Serious flooding of large areas in the centre of Hà Nội in the past two days due to prolonged heavy rainfall is significant evidence that a project on improving the sewage system has failed to meet its target of completion this year, experts have said.
Việt Nam is seeking international assistance with HIV/AIDS prevention and control to avoid a resurgence of the disease.
The ministries of justice, home affairs, information and communication, and government office are drafting a plan to establish a system to receive feedback on public administration services.
Doctors at the Gia Định People’s Hospital in HCM City yesterday offered specialty consultation to doctors at the Củ Chi District Hospital through a video link.
Ministry of Information and Communications has appealed for media to focus more on reporting about human right issues in Việt Nam.
The Bank for Social Policies will be responsible for managing HCM City’s poverty-reduction fund in an additional 21 districts, the HCM City People’s Committee said on May 24.
US Secretary of State John Kerry and HCM City Party Committee Secretary Đinh La Thăng yesterday presided over the official launching ceremony for Fulbright University Việt Nam in HCM City.
Torrential rain in recent days has affected people’s lives and damaged property in Hà Nội and a number of northern provinces, according to the standing office of the national committee on disaster prevention and control.
Relevant authorities yesterday successfully rescue a beached whale in Diễn Thịnh Commune’s beach, Diễn Châu District, Central Nghệ An Province. The 14-16 metre length and 15-tonnes whale was found beached early in the morning on the same day. Authorities mobilised two excavators and hundreds volunteers to help the whale returning to the sea.— VNA/VNS Photo Tá Chuyên
Quảng Nam raids illegal gold and mineral mining operations
Đức Thọ District’s Military Command in the central province of Hà Tĩnh successfully removed a 340kg bomb from a local fish breeding lake yesterday, according to a local source.
HCMC will move a market selling chemicals and additives far from the city center
The Ministry of Education and Training has requested city and provincial People’s Committees to set up their own development plans on education and training in order to reduce the number of teachers being enrolled in some areas.
Torrential rain that began last night and continued until early this morning has flooded the city centre, resulting in traffic chaos for the local residents.
The Transport Ministry has announced a blacklist of incompetent contractors that failed to meet major requirements and will therefore have fewer opportunities to win bids.
HCM City’s Criminal Investigation Police arrested eight people suspected to be involved in inter-provincial drug smuggling ring, a source said yesterday.
With its favorable socio-economic conditions, HCM City should be a hub for start-ups, Deputy Prime Minister Vương Đình Huệ said at a working session with city leaders last Friday.
Đồng Nai Province authorities have urged their HCM City counterparts to choose one of two cost options offered with respect to the construction of a bridge to replace the Cát Lái ferry by its builder.
A privately owned medical centre for men’s health with some of the country’s leading urologists, endocrinologists, and cardiologists opened last Saturday in HCM City’s District 10.
NGO Animals Asia on Monday agreed to provide US$50,000 for elephant conservation efforts in the Central Highlands province of Đắk Lắk.
