(LSO) - The Public Administration Centre in Lang Son province on October 16 organised a ceremony to launch a website and Zalo application to handle administrative procedures. After receiving approval from the provincial authorities in July, the centre began building the website with an editorial board and specific operation rules. During a trial period from July to September, 30...

Hanoi (VNA) – Vietnam ranked 79th out of the 141 countries in law compliance cost index this year, referred to as B1 index, up 17 places from 2018, said the Ministry of Justice on October 16. Illustrative image (Photo: VNA) According to the Global Competitiveness Report 2019 announced by the World Economic Forum on October 8, Vietnam’s B1...

Hanoi (VNA) – Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has agreed to assign the People’s Committee of Ho Chi Minh City as the state agency to implement a project building an expressway linking the southern economic hub with Moc Bai in the southern province of Tay Ninh. Illustrative image (Source: VNA) The PM tasked the Ministry of Transport and the...

Quang Nam (VNA) – The Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) Committee of Quang Nam and the Lao Front for National Construction (LFNC) Committee of the Lao province of Sekong held talks in Tam Ky city in the central Vietnamese province on October 15. The talks between the Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee of Quang Nam province and the Lao Front for...

Binh Dinh (VNA) – The Vu A Dinh Scholarship Fund and its “For beloved Hoang Sa and Truong Sa” club on October 15 granted 110 scholarships to disadvantaged students in the south-central coastal province of Binh Dinh. At the event (Photo: VNA) The scholarships, each worth 1 million VND (43 USD), were presented to 50 ethnic minority students as...

Antofagasta (VNA) – Deputy Minister of Public Security, Assoc. Prof. Nguyen Van Thanh has won the silver prize of Best Practices Awards Programme of the Energy Smart Communities Initiative (ESCI) under the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum. Deputy Minister of Public Security, Assoc. Prof. Nguyen Van Thanh at the award ceremony in Chile (Photo: VNA) With a project on...

Hanoi (VNA) – The High-level People’s Court in Hanoi on October 14 increased the penalty imposed on one of the four defendants charged with “abusing position and power to appropriate assets” at the State-run Vietnam Shipbuilding Industry Group (Vinashin). Vinashin former Chairman of the Members’ Council Nguyen Ngoc Su (second, left) and other defendants at the appeal trial (Photo:...

Mexico City (VNA) – Nguyen Thanh Long, deputy head of the Party Central Committee’s Commission for Information and Education, introduced Vietnam’s achievements in preschool education, at the 19th International Meeting on Early and Preschool Education in Mexico’s Monterrey city from October 9-13. Nguyen Thanh Long, deputy head of the Party Central Committee’s Commission for Information and Education, speaks at...

Tokyo (VNA) – Two Vietnamese sailors were on board the Panama-flagged cargo ship which sank late October 12 in Tokyo Bay off Japan where it was anchored as Typhoon Hagibis approached, according to the Japan Coast Guard (JCG). Typhoon Hagibis strikes Japan on late October 12, claiming at least 25 lives and leaving 15 others unaccounted. (Photo: stuff.co.nz) The...

Phnom Penh (VNA) – About 100 Cambodian alumniin Vietnam held a get-together in Phnom Penh on October 13 to reminisce about their memories ofthe country. Participants at the event (Photo: VNA) Cambodian Under-Secretary of State of the Ministry of Commerce Sam Sereyrath said the annual event aims to strengthen the close relationship among those who used to study in...