The Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam (CAAV) has accepted a request from Cần Thơ International Airport to extend its operating hours, a move designed to help the airport meet growing demand. The Civil Aviation Authority of Việt Nam (CAAV) has accepted a request of Cần Thơ International Airport to extend its operating hours, a …
Read More »Đồng Nai farmers again enthused about pepper as prices soar
Pepper prices increased in the first half of this year, bringing cheer to farmers in the southern province of Đồng Nai and encouraging many to grow it again. Soaring pepper prices in the first half of this year have allowed Đồng Nai farmers to freshly plant pepper seedlings to replace …
Read More »HCM City strengthens information security protection
HCM City is implementing solutions to ensure information security, including a four-layer protection model. HCM City’s smart traffic monitoring and operation centre. — VNA/VNS Photo Tiến Lực HCM CITY — HCM City is implementing solutions to ensure information security, including a four-layer protection model. Lâm Đình Thắng, director of the city’s Department of Information and Communications, …
Read More »Policies urged for valuable, economically beneficial medicinal herb development
The development of the medicinal herb industry should be linked with scientific research, production and preservation and processing chains. A pharmacist checks medicinal herb samples in a company in Đức Hòa Commune, the Mekong Delta province of Long An.—VNA/VNS Photo Hồng Đạt HÀ NỘI — Specific policies in the development …
Read More »Truck driver fleeing the scene after killing mother, 3 children in Hà Nội
The collision caused the small truck to veer into a motorbike driven by N.T.H., who was carrying her three children, N.T.K.O., N.T.T.M., and N.T.S. Scene of the accident. Four victims were pinned against a bridge abutment and died. — Photo nld.com.vn HÀ NỘI — A truck driver caused an accident …
Read More »HCM City targets completion of metro pedestrian bridges by September
Construction of pedestrian overpasses to nine stations on metro line No. 1 is being speeded up to ensure completion by September, according to the HCM City Management Authority for Urban Railways (MAUR). Construction of pedestrian overpasses to nine stations on metro line No. 1 is being speeded up to ensure …
Read More »Too many barriers in organ donation and transplantation, say experts
Việt Nam recorded about 1,000 people receiving organ transplants in 2023, making Việt Nam a country with the most people receiving organ transplants in Southeast Asia. Associate Professor, Dr. Nguyễn Thị Kim Tiến, former Minister of Health and chairman of the Vietnamese Association for Organ and Tissue Donation, speaks at …
Read More »Debt issues behind murder-suicide involving Vietnamese in Bangkok: Police
According to the police, one person killed five others in the room then took their own life. It is understood the killings stem from debt-related issues. Bangkok police commissioner Thithi Saengsawang speaks at the press briefing on the case. — GETTY/VNA Photos HÀ NỘI — Thai police on Wednesday morning announced …
Read More »HCM City’s former vice chairwoman arrested for abuse of power
The former Vice Chairwoman of HCM City People’s Committee Nguyễn Thị Hồng has been arrested for alleged abuse of power during her official duties, the police said on Wednesday. Nguyễn Thị Hồng (second from left), former vice chairwoman of HCM City, and other ex-officials at the Vietnam Rubber Group, have …
Read More »Huế becomes Việt Nam’s first city to build bike lanes on pavements
Huế City is the first locality in Việt Nam to build bicycle lanes on pavements, with the work being in its final stage. They span the city’s main roads and run for over eight kilometres. Bike lanes have been built on pavements on some of Huế’s most congested streets to improve traffic …
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