

The Airports Corporation of Vietnam (ACV) plans to upgrade the international terminal at Phú Bài Airport in central Huế City under the build-operate-transfer model, saying it was needed to serve the increasing number of passengers.

The World Bank (WB) has confirmed a package of US$239 million from the bank’s International Development Association (IDA).

Hà Nội’s Việt Nam Fatherland Front has decided to give VNĐ19 billion (US$851,000) to victims of drought and saltwater intrusion in 19 Central Highlands, southern and Mekong River Delta provinces.

Outstanding research works on the East Sea in 2015 were honoured by the Foundation for East Sea Studies (FESS) of the Diplomatic Academy of Việt Nam in Hà Nội yesterday.

Deputy Prime Minister and Chairman of National Traffic Safety Committee Nguyễn Xuân Phúc yesterday .

Hà Nội’s Việt Nam Fatherland Front has decided to give VNĐ19 billion (US$851,000) to victims of drought and saltwater intrusion in 19 Central Highlands, southern and Mekong River Delta provinces.

A large fire broke out at the Viglacera Thăng Long Joint Stock Company in the northern Vĩnh Phúc Province’s Phúc Yên District yesterday afternoon.

Police in the northern mountainous Sơn La Province have arrested three people for alleged involvement in human trafficking.

A fire on Pu Mô Mountain in the central Nghệ An Province’s Kỳ Sơn District has destroyed hundreds of hectares of forests.

Autonomy necessary for universities; drastic measures required to raise the quality of higher education, says Deputy Prime Minister Vũ Đức Đam

The Ghềnh Bridge collapsed after a barge crashed into its pillar, causing many people to fall into the river yesterday in southern Đồng Nai Province.

More advanced medical equipment will be provided to 36 grass roots health centres in Central Highlands provinces this year, during the second phase of a healthcare project that will end in 2019.

HCM City, which plans to relocate people living in slums along canals, will move them to places nearby in order not to dislocate their lives.

Motorists along National Highway 1A section from central Thanh Hóa Province to southern Cần Thơ Province are far more prone to accidents since almost two-thirds of the stretch is devoid of any anti-glare panels, Tiền Phong (The Vanguard) newspaper reported.