Việt Nam News

HCM City hopes to ease traffic jams by efficiently using existing infrastructure, promoting investment in public transport, developing waterway transportation and speeding up transportation projects, participants at a seminar said yesterday.

The collapse of the Ghềnh bridge that shut down the North-South railway left businesses struggling with a big surge in transport costs.

The HCM City People’s Court sentenced three women to prison for anti-State propaganda at a trial yesterday.

At least three people died and eight others were injured after a seven-seat car plunged into an abyss in the northern mountainous province of Lạng Sơn yesterday.

Military Zone 9 said it was co-operating with Cambodian localities in searching for the remains of Vietnamese voluntary soldiers who died during wars in Cambodia.

 Hà Nội will not use budget funds, but mobilised social capital to build a three-storey underground parking lot in Thống Nhất Park, an official of the municipal people’s committee said.

Two Chinese nationals were yesterday sentenced to a total of 11 years in prison for using technical devices to steal VNĐ100 million (US$4,440) from multiple banks

Prime Minister Nguyễn Tấn Dũng has approved the setting up of a research and development centre for human organ and tissue transplants at 108 Military Central Hospital.

A fire broke out yesterday afternoon, destroying all equipment in a 2,000sq.m workshop of Bags Connection Vina Company in HCM City.

Surveillance cameras and speed monitoring devices installed along the Hà Nội-Lào Cai and  Pháp Vân-Cầu Giẽ-Ninh Bình expressways will start recording violations on May 1 and July 1 respectively, according to Transport Deputy Minister Nguyễn Hồng Trường.

The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) has launched a national programme promoting the involvement of all levels of authorities and society in the protection of dykes across  the country.

Students, especially those attending private schools and centres for continuing education in HCM City, face difficulties accessing research facilities and applying their research findings in practical settings.

HCM City’s Department of Information and Communication has submitted a plan to bury power lines in 2016-17 to the People’s Committee for approval.

The Tây Ninh Province People’s Committee has announced that the auxiliary border gate Chàng Riệc located in the province’s Tân Biên District has been officially upgraded to a main border gate.

A video contest about lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) issues, entitled “No limited love,” was launched today in Hà Nội.

Deputy PM Nguyễn Xuân Phúc has urged the southern province of Long An to resolve a dispute about maintenance fees between an industrial park developer and companies operating in the park.

The city authorities plan to reduce the number of small non-mechanised slaughterhouses to 30 per cent of the total number of slaughterhouses during the 2016-20 period.

About 251 bridges nationwide are facing the risk of collapse from collision with waterway vehicles because of their low clearance heights, the Việt Nam Inland Waterways Administration (Viwa) said.