Caring for workers’ lives top priority task: Prime Minister

The Party, State and the entire government system always consider caring for workers’ lives as a top priority task, as they wish to see the force become strong in number and capacity in the context of intensive international integration, said Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc. 

Drought-hit Bến Tre bears no festival fruit

The Mekong province of Bến Tre has called off all fruit exhibitions and festivals scheduled for this year, with authorities saying drought and saline intrusion have decimated its orchards and there is nothing more to show.

Việt Nam urged to increase use of renewable energy

The government’s national power development plan that calls for a higher proportion of power generation from renewable energy by 2030, including water, wind, solar and biomass, has not met its targets or the country’s potential, according to the Việt Nam Sustainable Energy Alliance (VSEA).

Former PetroVietnam director jailed for 9 years

The former general director and chairman of PetroVietnam Manpower Development and Services Company (Petromanning), 42-year-old Đào Thành Long of Hà Nội, was sentenced to nine years in prison yesterday.

District hospitals to get new city doctors

The HCM City Department of Health is working with Phạm Ngọc Thạch Medical University to expand a programme to send recent medical doctors to hospitals in the outlying districts of Cần Giờ and Củ Chi.

Crowded buses home

Photos show crowds at bus stations ahead of the four-day-long vacation starting today.

Road complaint hotline coming soon

The Việt Nam General Department of Roads (VNGDR) will set up a hotline to receive complaints and information from road users nationwide.

Illegal subdivided land sales surge in City

Subdividing land into housing-sized pieces to sell off is rampant in HCM City, especially in suburban areas, but according to analysts and officials, it is a violation of the law and undermines urban planning.

Workers hope for help, raises as PM attends meeting

Workers at industrial zones nationwide put a lot of hopes and wishes on the improvement of their living and working conditions ahead of upcoming meeting between Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc and labourers in the South.

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