The Ministry of Foreign Affairs was demanded to work with the Ministry of Agriculture and Environment to promptly verify information on Vietnamese fishing vessels and fishermen detained abroad to enable local authorities to resolve the cases decisively.
Former agriculture deputy minister Hoàng Văn Thắng, using pre-existing connections, colluded with and bribed Thắng and several officials of the Department of Construction Management to influence project management directors to favour the Hoàng Dân company and its joint ventures in securing contracts.
In 2026, the city is also expected to face fiercer competition in attracting and retaining workers, especially in former Bình Dương, where post-Tết labour turnover remains high.
All 361 damaged houses across the city have been repaired, an increase of 54 houses compared to earlier reports
After the murders, the perpetrator fled the scene and went to a different hospital in Đào Duy Từ Ward. Once there, he climbed to a high floor before jumping to his death in an apparent suicide.
The HCM City University of Technology (HCMUT) has recognised 14 newly appointed academic title holders, including five professors and nine associate professors, bringing its total to 17 professors and 130 associate professors.
Prime Minister Phạm Minh Chính urges faster work on the Quang Trung Campaign as central provinces race to repair storm-hit homes and finish buildings before the 14th Party Congress.
Residents of HCM City have an average life expectancy of 76.7 years in 2025, about two years higher than the national average, local health officials said.
A nationwide minimum wage increase will take effect from January 2026, alongside a series of new policies covering labour registration, administrative sanctions, agricultural land tax and technology transfer for major railway projects.
Professional guidance, project 1816 and remote health care proved strategically vital – not as stopgaps but as enduring pillars of a modern health system.
Facing complex terrain and constant cross-border pressures, Hà Tiên Ward has turned to a community-based model in which local residents work closely with police to maintain security from the grassroots level.
The revised Personal Income Tax Law is widely regarded as an important adjustment that brings tax policy closer to real-life conditions, sharing the burden with taxpayers, particularly salaried labourers.
A lifetime rooted in the fields, Professor Trần Đình Long helped shape Việt Nam’s agricultural science, delivering high-yield, resilient crops and training generations of scientists.
In the first nine months of 2025, remittances to HCM City reached US$7.94 billion, up 6.3 per cent year-on-year, keeping it the country’s largest recipient, consistently accounting for about 60 per cent of the national total.
The HCM City Public Administrative Service Centre in Thủ Đức Ward began operating this morning, accepting administrative applications and documents from individuals and businesses.
Since the AI Traffic Control Centre began operating, traffic flow at key intersections in Hà Nội has improved and more than 1,000 traffic violations have been detected in just one week. With advanced technological infrastructure, effective law enforcement and increased public awareness, traffic conditions in Hanoi are expected to continue to get better and safer.
HCM City’s Department of Health has announced ten outstanding achievements of the city’s health sector in 2025, marking new milestones in building a modern and sustainable healthcare system.
HCM City plans to build the long-delayed Thủ Thiêm 4 Bridge using state budget funds, abandoning public-private partnership (PPP) models after years of regulatory and financing obstacles, city authorities said.
