Việt Nam News

Da Nang city’s immigration public security force and Ngũ Hành Sơn Police seized dozens of posters that had illegally printed the local beach under the name ‘China Beach’ at a tour service company in the city.

The search to find an Su30-MK2 aircraft that crashed off central Nghệ An Province has ended, Dương Minh Hiền, deputy commander of central Nghệ An Province’s Military Command, told local media yesterday.

An 11-hectare centre for chemical trading will be built near Phong Phú Industrial Park in HCM City’s District 8 to replace Kim Biên Market, known as the “market of death” for its sale of toxic, and sometimes banned, chemicals.  

The Bình Phước Food Administration yesterday ordered the suspension of a company’s operations following food poisoning of 33 workers who had to be hospitalised on Monday.

Typhoon Mirinae, the first to hit Việt Nam this year, has caused human and property damage in the north of the country after it rolled into the mainland from the midnight of Wednesday.

Relevant offices of Việt Nam and Laos are jointly investigating a large-scale pơ mu forest destruction ring, said an official from Quảng Nam Province People’s Committee.

HCM City plans to launch a pilot programme on using technology to control and trace the origin of pork in an effort to ensure consumer health and rights.

An alleged Chinese hacker group carried out several cyberspace attacks on Viet Nam’s two biggest airports and the official website of the national flag-carrier Vietnam Airlines this afternoon.

All cases causing airway insecurity at levels B and C (A is the highest level) in the first six months this year were made by people, and this fact raised a “red” alarm about work force quality in the airway sector, said the Civil Aviation Administration of Vietnam (CAAV).

Chronic hepatitis is a serious medical problem in Việt Nam, and liver cancer claims the most lives, the Preventive Medicines Department under the Ministry of Health (MoH) said.

The Hà Nội police will be given smart devices to check whether motorbike drivers have correctly transfered their vehicle ownership.

A Vietnamese flight attendant and her male companion have been arrested by Nội Bài International Airport Customs while trying to smuggle more than 3kg of gold into South Korea.

Mass fish deaths in Âm River were reported by the local people in the mountainous Lang Chánh District of Thanh Hóa yesterday afternoon.

Storm Mirinae battered mainland from northern Quảng Ninh Province to central Thanh Hóa Province last night, bringing heavy rain and strong winds.

 The HCM City People’s Committee has approved a plan to modernise fire-fighting facilities and equipment by 2025.

The central city plans to open a 31.8km Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) route connecting the Đà Nẵng International Airport and favourite destinations with Hội An City in neighbouring Quảng Nam Province.

The HCM City Department of Transport has called on the administration to build smart parking lots at hospitals to meet the burgeoning demand for parking space at most of them.