Việt Nam News

A market management official was killed last night by a cigarette smuggler, while being on duty near Vàm Cỏ River in Long An Province.

The Hà Nội Police on Thursday said they had decided to prosecute five more people who are part of a ring accused of printing, publishing and trading value-added tax (VAT) invoices.

Việt Nam’s rate of non-compliance with the minimum wage in the garment, textile and footwear sector is the lowest among seven garment-exporting countries in Asia, at 6.6 per cent, accordint to a new report by the International Labor Oeganization (ILO).

The Ministry of Health’s Drug Administration will withdraw registration numbers and stop selling antibacterial soaps on the market if they find them unsafe or if warnings about the soap are issued by international organisations.

The Việt Nam Green Trees and Parks Association has urged the HCM City Transport Department to allocate more funds to examine 5,500 trees in the city after two people were killed by falling trees in the last three weeks.   

The fees being charged at toll stations in the mushrooming BOT transportation projects are inconsistent with the capacity of drivers to pay, Deputy Transport Minister Nguyễn Nhật said at a conference in Hà Nội yesterday.

In Việt Nam’s crowded public hospitals, patients only get one or two minutes with a doctor instead of 15-20, leading to inadequate health literacy and less effective treatment, according to a leading health researcher.

The HCM City administration has received a proposal from a US-based company to develop a smart transportation system using US$300 million borrowed from investment bank Morgan Stanley.

Last week Việt Nam News asked how its readers expect their children to study at schools following a letter of a father sent to the Ministry of Education and Training to ask for his son to study badly at school. Here are some response:

More than 40 top high-tech companies will participate in Tech Expo 2016 to be held in Hà Nội this Saturday (September 17).

Storm Rai has killed at least five people and left ten others missing over the past few days in central localities, according to the latest report from the National Steering Committee for Disaster Prevention and Control.

Traditional herbal medicines of poor quality are dominating the domestic market, a drug control agency top official admitted.

 The Market Management Department in the northern province of Hưng Yên yesterday destroyed more than two tonnes of goods with unclear origin.

The People’s Court of the central Phú Yên Province yesterday sentenced to prison 15 former leaders and executive officials of Đông Hòa Distict for violating state regulations on economic management.

A breach was detected in the Đà River pipeline yesterday, the 19^th time the pipeline has faced repairs. The incident was resolved and water supply was restored at 12am this morning.

State and local officials have granted gifts and wishes for poor, underprivileged and ill children across the country on the occasion of this year Mid-autumn festival, which annually held on the 15^th day of the eighth month following the lunar calendar.

A broken steel valve of water conductor tunnel at Sông Bung 2 Hydro-power Plant in the central province of Quảng Nam was reckoned as an initial reason of an incident on Tuesday (September 13^th).