Việt Nam News

National Assembly Chairwoman Nguyễn Thị Kim Ngân has asked the UN to continue assisting the Vietnamese legislative body to fulfill its role during the process of realising sustainable development goals (SDGs).

Building social housing for workers and improving infrastructure at industrial zones were among issues raised by more than 300 workers at dialogues with Hà Nội authorities on Thursday.

The World Bank (WB) announced it recently approved additional funding of USD$119 million for the ongoing Urban Water Supply and Wastewater Project in Việt Nam.

 All public schools in HCM City will be required to teach swimming beginning in the 2016-17 school year under a new directive from the city’s Department of Education and Training.

Seven million customers in 21 southern cities and provinces, except for HCM City, can now call the hotline 19001006 to submit complaints or request electricity registration and galvanometer attachment services.

Leaders from across major sections of Vietnamese civil society are taking on a new role in a nation-wide campaign to promote zero tolerance of wildlife crime through consumer behaviour change.

A fire ripped through the 1,000+ sq. warehouse of Van Thanh mattress company in HCMC’s Củ Chi District at about 1.30pm yesterday.

The Ministry of Agricultural and Rural Development (MARD) has proposed the Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc suspend a project on hydropower plants in the Central Highlands Province of Đắk Lắk to preserve environment and avoid doing harm to wild animals.

The higher education students take, the higher the rate of unemployment they might suffer, Deputy Minister of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs, Doãn Mậu Diệp, said. The statement is referring to the more than one million unemployed of working age in the country in the first quarter of this year.

The island country of Indonesia has repatriated 33 Vietnamese fishermen who were reportedly detained in late 2015 and early 2016 for accidently fishing in Indonesia’s seas.

The Vietnamese Embassy in Ukraine has urged the host country’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs to quickly work with relevant agencies to clarify the unwarranted raid and property confiscation of Vietnamese citizens in Odessa city on May 23.

Police in central Phú Yên Province have found signs of criminal activity leading to deforestation across nearly 110ha of land in Phú Mỡ Commune, Đồng Xuân District.

All samples of salt products taken from central coastal provinces that recently recorded an unusual massive fish death along the coast were tested and have met the national quality standards, the National Agro-Forestry-Fisheries Quality Assurance Department (NAFIQUAD) announced yesterday.

A global business start-up contest is being organised for the first time in Việt Nam to offer high school and university students in the country a chance to win money and support for their business ideas.

The Deputy Minister of Education and Training yesterday urged vocational training schools to renew curricula and methodology to help improve employee skills at industrial parks and export processing zones.

Local authorities of islands in central provinces- such as Quảng Nam, Quảng Ngãi and Bình Định - are facing shortages of knowledgable officials and difficulties in calling for officials to work at local authorised agencies.

The Ministry of Transport will inspect and discard unreasonable toll booths on build-operate-transfer (BOT) expressways across the country.

The World Health Organisation (WHO) urged Việt Nam to create a non-smoking environment during a meeting held on Thursday in Hà Nội, ahead of World No Tobacco Day on May 31.