Việt Nam News

The People’s Court of the southern province of Đồng Nai yesterday sentenced two people to a total of 33 years in prison for human trafficking and child trafficking.

Farmers ride their buffaloes along a rural road in coastal central Bình Thuận Province. — Photo Nguyễn Văn Hòa

The Ministry of Transport has ordered the Directorate for Roads of Việt Nam to revoke the cards of two traffic inspectors in central Hà Tĩnh Province for allegedly taking bribes.

Farmers across the country will benefit from a five-year agreement signed yesterday between the Việt Nam Farmer’s Union and International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD).

Former high-profile official Trịnh Xuân Thanh is set to be expelled from the Communist Party of Việt Nam for “serious violations causing public discontent and bring the Party and the Government into disrepute.”

Four secondary schools and high schools in HCM City in upcoming 2016-2017 academic year will teach Korean as part of a pilot programme, according to the city’s Department of Training and Education.

The monthly minimum wages for workers in enterprises for next year will increase by an average of 7.3 per cent.

The Canadian consulate in HCM City has expanded its visa application centre to cope with a rise in the number of visitors and students applying to travel and study in Canada.

The forest ranger force of Central Highlands' Lâm Đồng Province caught red-handed a man illegally transporting 21 southern pig-tailed macaques (Macaca nemestrina) yesterday.

The general alcohol consumption rate of Vietnamese people was high at 43.8 per cent of the country’s adult population.

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc has urged the whole political system and society to work together in protecting the environment after recent environmental pollution incidents that have harmed socio-economic development while affecting the living conditions of local people.

The tap water leakage rate in HCM City has reduced to 27.8 per cent, down 2.6 percentage points from the end of last year, according to the State-owned Sài Gòn Water Supply Corporation (Sawaco).

Hà Nội’s Hoàn Kiếm District authorities said they would soon take measures to address problems arising from the opening of pedestrian areas around iconic Hoàn Kiếm (Returned Sword).

The Việt Nam Space Technology Museum inside the Space Technology Centre, located in Hà Nội’s Hòa Lạc Hi-tech Park, is scheduled to open to the public in late 2017.

Truck driver Phan Văn Bắc, 30, of Central Highlands' Lâm Đồng Province has been awarded the “Golden Wheel” title this year after he risked his own life to save the lives of 30 passengers.

A former National Assembly deputy will be prosecuted for defrauding the public in a VNĐ377 billion (US$16.9 million) property scam.

Deputy Prime Minister Trưong Hòa Bình has asked localities and agencies to strictly enforce traffic regulations, particularly government’s Decree 46, in order to reduce the number of traffic accidents.

Minister of Health Nguyễn Thị Kim Tiến has invited local and overseas investors to invest into the healthcare sector in Việt Nam, saying that one of the foundations of her ministry’s policy is to encourage private enterprises to invest in the sector.