Quảng Nam starts two key projects for development

The central province started construction of two key projects – the Nam Hội An Integrated Resort Project and the expansion of the Trường Hải-Chu Lai Mechanical Automobile Industrial Zone – in ceremonies yesterday.

Mass fish die-off still unexplained

A dead whale found on a beach in central Thừa Thiên-Huế yesterday morning has provided clear evidence of an environmental incident taking place in the coastal stretch of four central provinces.
 

City applauded for gender equity gains

HCM City has obtained significant progress in gender equality and empowerment of women and girls in the last five years, Nguyễn Trọng Đàm, deputy minister of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs, said at a conference held on Friday in HCM City.

Chợ Rẫy Hospital ups high-tech treatments

Chợ Rẫy Hospital in HCM City in the last year has applied a number of  advanced techniques in diagnosis and treatment, including organ transplans and PET/CT scans, according to the hospital director Nguyễn Trường Sơn.

Journalists urged to improve ethics, standards

The Vietnamese Journalism Association should pay more attention to the improvement of its members’ political and professional skills since the social and media environments have become complex, the head of the Central Publicity and Education Commission, Võ Văn Thưởng, told a journalists’ meeting yesterday.

Inspectors find dirty water in apartments

Inspections of three apartment buildings found the water quality did not meet the Ministry of Health's standards, Võ Nguyên Phong, deputy director of Hà Nội’s Department of Construction, said.

 

Pigs fed with illegal breeding substance destroyed

The inspection team of the agriculture ministry has for the first time destroyed a herd of pigs in Tiền Giang Province that were fed with food containing salbutamol, a banned substance in animal feeding.

MoHA aims to cut irksome bureaucracy

Newly-elected Minister of Internal Affairs Lê Vĩnh Tân said the ministry would focus on six key tasks stated by the 12th Party Congress’s Resolution and six management priorities stated by the Government, which stepped up the fight against corruption, aims to eliminate cumbersome bureaucracy and implement public administrative reform.

Students fail to make use of apprenticeship

Students fail to make use of apprenticeships as they lack the skills required to adapt to the real workplace, researchers from the HCM City Pedagogical University have claimed after a two-year study.

HCM City gets new private hospital

Vạn Phúc Hospital Co.Ltd has invested VNĐ750 billion (US$3.3 million) to build one 500-bed hospital with 17 wards at Vạn Phúc Riverside City in Thủ Đức District.

 

 

Youth capital contest kicks off

The UNESCO Centre for Culture and Education yesterday kicked off its Today’s Voice Contest 2016 for Vietnamese youth aged 18-29 across the country.

Hà Nội bus route approved for international airport

The Hà Nội People’s Committee has approved Hà Nội Transport and Services Corporation's (Hanoi Transerco's) proposal to start a bus route connecting the city centre with Nội Bài International Airport.

 

Businessman arrested over pyramid scheme

Investigative police unit under the Ministry of Public Security has prosecuted and put in custody Nguyễn Thế Anh, former general director of Phúc Gia Bảo 868 Company for alleged fraudulent appropriation of assets in an apparent pyramid scheme.

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