Hanoi (VNA) – Constituents in Hanoi and central Thua Thien-Hue province expressed their attention to post-COVID-19 social security policies after listening to opinions from legislators and Government members during a plenary discussion broadcast live on TV on June 13. People facing difficulties caused by the COVID-19 pandemic receive financial aid in Ha Nam province (Photo: VNA) This debate was...

Hanoi (VNA) – Nearly 165 flights of the national carrier Vietnam Airlines have been affected by an incident involving an aircraft of budget airliner Vietjet Air that forced Tan Son Nhat international airport in Ho Chi Minh City to temporarily close down in the afternoon of June 14. The Vietjet Air plane skidded off the runway of Tan Son...

Da Nang (VNA) - The central city of Da Nang and the Gold Coast in Queensland, Australia signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to beef up their friendship and cooperation during an online ceremony on June 11. Chairman of the Da Nang People’s Committee Huynh Duc Tho shows the signed MoU at the ceremony on June 11 (Photo: VNA)...

Hanoi (VNA) – The national target programme on new-style rural area building has given a facelift to rural areas over the pat nearly decade, according to Deputy Prime Minister Trinh Dinh Dung. A road connects hamlets in Phuc Ninh commune, Yen Son district, Tuyen Quang province (Photo: VNA) Speaking at a meeting on the programme on June 11, Dung...

Hanoi (VNA) - The International Labour Organisation (ILO) said on June 10 it welcomed Vietnam’s efforts to improve the legal system to ensure safer labour migration and more benefits for migrant workers. Vietnamese migrant workers (Source: baomoi.com.vn) ILO Director in Vietnam Dr Chang-Hee Lee said it is important that the law prohibits the application of recruitment fees and related...

HCM City (VNA) – Ho Chi Minh City allocates about 10 trillion VND (431.9 million USD) a year for the transport sector but the funding does not seem to be enough for narrowing the gap between the local infrastructure system and travel demand, heard at a meeting on June 10. Hours-long congestion on Pham Van Dong Road leading to...

(LSO) - The improvement of nutrition status for children under five years old in the province has recently experienced many positive changes, the number of malnourished children in terms of underweight and stunting has decreased every year. This result is reached due to the efforts of health agencies and units in the province to synchronously and effectively implement measures...

(LSO) - The Lang Son provincial General Hospital on June 9 acquired the coronary stent intervention technique transferred by the Hanoi Heart Hospital. With the assistance of experts from the Hanoi Heart Hospital, doctors of the provincial General Hospital performed digital subtraction angiography (DSA) and coronary stent placement for the first three patients. After more than 3 hours, all...

Ninh Thuan (VNA) – The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) in Vietnam presented daily supplies to residents in the south central province of Ninh Thuan on June 9, in a bid to assist them in COVID-19 prevention and control. At the hand-over ceremony (Photo: VNA) The activity was a joint effort of UNICEF and the Centre for Clean...

Thua Thien-Hue (VNA) - Police in the central province of Thua Thien-Hue have arrested 11 suspects, including four Vietnamese and seven Nigerians for cheating and illegally appropriating property, worth over 120 billion VND (5.17 million USD), from Vietnamese citizens online. Ogo Emeka Donal at the police station (Photo: VNA) According to the police, the suspects are Ugochukwu Samuel...