Việt Nam News

The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) has requested provinces and cities to actively and closely monitor weather developments to be ready for any emergency.

The expressway projects that are completed on time or ahead of schedule will open up new opportunities and development space for the entire Mekong Delta region as well the country.

A planning appraisal council for railway lines and stations across ​​Hà Nội has been established by the Ministry of Transport.

Vạn Thịnh Phát Chairwoman Trương Mỹ Lan, who is on death row, is facing additional charges, including misappropriation of assets through fraudulent bond issuances, as part of what is considered Việt Nam’s biggest financial scam ever.

The police then discovered and retrieved three bodies from the burnt building, which were later identified to be a 93 years old woman, Nguyễn Thị Ngọc Nh., along with her two children, Trần Ngọc C. (52 years old), and Trần Ngọc Anh Th. (58 years old).

The Mekong Delta is expected to have about 1,200km of expressways, with some 600km to be completed within this tenure, Prime Minister Phạm Minh Chính said during a field trip to the Châu Đốc-Cần Thơ-Sóc Trăng expressway project on July 13.

The European Association of Urology (EAU) on Friday (July 12) officially established a representative office in Việt Nam located at HCM City-based Bình Dân Hospital.

PM Chính asked the People’s Committee of Hà Giang to coordinate with their counterparts of Cao Bằng and Lai Châu provinces, and other localities and agencies to continue handling landslide consequences and seeking the missing (if any), while supporting the families of the deceased.

Speaking at the ground-breaking ceremony, Vietnamese Minister of Public Security Senior Lieutenant General Lương Tam Quang said that after the Academy of Politics of the Lao People's Public Security, the centre is a result of the special solidarity and close cooperation between the two Parties, States and people of the two countries in general, and between the two public security forces in particular.

A Ford Transit van was buried by a landslide while on its way from Hà Giang Province to Bảo Lâm District in Lâm Đồng Province, leaving passengers dead or injured.

The Ministry of Transport is collecting opinions from agencies, organisations, and localities on a plan for connectivity between existing Tân Sơn Nhất International Airport and under-construction Long Thành International Airport.

The project’s investor has worked closely with relevant units of the MoT so that the appraisal and acceptance of safety documents will be completed within this month.

Vietnamese Ambassador to Australia Phạm Hùng Tâm lauded the growing interest of both countries in gender aspects in priority agendas such as climate change, and bilateral cooperation areas.

According to the media, a visitor reported that she was scammed, twice, when booking accommodation in Hạ Long City via two booking websites, which gave out false addresses.

Travelling during the National Day holiday, rail users could get a five per cent discount on round trip and seven per cent discount for group bookings of 20 or more.

Authorities have installed barriers around bridge railings, in addition to putting more focus on mental health counselling to try and deter those who think of taking their own life.

The move comes as measles and whooping cough cases rise in some provinces and cities showing complex developments.