State strictly controls trading, transport of smuggled pigs

The General Department of Market Surveillance under the Ministry of Industry and Trade has requested its branches in some southern provinces strengthen inspection and control over the trading and transport of smuggled pigs.

HBSO stages crime opera at Opera House The HCM City Ballet Symphony Orchestra and Opera (HBSO) will stage the crime opera Yesterday’s Memory at the HCM City Opera House on November 17.

Hà Nội to keep a close watch on food origin

Hà Nội will focus on inspecting food origin to bolster food quality control in the coming months, chairman of the city’s People’s Committee Nguyễn Đức Chung said on Monday.

HCM City to seek upgrade of Food Safety Management Board HCM City wants to upgrade its Food Safety Management Board into a department and plans to seek Government approval for it.

Politburo discussed anti-corruption documents

Party General Secretary and President Nguyễn Phú Trọng chaired a meeting of the Politburo in Hà Nội on Friday to look into fighting corruption.

Seminar discusses ways to combat sugar smuggling Reducing smuggling of sugar into Việt Nam requires strengthening of preventive measures and co-ordination among relevant agencies, further lowering of sugar production costs and requiring sugar to have clear origin details among other things, a seminar heard in HCM City on Wednesday.

BSA launches 'Clean Up to the Countdown' campaign CEOs in Viet Nam should continue to make serious efforts to eliminate unauthorised software used at their companies, a spokesperson for the BSA|The Software Alliance (BSA) has said.

MONRE to survey Mekong Delta’s subsidence

The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment plans to make a full inspection of subsidence in the Mekong Delta provinces between 2020 and 2025.

PM urges completion of delayed expressway Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc has asked the ministries and companies responsible for the construction of the Trung Lưong-Mỹ Thuận Expressway project in the Mekong Delta province of Kiên Giang to ensure it’s completed by 2021.

Việt Nam’s energy transition faces challenges

Việt Nam News talks to Vietnamese and Danish lawmakers and experts about barriers that Việt Nam has faced in energy transition to reach sustainable development goals, experience from Denmark and the two countries’ partnership in the field.