Dương Anh Đức, deputy chairman of the HCM City People’s Committee, meets director of ILO Việt Nam, Ingrid Christensen, on Monday. VNA/VNS Photo Xuân Khu HCM CITY — HCM City will partner with the International Labour Organisation to improve the business performance and working conditions, a city leader has said. With …
Read More »12 new bus routes bolster HCM City public transportation
Buses at the Miền Tây (Western) Bus Station in HCM City’s Bình Tân District. — VNS Photo Nguyễn Diệp HCM CITY — The municipal transport department has proposed 12 new bus routes that will expand the city’s public transport network, increase inter-locality connectivity and encourage residents to use public transportation. The proposal has …
Read More »960 new coronavirus cases confirmed in Việt Nam
Doctors in Hà Nội provide free post-COVID health check-ups on June 3. — VNA/VNS Photo HÀ NỘI — Việt Nam on Tuesday announced 960 new COVID-19 infections nationwide, all locally transmitted. The national caseload since the start of the pandemic now stands at 10,727,005. The capital city of Hà Nội still topped the country with 192 …
Read More »960 new COVID-19 cases reported on Tuesday
The 960 new cases are all local infections including 822 in the community detected in Hà Nội (192), Yên Bái (67), Phú Thọ (55), Đà Nẵng (54), Nghệ An (48), Hải Phòng (42), Vĩnh Phúc (40), Hồ Chí Minh City (35), Hải Dương (35), Lào Cai (34), Bắc Ninh …
Read More »Officials dismissed from health minister, mayor posts
Nguyễn Thanh Long. — VNA/VNS Photo HÀ NỘI — The National Assembly (NA) on Tuesday approved resolutions on the dismissal of Nguyễn Thanh Long from his positions as deputy of the 15th legislature and as Health Minister over his wrongdoings in a COVID-19 test kit scam. Earlier, the NA heard a …
Read More »Dominican man jailed for murdering Vietnamese student
Defendant Brian Alberto Cabrera Cruz. — Photo MBS News HÀ NỘI — A man convicted of murdering a Vietnamese student in Japan has been jailed for 12 years. Brian Alberto Cabrera Cruz, from the Dominican Republic, initially denied killing the 21-year-old claiming he was attacked first and was acting in self …
Read More »HCM City: Workers allowed to live in IZs, 20,300 canal bank houses relocated
Workers in HCM City can live temporarily in industrial zones from July 15 onwards. Photo courtesy of plo.vn HCM CITY – Workers in HCM City can live temporarily in industrial zones from July 15 towards ensuring smooth production and related business activities, municipal authorities say. Under regulations on management of …
Read More »Police crack down on overloaded vehicles
An overloaded lorry seized by Hà Nội Traffic Police. — VNA/VNS Photo HÀ NỘI — A one-month crackdown on overloaded vehicles across the country will begin on June 15, the Ministry of Transport (MOT) has announced. The campaign has come about after a number of overloaded vehicles with widened trunks have damaged …
Read More »Poor urban development cause of flooding, congestion in HCM City: experts
Nguyễn Hữu Cảnh Street in HCM City’s Bình Thạnh District is flooded after heavy rains recently. — VNA/VNS Photo Mạnh Linh HCM CITY — Experts have called on HCM City to improve urban planning to mitigate pressing problems like flooding and traffic congestion. “Poorly planned urban development” is to blame …
Read More »Nearly $2 billion spent on unemployment insurance in 2 years
HÀ NỘI — The Vietnam Social Security (VSS) office used more than VNĐ45.444 trillion (US$1.96 billion) from the unemployment insurance fund to pay employees and employers over the past two years, given serious COVID-19-induced difficulties facing production and business. In the context of the pandemic, the Prime Minister issued a series of …
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