Mekong Delta improved its business environment: VCCI

Localities in the Mekong Delta region have improved their rankings in the Provincial Competitiveness Index (PCI), particularly in the business environment, according to the Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry (VCCI).

Young Francophones Reporters Vietnam 2016 Competition kicked off

Le Courrier du Vietnam (CVN), a weekly French language newspaper under Vietnam News Agency, is calling for young reporters living in Việt Nam who speak French to participate in a writing contest called "Young Francophones Reporters –Việt Nam 2016".

Fish death compensationfor farmers

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc yesterday signed a decision to provide urgent assistance to farmers in the central provinces of Ha Tinh, Quang Binh, Quang Tri and Thua Thien-Hue, who suffered losses from the unusual fish death that occurred in early April.

Red River project yet to be considered

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc has just isued an official note regarding the draft blueprint for a transportation and hydroelectric project on the iconic Hồng (Red) River of Hà Nội, affirming that the Government has not started the process of approving the project yet.

Hospital to provide free asthma checkups

The Bạch Mai General Hospital will provide free check-ups and consultations, as well as free medicine, to newly diagnosed asthma patients on May 21, in recognition of Global Asthma Day.

Nam Định police arrest wildlife trafficker

The police of northern Nam Định Province have arrested Phạm Văn Tú, 26, from central Hà Tĩnh Province, for illegally trafficking and trading four frozen tiger cubs.

 

Korean woman may have caught Zika in VN

The Ministry of Health has directed hospitals and healthcare centres in cities and provinces to strengthen monitoring and test samples for the suspected Zika virus.

Lao man arrested for illegally trading drugs

The police in the northern mountain province of Điện Biên arrested a man for illegally trading six cakes of heroin in Núa Ngam Commune of Điện Biên District yesterday.

Int’l flights come to Cát Bi Airport

Cát Bi International Airport in the northern port city of Hải Phòng will officially welcome international flights starting from May 11, according to the Civil Aviation Authority of Việt Nam. 

National Quality Awards presented

Seventy-seven domestic enterprises yesterday were granted the National Quality Award 2015, the country’s only prize to recognise outstanding enterprises regarding their product quality and performances.

New vaccines introduced

The Ministry of Health (MoH) has introduced several new vaccines in the National Expanded Programme on Immunisation in an effort to improve the efficiency of disease prevention, the Preventive Health Department reported Friday, May 6, 2016.

UV radiation reaches high-risk level in the South

The ultraviolet (UV) radiation index in the southern region, including HCM City, will continue to be at the high-risk level of 10-12 on a scale of 1 to 13 until the end of this week, according to a meteorological expert.

 

Pollution killed Thanh Hóa fish

More than 17 tonnes of fish raised in cages in the northern Thanh Hóa Province’s Thạch Thành District have died of contaminated water, the Voice of Vietnam (VOV) reported yesterday.

National highway section reopened

A 115-km stretch of the National Highway No 6 running through the provinces of Sơn La and Hòa Bình was re-opened to public on Saturday by the Ministry of Transport after a year of road works.

Street vendors

Bread street vendors earn their living on Hà Nội’s Hàng Giấy Street. — VNS Photo Việt Thanh

City wants to ease congestion at port

The HCM City People’s Committee has instructed relevant agencies to clear congestion on roads leading to Cát Lái Port in District 2, especially Nguyễn Thị Định Street and the Mỹ Thủy intersection.

 

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