Việt Nam News

Experts and officials are trying to decide what to do with a paper factory worth VNĐ3 trillion (US$133 million) in the Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta province of Long An that has been out of operation for many years due to technical problems.

In the context of global integration and competition, a National Qualifications Framework is an important tool to develop a skilled and mobile workforce, experts have said.

The State should create a fair environment and legal system to help associations and civil social organisations to develop.

Besides the stereotypical jobs like masseurs and IT engineers, many other vocations are now available to blind people.

The impact of climate change and a rise in sea levels has accelerated the erosion of sea dykes in the Mekong Delta, with the southernmost province of Cà Mau being the most vulnerable.

HCM City will relocate 1,210 households in areas prone to land erosion by rivers and canals under a larger resettlement plan that will be carried out until 2020.

HCM City Party Committee Secretary Đinh La Thăng has called for the Government to immediately address the problem of congestion at Tân Sơn Nhất, Việt Nam’s largest airport.

About 14 out of 58 enterprises were found violating labour safety, hygiene and insurance regulations in the first six months of this year.

Over 30,000 people living in 10 underprivileged communes in Quảng Bình and Lâm Đồng provinces have received information on reproductive health and family planning from a three-year European Union-funded project.

The Drug Crime Investigation Department under the Ministry of Public Security yesterday announced that they has seized about 2.5 tonnes of khat leaves, smuggled from Africa to Việt Nam for re-exporting to other countries.

The central city of Đà Nẵng officially decided to fine six Chinese nationals for the illegal operation of tourist services and violations of resident laws in the city with VNĐ20 million (about US$890) each.

Hà Nội police in co-ordination with police in the central Quảng Nam Province have arrested a group of people who set up fake websites to appropriate property.

The Fundamental Science and Society workshop opened this morning in the central Quy Nhơn City, with the participation of foreign Nobel laureates and local agencies working in the field.

The Ministry of Information and Communications has revoked the press card of Lê Trường Sơn, deputy-in-chief of Doanh nghiệp và Trang trại Việt Nam (Việt Nam Business and Farm) Magazine.

The government has approved an agreement on mutual visa exemption for diplomatic and official passport holders between Việt Nam and the Republic of Cyprus.

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc has ordered a probe into allegations that the People’s Committee of Vĩnh Phong Commune in Hải Phòng City’s Vĩnh Bảo District has held the red books (home ownership certificates) of 150 households for 19 years.

The World Bank (WB) yesterday approved a US$150 million credit for the Improved Land Governance and Database project of Việt Nam.

Twenty three schools in HCM City will adopt an advanced model that meets international standards this academic year, according to the city Department of Education and Training.