Eighty-three traffic accidents happened in the three days of the New Year, killing 50 people and injuring 51 others, an increase of 29.7%, 31.6% and 45.7%, respectively, according to the Ministry of Public Security. At the scene of a traffic accident (Photo: VNA) The ministry reported that a total of 21,872 traffic law violations have been handled, with...

The Ministry of Public Security and Vietnam’s overseas representative agencies will add “place of birth” information in new passports from January 1, 2023, said the Vietnam Immigration Department. Illustrative image (Photo: VNA) Ordinary passports, issued before January 1, 2023 according to previously issued forms, are still valid until the expiry of the period stated in the passport. Another...

National flag carrier Vietnam Airlines on December 31 announced that it will offer a free flight to bring workers with difficult circumstances in southern provinces to their homes in the North for Lunar New Year (Tet) celebration. A flight carrying disadvantaged workers home will depart from Ho Chi Minh City to Hanoi on January 9, 2023. (Photo: VNA)...

Twenty six traffic accidents occurred nationwide on December 31 - the first day of the 2023 New Year holidays (December 31-January 2), killing 14 people and injuring 11 others, according to the Ministry of Public Security’s Traffic Police Department. Illustrative image. (Photo: VNA) The figures showed a rise of five accidents, but decreases of one fatality and one injury...

Deputy Prime Minister Le Minh Khai on December 30 signed a decision to supply rice from the national reserves to the provinces of Ninh Thuan, Soc Trang, and Cao Bang serving the upcoming occasion of 2023 Lunar New Year (Tet) festival. Illustrative photo (Source: VNA) Accordingly, the south-central province of Ninh Thuan will be provided with over 5,753 tonnes...

The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (MoNRE) held a ceremony on December 29 to connect the land database with the National Population Database and sign the regulation on work coordination with the Ministry of Public Security. Illustrative image (Photo: laodong.vn) Speaking at the signing ceremony, MoNRE Minister Tran Hong Ha said that on January 6, 2022, the Prime...

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has asked the Minister of Transport and Chairpersons of People’s Committees of the 38 cities and provinces where expressways run through to instruct authorities under their wings to conduct compensation and resettlement in line with legal regulations. Illustrative image (Source: VNA) In a dispatch on speeding up the implementation of important expressways signed...

Nearly 200 Vietnamese citizens arrived home from Japan on a free flight operated by the national flag carrier Vietnam Airlines on December 29 ahead of the Tet (Lunar New Year) holiday. Illustrative image (Source: VNA) The flight was part of a programme that is offering 456 free return air tickets, of which 196 are for international flights, along with...

The labour confederation of the southern province of Binh Duong on December 28 announced that it is coordinating with trade unions at all levels and relevant agencies to implement a programme to present tickets to workers living in disadvantaged circumstances to enable them to return home for the 2023 Lunar New Year (Tet) holidays. Trade union organisations in industrial...

The Party Organisation and authorities in the central Lao province of Vientiane on December 28 hosted a ceremony in Thoulakhom district to commemorate heroes and martyrs of the Laos-Vietnam combat alliance who laid down their lives on the Keun battlefield in 1946. Delegates at the ceremony (Photo: VNA) Delegates respectfully offered flowers and incense at the memorial monument. Speaking...