Việt Nam News

 Two people died after a fire broke out in their apartment in the Carillon apartment building, Tân Phú District, early this morning.

The Hà Nội People’s Court has sentenced Lê Văn Dũng (commonly known as Dũng Vova), a resident in the city’s Hà Đông District, to five years in prison for 'conducting propaganda against the State of the Socialist Republic of Việt Nam'.

The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism (MoCST) and the People’s Committee of Quảng Ninh Province held a ceremony to officially announce Việt Nam’s tourism reopening on Tuesday.

The national flag carrier Vietnam Airlines has announced that it will temporarily suspend flights on the Hà Nội-Moscow route from March 25 to review and clarify the procedures, requirements and regulations related to the craft insurance and flight operations to Russia.

The HCM City Department of Health yesterday said 12 out of 312 wards and communes were designated as medium-risk COVID-19 zones last week (March 14-20), while the rest were low-risk.

Health experts talked to  Sức khỏe&Đời sống (Health and Life) newspaper giving guidance for COVID-19 reinfections to ease residents’ concerns about the issue.

Residents and businesses in HCM City should become aware of the need to protect groundwater and take steps to do so, experts say.

A worrying trend has emerged with people selling medicine to treat coronavirus on social media sites. In some cases, posters send messages direct to patients.

The Vietnam Network for Child Online Protection recently debuted its website, aiming to help protect children using the internet

Bus passengers in HCM City can ring the police’s hotline 098 186 0202 to report sexual harassment and get timely intervention, the city’s Department of Transport has said.

COVID-19 update on March 22

This March, Power of No will be released on social media to redefine 'no' for young people and help them discover their power in influencing norms on drinking and driving.

The National Pediatrics Hospital officially opened its Human Milk Bank on March 22 with the support of the Ministry of Health and the Government of Ireland, Alive & Thrive, and Newborns Vietnam.

The court heard how Dragos arrived in the UK shortly before the bodies were discovered and met with other key players in the people smuggling gang. But after police recovered the lorry with the dead Vietnamese inside, Dragos fled the country.  He was eventually tracked down in Milan, Italy and was brought back to England to face the courts.  

The Central Military Commission’s Inspection Committee has decided to propose disciplinary actions be taken against the Standing Board of the Party Committee of the Vietnam Military Medical University in the 2015 - 2020 and 2020 - 2025 tenures, along with 12 officers involved in wrongdoings relevant to the Viet A Technologies JSC.

In Thanh Hóa Province, young people are taking the lead in economic development and applying new technologies to production, contributing to the province's start-up campaign. 

Over the years, violations related to the management and implementation of urban planning in Hà Nội have caused many consequences, putting pressure on urban infrastructure, inner-city traffic and people's lives.