Việt Nam News

The Hà Nội Fire Prevention and Fighting Department (HFPFD) will inspect fire extinguisher systems in high-rise apartment buildings four times per year instead of once a year.

Investigative police unit under the Ministry of Public Security has prosecuted and put in custody Nguyễn Thế Anh, former general director of Phúc Gia Bảo 868 Company for alleged fraudulent appropriation of assets in an apparent pyramid scheme.

The Hà Nội People’s Committee has approved Hà Nội Transport and Services Corporation's (Hanoi Transerco's) proposal to start a bus route connecting the city centre with Nội Bài International Airport.

Police from Tương Dương District in the central Nghệ An Province have alerted local police units about a high kidnapping risk in the area.

Hailstorms and whirlwinds have plagued many localities over the past few days, causing a number of injuries and fatalities and damaging thousands of houses, officials reported.

The Department of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs here has suspended two officials of a training centre, until their role in the mass escape of 447 drug addicts was determined.

A crewmember on the Korean-flagged Loihope cargo ship was found dead yesterday, having apparently fallen in the ship’s cargo hold.

A Thai vessel and a Vietnamese fishing boat were arrested by the Vietnamese coast guard for illegally trading fuel in Việt Nam’s waters.

A truck burst into flames at 4pm yesterday on National Highway 18, destroying all the goods and seriously damaging the vehicle.

A Chinese fishing vessel, found in distress off the shore of Phú Lộc District in central Thừa Thiên-Huế Province, was helped to drop anchor in Chân May Port yesterday.

Electricity consumption in the capital city was forecast to sharply increase this month due to extremely hot weather, said the Electricity of Việt Nam Corporation (EVN).

The central province of Khánh Hòa has planned to make Nha Trang Beach in Nha Trang City an ecological park with seaside buildings having only 40 floors at maximum.

A joint programme on giving dissemination to 100,000 breeding households to commit not to use banned substances in their breeding work was signed yesterday in Hà Nội.

The HCM City People’s Committee has given the Department of Transport the green light for three more footbridges on some congested streets.

Ministry sent working group to determine cause of fish’s massive death

Polluted water containing toxic substances is the cause of the recent mass fish deaths in the coastal areas in this central province.

Hà Nội’s sewers and drains are still unable to cope with the heavy flooding caused by rains exceeding 100mm per two hours, officials said.

Police in Bà Rịa-Vũng Tàu Province have arrested a man for allegedly forging papers in former prime minister Nguyễn Tấn Dũng’s name.