Minister of Transport Trương Quang Nghĩa, during an inspection on Sunday, said the new Ghềnh Bridge across the Đồng Nai River in the southern province of Đồng Nai would help the railway sector rebound after its recent decline.
The overloaded boat was carrying 53 passengers and three crew – double the allowed capacity. It skewed heavily in the middle of the Hàn River and capsized almost instantly.
Deputy Prime Minister Vương Đình Huệ has urged HCM City to accelerate the equitisation of state-owned enterprises (SOEs) to ensure that an SOE plan approved by the Prime Minister is completed by 2018.
The Việt Nam National Administration of Tourism (VNAT) has submitted a proposal to the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism for a long-term plan to promote domestic tourism, particularly in the central provinces of Hà Tĩnh, Quảng Bình, Quảng Trị and Thừa Thiên-Huế.
Three children drowned this morning when they fell into a small river, where they were fishing, in the central province of Thừa Thiên-Huế.
The Việt Nam Waterway Construction Corporation (Vinawaco) has been removed from the list of 26 poor contractors ranked by the Ministry of Transport.
A fire broke out at the headquarters of the Hải Phòng Radio-Television Station on Saturday, claiming the life of an employee.
The Hà Nội People’s Committee hosted a ceremony yesterday to kick start a series of activities for 2016 World Environment Day which will becelebrated in Việt Nam with the theme “Nature’s Call and Our Actions”.
Work began last Friday on the first phase of the Mỹ Thuỷ intersection in District 2 with total investment of nearly VNĐ838 billion (US$37.4 million), according to the city’s Department of Transport.
The government of HCM City on Friday (June 3) signed a US$450-million contract with a private company for a project to prevent tidal flooding in a 570-sq km area of the city.
HCM City’s Party Committee Secretary Đinh La Thăng has asked the privately owned Hoa Sen University to meet regulations to become a non-profit, private university and submit official documentation to the Ministry of Education and Training.
Tug of war, running and swimming were among the activities that autistic children took part in during the Friendly Sport Day held last week in HCM City.
Photo of the day -- Fish catching
The corpses of three missing people, including two children, from a boat that capsized in the Hàn River in the central city of Đà Nẵng on Saturday were found at about 5pm yesterday.
The national action month for environmental protection kicked off at a ceremony in Lào Cai city on Saturday in response to World Environment Day which is marked today.
The HCM City People’s Committee on Thursday (June 2, 2016) sanctioned several Minh Châu drugstores for selling smuggled cosmetics, dietary supplements and modern medicine, including antibiotics and prescribed drugs, in large quantities.
HCM City People’s Committee has asked the city’s departments, agencies and districts’ authorities to enhance management on trading of chemicals, especially to accelerate the remove the chemical trading Kim Biên Market from its current location, in an effort to prevent the city from fire and explosions.
Upgrades on the Hà Nội Irradiation Centre are expected to pave the way for more Vietnamese fruit, particularly those from the northern region, to reach overseas consumers.
The central province of Bình Định will host the 12th Recontres du Việt Nam (Meeting Việt Nam) next month – an international science conference set to feature about 250 domestic and foreign scientists, including several Nobel Laureates.
National Hospital of Tropical Diseases doctors used ECMO (Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation) technology to treat a serious case of pneumonia successfully in Hà Nội .
