Unsafe ‘floating restaurants’ to be shut down

The central coastal Khánh Hòa Province’s People’s Committee plans to shut down floating restaurants after one restaurant collapsed, killing two people in Vĩnh Hy Bay in the nearby Ninh Thuận Province earlier this week.

2015 malnutrition rate drops slightly, says survey

Malnutrition rates, both underweight and stunting, of children under five years old has reduced slightly in Việt Nam in 2015, a report of the National Institute of Nutrition (NIN) released today said.

HCM City aims to be smart city

HCM City’s Party Committee plans to establish a steering committee to provide guidance on developing the southern metropolis into a smart city that would improve the quality of life of its residents.

City to build pedestrian bridges

Five pedestrian overbridges will be built in HCM City’s Districts 3, Gò Vấp, Phú Nhuận, and Bình Thạnh and on Highway 1A this year, according the city’s Urban Traffic Management Zone No.1.

Pre-marriage clubs teach reproductive health

In a small house used for cultural, social and educational activities in Bình Thạnh District’s Ward 26, a group of young people was initially embarrassed when a young doctor explained how to use condoms. They were reluctant to answer questions about safe sex, causes for childlessness, reproductive health care and contraceptive methods.

 

Mechanised slaughtering delayed

HCM City’s plan to set up a mechanised slaughterhouse system replacing the existing manual one has been stymied for more than a decade after getting entangled in red tape.

748 sets of VN remains repatriated from Cambodia

As many as 748 sets of remains of Vietnamese experts and volunteers have been repatriated from Cambodia during the 2015-2016 dry season, as heard at the 15th meeting of the Vietnamese and Cambodian special task committees in HCM City yesterday.

 

VN needs $36.7m for waterway safety

The country needs nearly VNĐ825 billion (US$36.7 million) to ensure waterway traffic safety and upgrade waterway infrastructure by 2018, the latest report of the Vietnam Inland Waterways Administration (VIWA) said.

450 units of blood collected in Quảng Trị

The charity blood drive “Giọt hồng đất lửa” (Red drops of blood on heroic land), held in the central province of Quảng Trị yesterday, collected nearly 450 units of blood.

Mining firm allegedly pollutes Tuyên Quang

A mud waste product of manganese mining and exploitation has allegedly polluted the environment and threatened the lives of local residents in Chiêm Hóa District in northern Tuyên Quang Province.

Cà Mau to raise villagers' incomes

The southernmost province of Cà Mau over the next five years plans to raise the incomes of workers at craft villages that make fishing nets, repair fishing boats, and produce dried sea shrimp and fish.

City seeks $3.22b for anti-flood projects

Flood-prevention projects in HCM City will require an additional expenditure of at least VNĐ72 trillion (US$3.22 billion) over the next five years, according to a report from the city’s Department of Planning and Investment.

Prime Minister honours outstanding war heroes

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc has presented certificates of merit and gifts to outstanding individuals who rendered their service to the country’s revolution during a ceremony in the Mekong Delta city of Cần Thơ.

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