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The police force can use 70-85 per cent of the revenue from handling administrative violations and 30 per cent of the revenue from auctioning vehicle licence plates. The Tuyên Quang Province Police handling a traffic safety violation. — VNA/VNS Photo Quang Cường HÀ NỘI — The police force can use …

The HCM City People’s Committee has issued a plan to strengthen fire prevention and fighting in high-rise residential buildings, apartment buildings, and individual houses.   Fire-fighting exercise at an apartment building in HCM City’s Gò Vấp District. — Photo www.sggp.org.vn HCM CITY — The HCM City People’s Committee has issued a plan to strengthen fire prevention and fighting in high-rise residential buildings, apartment buildings, and …

Authorities are facing challenges in enforcing claims in Việt Nam’s largest financial fraud case involving assets worth billions of dollars linked to Trương Mỹ Lan, the chairwoman of the Vạn Thịnh Phát group.   The IFC One Saigon owned by a subsidiary of Vạn Thịnh Phát Group is one of the assets …

The board advises tourists to temporarily avoid registering for the cross-border tour. Domestic travel services at the Bản Giốc Waterfall Tourism Area are still available as usual. Bản Giốc – Detian waterfalls. — VNA/VNS Photo CAO BẰNG — The management board of the Bản Giốc Waterfall Tourism Site under the …

Lifestart Foundation, a non-profit Organisation based in Hội An City and originating from Australia, has provided ten clean water filtration systems and water tanks to underprivileged schools situated in the mountainous Bắc Trà My and Phước Sơn districts of the central Quảng Nam Province. Children get clean drinkable water at …

About 7,000 people, including more than 3,000 children, have fallen victim to bomb and ammunition accidents in Quảng Trị Province since the end of the war. A PTVN’s team disposes of a large bomb weighing approximately 227kg, discovered at a quarry in Tân Hợp Commune, Hướng Hóa District, Quảng Trị Province. — …

Sky-watchers in Việt Nam have a chance to see the Perseid meteor shower on the night of August 12 and early morning of August 13, according to Vietnam Astronomy and Cosmology Association (VACA).   The Perseid meteor shower is one of the best shooting star displays of the year. —Photo …

The Việt Nam Railway Authority has proposed allocating medium-term capital to construct overpasses and underpasses, aiming to eliminate unauthorised rail crossings and reduce railway accidents. A railway crossing in Nam Định. The Việt Nam Railway Authority stated that this project involves the construction of overpasses and underpasses in combination with …

At least five pigs died and samples from the carcasses tested positive for the African swine fever virus at farms in two communes of Hoà Ninh and Hoà Phong in the central city. A pig farm in a rural area in central Việt Nam. At least five pigs had died …

A proposal on reducing administrative fines for drivers with positive blood alcohol concentration tests is seeking feedback. A traffic police officer measures a motorist’s blood alcohol level in Hà Nội. — VNA/VNS Photo Phạm Kiên HÀ NỘI — The Ministry of Public Security (MPS) recently proposed administrative fine reductions for …