Việt Nam News

More than 56,000 new-borns have been registered birth certificates and issued citizen identification numbers after two months of implementing the law on civil status and citizen ID card, which took effect since early this January, the Ministry of Justice has said.

The Việt Nam Red Cross (VNRC) and the Procter and Gamble Company (P&G) will work together on humanitarian programmes as part of a co-operation agreement signed today in Hà Nội.

Businesses that overcharge tourists will have their business licences revoked, according to a Quảng Bình Province official.

A fire damaged a furniture workshop in Đại Lãnh Commune in the central province’s Đại Lộc District early March 22.

A project approved by the then Prime Minister 16 years ago hasn’t been finished and continues to waste the State’s money.

 Private hospitals are struggling to receive patients, with most of them operating at 40-50 per cent of their capacity, according to the Việt Nam Private Hospital Association.

Old apartment buildings in Hà Nội that are in danger of collapsing have remained in their current condition for years because residents, authorities and investors have failed to agree on a plan to upgrade the structures.

The 2016 Labour Inspection Campaign was launched yesterday in northern Hưng Yên Province with a focus on construction, the sector which has claimed the most lives of workers in occupational accidents in Việt Nam.

The Airports Corporation of Vietnam (ACV) plans to upgrade the international terminal at Phú Bài Airport in central Huế City under the build-operate-transfer model, saying it was needed to serve the increasing number of passengers.

The World Bank (WB) has confirmed a package of US$239 million from the bank’s International Development Association (IDA).

Hà Nội’s Việt Nam Fatherland Front has decided to give VNĐ19 billion (US$851,000) to victims of drought and saltwater intrusion in 19 Central Highlands, southern and Mekong River Delta provinces.

Outstanding research works on the East Sea in 2015 were honoured by the Foundation for East Sea Studies (FESS) of the Diplomatic Academy of Việt Nam in Hà Nội yesterday.

Deputy Prime Minister and Chairman of National Traffic Safety Committee Nguyễn Xuân Phúc yesterday .

Hà Nội’s Việt Nam Fatherland Front has decided to give VNĐ19 billion (US$851,000) to victims of drought and saltwater intrusion in 19 Central Highlands, southern and Mekong River Delta provinces.

A large fire broke out at the Viglacera Thăng Long Joint Stock Company in the northern Vĩnh Phúc Province’s Phúc Yên District yesterday afternoon.

Police in the northern mountainous Sơn La Province have arrested three people for alleged involvement in human trafficking.

A fire on Pu Mô Mountain in the central Nghệ An Province’s Kỳ Sơn District has destroyed hundreds of hectares of forests.

Autonomy necessary for universities; drastic measures required to raise the quality of higher education, says Deputy Prime Minister Vũ Đức Đam