The HCM City People’s Committee has approved a pilot programme to sell safe food at two traditional markets -- Ben Thanh Market and the Hoc Mon Wholesale Market in the district of the same name.

Potential wrongdoings involving 15 trillion VND (658.5 million USD) and 6.7 million sq.m of real estate were found with the State-owned coal and mining giant, Vinacomin.

The Ho Chi Minh City People’s Court on January 8 began a trial on the case of “deliberately violating State regulations on economic management causing severe consequences” in the Vietnam Construction Bank (VNCB-present name CB). 

The Hanoi People’s Court opened the first instance trial on January 8 for Trinh Xuan Thanh, former Chairman and General Director of PetroVietnam Construction Joint Stock Corporation (PVC), and his accomplices on several charges of wrongdoings at the company.

VOV.VN - Miss Universe Vietnam 2017 H’hen Nie and her fellow pageant beauties have got down to work on their first charitable activity of providing aid to orphans and elderly people in need following the pageant’s finale in the south central province of Khanh Hoa.

VOV.VN - The advancement of international economic integration and the fourth Industrial Revolution has afforded significant opportunities for cooperation and development, while creating jobs but it has also posed challenges for Vietnam’s labour market in the digital era. 

The Vietnam Cyber Security under Authority of Information Security (AIS) of the Ministry of Information and Communications has developed an online tool to check email security.

English fluency targets set by a national project are too high and not backed by sufficient inputs, experts say.

The National Institute of Hematology and Blood Transfusion (NIHBT) has called on people to donate blood as the institute is in dire need of blood type O.

Riding on the successes of the last few years, the employees at Bayer Vietnam – a global enterprise with core competencies in the Life Science fields of health care and agriculture – have made their goodwill towards Vietnam felt through Bayer Volunteering Programme activities.

VOV.VN - The Vietnam Red Cross Society hosted a Lunar New Year charity program for the poor and victims of Agent Orange/dioxin in Hanoi on January 7. 

As Tet (Lunar New Year) holiday approaches, firecracker smuggling is again "hot" in the border areas. Several tonnes have already been seized by customs authorities as they head across the border into Vietnam.

The national centralised bidding for 20 types of drugs covered by health insurance has helped save VND251.13 billion (US$10.9 million) on drugs, said Duong Tuan Duc, director of the Centre for Health Insurance Appraisal and Multi-level Payments in the North under Vietnam Social Security.

 Four ships carrying officers, soldiers, journalists as well as New Year gifts departed from Cam Ranh military port in the central province of Khanh Hoa on January 6 for Truong Sa archipelago.

The Vietnam Embassy in Indonesia is working with local authorities to send home 71 Vietnamese fishermen, who were captured for violating Indonesia’s waters, within January.

Teaching and learning Vietnamese has long been a big demand of the overseas Vietnamese community in order to preserve the homeland’s traditional cultural values, heard a seminar held in Ho Chi Minh City on January 6.

The Hanoi People’s Court will open proceedings in the trial of Trinh Xuan Thanh, former Chairman and General Director of PetroVietnam Construction Joint Stock Corporation (PVC), and his accomplices accused of wrongdoings at PetroVietnam and its subsidiary PVC on January 8. 

“It might seem crazy what I'm 'bout to say” but yes, Vietnam was one of the five happiest countries in the world in 2017, at least that's what new data showed.

The HCM City People’s Committee has approved a pilot programme to sell safe food at two traditional markets -- Ben Thanh Market and the Hoc Mon Wholesale Market in the district of the same name.

VOV.VN - Nearly 1.5 million people in Dak Lak province have been covered by health insurance, accounting for more than 80% of the local population.

VOV.VN - Venerable Thich Le Hieu of Van Duc pagoda in Binh Dai district, Ben Tre province, is known for his kindness and passion for charitable and social work. His pagoda has adopted more than 100 orphans and abandoned children.

VOV.VN - 52 Vietnamese people won Australia Awards Scholarships in 2017. Three of them were people with disabilities, who made extraordinary efforts to win the prestigious scholarship.

VOV.VN -  Vietnam’s determination to build an enabling and action-oriented government to serve people and enterprises was reflected in its 2017 administrative reforms. 

Four automatic water environment monitoring stations, produced by the Da Nang Centre Of Integrated Circuits (CENTIC) were put into operation in the central city of Da Nang on January 6.

The internet service connecting Vietnam with other countries is expected to be affected this weekend due to a disruption in the submarine cable systems of Asia-Pacific Getaway (APG) and Asia-America Getaway (AAG).

A 17-day workshop that ended on January 6 taught safe driving skills and encouraged university students to promote traffic safety among their peers and in the community.

New faculties will be opened at universities during the 2018-2019 academic year, according to the Ministry of Education and Training’s new catalogue on training programmes in higher education.

The Drug Crime Investigation Department (PC47) under Ho Chi Minh City Police said on January 5 that they, in collaboration with the Investigation Police Department on Drug-Related Crimes (C47), had recently cracked down on a large drug trafficking ring.

The Mekong Delta province of Tien Giang will work to reduce its poverty rate from 4.02% to 3.69% in 2018.

Hanoi will continue stepping up application of science and high technology in agricultural production.