HCM City sets up Saigon Innovation Hub
The HCM City Energy Conservation Centre has launched the Saigon Innovation Hub (SI-HUB) to assist initiatives for innovation and start-up businesses.
Đồng Tháp Province told to prepare for landslides
The Đồng Tháp Province administration has ordered relevant agencies to take immediate measures to prevent landslides along the banks of the Tiền and Hậu rivers, which threaten thousands of lives.
Banking university waives exam fees for disadvantaged students
The Banking University HCM City will not collect entrance examination fees from candidates from remote, mountainous and beach areas or from the four central provinces of Hà Tĩnh, Quảng Bình, Quảng Trị, and Thừa Thiên Huế.
Earthquake of 3.9 magnitude hits Điện Biên
An earthquake measuring 3.9 on the Richter scale hit Mường Nhé District in the northern mountainous Điện Biên Province on Sunday.
Nha Trang City will have more car parks
The provincial people’s committee of the south-central Khánh Hòa Province recently approved a revision of the transport plan of Nha Trang City to create more space for car parks.
Deputy PM’s surprise check finds health station closed
A health station in Đắk Lắk Province’s Cư ÊBur Commune was found closed yesterday, when Deputy Prime Minister Vũ Đức Đam and a health ministry team made a surprise visit.
University tuition fees must be publicised
Freshmen to universities with financial autonomy call on the universities to publicise tuition fees so that they and their families can manage the sum actively.
Ministry warns of sophisticated petrol, jewellery fraud
Several recently discovered cases of fraud related to weights-and-measures equipment at petrol stations and jewellery shops have sounded the alarm over increasing and more sophisticated trade frauds, the Ministry of Science and Technology reported.
Scheme to speed up National Single Window
National plan on the one-stop-shop mechanism for 2016-2020 set an objective to raise coverage across State agencies to 100 percent by 2018.
PM okays two bridges for City
Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc has approved the construction of two cable-stayed bridges, including a VNĐ5.7-trillion bridge connecting HCM City’s District 2 and neighboring Đồng Nai Province to replace the current Cát Lái Ferry.
Homeowner to be charged in house collapse
Sinkholes test quality of road construction
Just a day after the first dangerous sinkhole, big enough to “swallow” a bus, was found on Trường Sa Street in the city’s Phú Nhuận District, another deep hole appeared 50 metres away from the original location.
Tourist boat collides with three other vessels
A tourist boat sank in central Khánh Hòa Province’s Nha Trang Bay yesterday morning after colliding with another boat that allegedly had a jammed gear.
Five people suffer acid burns in HCMC
Five people were hospitalised for acid burns when a can of acid was dropped as soon as an acid buyer left a stall in HCM City’s Kim Biên Market on Saturday.
Almost 100 suspected explosive objects found
Southern Tiền Giang Province’s border guards have found almost 100 suspected explosive objects being carried illegally by boat in Lạch Channel, Vàm Láng Town.
Ministry outlines area to preserve revolutionary war relics, promote economy
An area covering three northern provinces – Thái Nguyên, Tuyên Quang and Bắc Kạn – has been designated for the conservation of cultural and historical values and revolutionary war-zone relics, as well as the development of an agroforestry economy.
Conference highlights female roles in various scientific disciplines
A leadership conference opened yesterday at the University of Đà Nẵng focussing on the female role models in Việt Nam in the fields of science, technology, engineering and math (STEM).
VN hosts Asian Farmers’ Association general assembly
The 7th General Assembly of the Asian Farmers’ Association (AFA) for Sustainable Rural Development, hosted by the Việt Nam Farmers’ Union (VNFU), opened in Hà Nội yesterday.
Gov’t must make better use of its public assets
Trần Đức Thắng, director general of the Public Asset Management Department under the Ministry of Finance, spoke to the Việt Nam News Agency about the limitations of utilizing public assets
Formosa damage being assessed
Deputy Minister of Labour, War Invalids and Social Affairs (MoLISA) Doãn Mậu Diệp underlined the need to accurately investigate information related to the damage caused by Formosa’s environmental disaster in the central province of Hà Tĩnh, so as to give appropriate support for locals.
