Individuals or organisations who are found to cause damage to trees will be fined up to VND30 million (US$1,300) from January 15, says a new Government decree.

Defendants in the first-instance trial on several charges of wrongdoings at the PetroVietnam Construction Joint Stock Corporation (PVC) had the final say on January 17 morning before the judging council deliberates the verdict.

The 6,000th child with heart diseases has just received free surgery under a programme funded by VinaCapital Foundation, said CEO of the foundation Robin King Austin on January 16.

A project to prevent violence against women and to provide consultations for victims of gender-based violence was launched in Hanoi on January 16.

VOV.VN - Three workers were killed and three others seriously injured after scaffolding at a construction site in Hanoi’s Nam Tu Liem District fell down in the early morning of January 17.

The Vietnam Maritime Search and Rescue Coordination Centre for Zone 2 in the central coastal city of Da Nang has helped save the life of a Philippine sailor who had some health problems.

The retirement age in Vietnam, currently 60 for men and 55 for women, may be gradually raised to 62 and 60, respectively, beginning in January 2021, the Ministry of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs (MOLISA) proposed.

Hanoi plans to launch a pilot programme on using technology to trace the origins of agricultural products in an effort to ensure consumer health. 

Vice President Dang Thi Ngoc Thinh on January 16 visited and presented gifts and scholarships worth more than VND300 million to policy beneficiaries and disadvantaged students in border districts of Tan Bien, Chau Thanh and Ben Cau in the southwestern  province of Tay Ninh.

Deputy Prime Minister Truong Hoa Binh has requested the Government Inspectorate to deploy comprehensive solutions to fight corruption, detect and promptly address corruption cases.

Vietnam’s Ministry of Industry and Trade and Cambodia’s Commerce Ministry began the construction of a model border market along the two countries’ shared border on January 16.

VOV.VN - Hanoi was under a thick blanket of fog on the morning of January 16, reducing visibility on streets throughout the city.

The body of Nguyen Xuan Dinh, who died in an accident in a construction site in Algeria, was brought home on January 15 at the request of his family.

Twenty-one best works were honoured at the sixth National Environmental Film Festival in Hanoi on January 16.

The use of Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6) in Vietnam in 2017 grew by 200% from 2016, heard a conference held by the Vietnam Internet Centre under the Ministry of Information and Communications (MIC) in Hanoi on January 16. 

Demand for driver education in Ho Chi Minh City surged in 2017, mostly as a result of news that car prices would drop in 2018 following the scrapping of several import duties.

Hundreds of maple trees have been planted on Nguyen Chi Thanh, Lang Ha and Tran Duy Hung streets in Hanoi in the past weeks to increase the capital’s green space.

Two Vietnamese sailors rescued from a sunk Malaysian fishing vessels were brought back to Vietnam on January 15 by a ship of Zone 3 Search and Rescue Centre on January 15. 

Underground rainwater harvesting tanks will be piloted in a vocational training school for the disabled in the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho. 

Irish Aid, in cooperation with the central city of Da Nang, has signed an agreement for a project described as strengthening the capacity and sustainability of early childhood disabilities detection and intervention for the next three years with funds totalling VND18 billion (about US$796,000).

Police in Vietnam are hunting the driver of a pickup truck who fled after fatally striking two young girls.

The People’s Court of Nghe An province has given five years in jail to Nguyen Van Oai for “resisting on-duty officials,” and “not serving the sentence” at a second instance trial in Vinh city on January 15.

A lot of activities have been carried out across Vietnam to support labourers and poor people on the occasion of the upcoming Lunar New Year (Tet) festival.

Vice President Dang Thi Ngoc Thinh visited and granted gifts to poor people and families of those who rendered service to the nation in the southern province of Binh Phuoc on January 15.

The Ho Chi Minh City Traffic Safety Committee has deployed various measures to ensure traffic safety and order in the city before and during the Tet (Lunar New Year) holiday.

Vietnam’s much vaunted digital access and advantages that arise from it could run out of steam unless it is renewed and made more substantial, experts have said.

Trinh Xuan Thanh, former Chairman of the Board of Directors of the PetroVietnam Construction Corporation (PVC), continued denying the “embezzlement of assets” during a trial for him and his accomplices on January 15.

This year’s year-end bonuses at enterprises nationwide are expected to be higher than last year. 

The Government Inspectorate of Vietnam and the French Anti-Corruption Agency signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on cooperation in preventing and fighting corruption in Hanoi on January 15.

VOV.VN - National Assembly Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan has applauded the important role of the State Audit of Vietnam (SAV) in supporting the government and the legislature’s management activities.