VOV.VN - Reducing the number of illegal workers in the market of the Republic of Korea (RoK) will require the greater combined effort of all relevant parties as this highly lucrative market has been considered a key factor behind Vietnam’s growing labour exports over recent years.

VOV.VN - The European Union (EU) will help Vietnam to ensure electricity access in rural, mountainous and island areas via the 108 million EUR Energy Sector Policy Support Programme using its non-refundable aid. 

The High-level People’s Court in Hanoi on May 4 upheld the charges and sentences for three former leaders of the Ocean Commercial Joint Stock Bank (OceanBank) ruled at the first-instance trial for their wrongdoings at the bank.

The Committee on Foreign Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) held a conference in Hanoi on May 4 to inform these organisations on Vietnam’s policies and affairs related to them.

The Ho Chi Minh City People’s Court on May 4 gave punishments from three-year suspended prison sentences to seven-year imprisonment to the defendants charged with “violating regulations on lending in activities of credit institutions” at Dai Tin Commercial Joint Stock Bank (Trust Bank), the predecessor of the Vietnam Construction Bank (VNCB).

The northern localities have so far this year planted 40,720 hectares of forest, declining 6.1% year-on-year, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has approved a project to develop new-style rural areas in extremely difficulty and insecurity-prone communes and those meeting less than five new-style rural criteria in the northern mountainous province of Bac Kan from 2018 – 2020.

Contributions of Marxism-Leninism to Vietnam’s nation building and safeguarding cause have been spotlighted at a seminar held in Hanoi on May 3 on the occasion of the 200th birth anniversary of German philosopher Karl Marx (May 5).

VOV.VN -The 13th National Radio Broadcasting Festival 2018 opened at the Labour Cultural House in Vinh city, Nghe An province on May 3.

Four French doctors have been awarded with certificates of merit of the Vietnamese Health Minister Nguyen Thi Kim Tien for their contributions to public health care in Vietnam. 

A foreign passenger made a false bomb threat while completing check-in procedures at Cat Bi Airport in the northern city of Hai Phong on May 3.

Deputy Minister of Home Affairs Nguyen Duy Thang has stated that Vietnam will firmly deal with activities that violate the law and go against public morality in the name of religion while upholding the freedom of religion and beliefs. 

Vietnam Social Security Fund (VSSF) will not go bust by 2025, Deputy General Director of the Vietnam Social Security Dao Viet Anh has said. 

Vietnam targets building at least three smart cities in 2017-2020. But to reach that goal, it needs to have better infrastructure, more money and a more qualified workforce.

President of the Vietnam Medical Association (VMA) Nguyen Thi Xuyen has received the rotational chairmanship of the Medical Association of Southeast Asian Nations (MASEAN) for the 2018-2020 tenure.

Timely reports made by people have helped rescue many wildlife animals, said Director of Education for Nature Vietnam Bui Thi Ha on May 3.

The Ho Chi Minh City People’s Procuracy on May 3 proposed sentences for eight defendants charged with “violating regulations on lending in activities of credit institutions” at Dai Tin Commercial Joint Stock Bank (Trust Bank), the predecessor of the Vietnam Construction Bank (VNCB).

A 65-hectare freshwater reservoir with a designed capacity of 4.5 million cubic metres will be built in Vinh Tuong commune, Vi Thuy district, the Mekong Delta province of Hau Giang in response to climate change.

VOV.VN - The customs office at Saigon Port under the Ho Chi Minh City Customs Department discovered and confiscated 3.3 tons of pangolin scales which had been illegally imported from Africa.

Three firefighters from the Firefighter Police Division in Binh Tan district, Ho Chi Minh City have been awarded the orders of the State President for their bravery in a fire in 2017.

A recent survey conducted by the Ministry of Health shows that more than three million Vietnamese people are infected with Hepatitis C virus (HCV).

VOV.VN - An exhibition of equipment and technology used in radio and television has been organised as part of the 13th National Radio Festival 2018 opened in Vinh City of Nghe An Province on May 3.

VOV.VN - Professor Tran Van Tho, a member of the Prime Minister's Economic Advisory Group, and two other Vietnamese people have been bestowed with the Order of the Sacred Treasure from the Emperor of Japan. 

The Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam (CAAV) has issued an instruction on ensuring aviation safety after recent incidents, especially the landing of a Vietnam Airlines’ flight in a runway that has not been ready to use in Cam Ranh International Airport in the south central province of Khanh Hoa.

Ho Chi Minh City is leading the nation in the management and treatment of household and animal husbandry waste, said officials from the National Assembly’s Committee for Science, Technology and Environment at a working session with the municipal authorities on May 2.

Innovators and researchers from Asian countries and territories are meeting to exchange experience and knowledge, and discuss collaboration opportunities at the 4th Fablab Asia Network Conference that opened in HCM City on May 2.

 A training course on hospital quality management opened for more than 100 medical staff in the Central Highlands province of Lam Dong on May 2 as part of the second phase of a health care project being carried out in the region.

The Vietnamese Fellow-countrymen Association in the Macau Special Administrative Region of China on May 1 held a meeting to mark the 43rd anniversary of South Liberation and National Reunification Day (April 30) and 132nd International Labour Day (May 1).

Hanoi authorities have ordered a review and possible seizure of super tiny and narrow houses for public use such as gardens.

Fulbright University Vietnam, the first American-style, non-profit university in the country, has appointed a new chair to succeed her predecessor whose role at the school raised ethical questions.