HCM City’s District 7 declared Zika-free

There are no Zika patients in District 7, where a South Korean woman found to have the disease had lived and worked, the HCM City Preventive Medicine Centre said on Tuesday.

Hà Nội to build 87ha eco resort

Chairman of the People’s Committee of Hà Nội Nguyễn Đức Chung has given the green light to prepare a plan to build an eco resort in Đông Anh District.

Two beverages tested for lead: MoH

The Ministry of Health has collected samples of two beverages sold by Việt Nam URC Co., Ltd., to test for lead in response to allegations it was selling poor-quality products.

 

Đắk Nông hit by heavy rainfall, whirlwinds

Heavy rainfall and whirlwinds blew away the roofs of tens of houses and severely damaged high-tech agricultural cages in the Central Highland province of Đắk Nông. The loss is estimated to run into billions of đồng.

Fish breeders sue seafood firms over pollution claims

Thirty-three caged-fish breeding farmers have sued over a dozen seafood enterprises, claiming that wastewater discharged into Chà Và River in the southern province of Bà Rịa-Vũng Tàu resulted in the loss of their fish.

Fishermen, locals suffer in wake of fish deaths

There has yet to be a definitive conclusion on the cause of mass fish deaths in the central region, but nonetheless, local residents whose diets rely on seafood and fishermen living along the coast from Hà Tĩnh to Thừa Thiên-Huế have been suffering.

Forum examines domestic violence

Việt Nam has been making strong efforts to secure equal rights for women and men, but violence against women and girls in the country was still a severe issue, experts stated in a workshop on gender equality launched yesterday in Hà Nội.

PM urges food safety, hygiene

Ministers, Government officials and People’s Committee leaders should improve management of food safety and hygiene, Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc said in a recent directive.

Bến Tre seeking int’l NGO help

The Mekong Delta province of Bến Tre has called for greater support from international NGOs in areas like healthcare and education and combating the impacts of climate change.

Incidents indicate industrial waste management failings

The recent massive fish deaths and waste water discharge in the central coastal region has demonstrated that industrial waste management is a worrisome problem, an official told a workshop held yesterday in Hà Nội.

Bodies of drowned high-school students found

The body of Hoàng Khánh Tùng, an 11th-grade student who drowned along with his two classmates while swimming near Quất Lâm Beach in this province on Sunday, was discovered today.

Hà Nội Capital Region Master Plan expands further

The three provinces of Phú Thọ, Thái Nguyên and Bắc Giang have recently been added to the Hà Nội Capital Region Master Plan by 2030. The move was approved by Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc.

4 bombs excavated from house in Hải Phòng

Engineers from the Military Command in Hải Phòng City, in co-ordination with the relevant units and the local authority, successfully removed four bombs to a safe place to defuse them.

Vietnamese worker killed by stab wound

A Vietnamese male worker was stabbed to death at the Arab Malaysian Industrial Park’s (Nilai) steel production plant located in Seremban city in Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia.

Ministry clamps down on transport violators

The Ministry of Transport has discovered a number of transport violations related to management, transport trading licensing, vehicle safety conditions and speeding after the ministry’s inspection in Quảng Ninh, Phú Thọ and Nghệ An provinces.

Online passport application cuts down on waiting time

The online passport application system has made administrative procedures simpler and reduced waiting times and overcrowding at government offices, according to the HCM City Public Security Department’s Immigration Management Office.

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