Ho Chi Minh City wishes to boost cooperative ties with Intel Group, particularly in high-tech human resource development.

Hanoi is planning to review and adjust school and business hours in a bid to reduce traffic jams and pollution.

 Delegates to a seminar held in Ho Chi Minh City on June 28 raised concern about the lack of highly-skilled IT workforce in the country. 

The central province of Ha Tinh is working to complete the compensation for units and individuals affected by the marine environment incident before June 30.

The Vietnam Red Cross (VRC) held a conference in Hanoi on June 28 to publicise its natural disaster forecast in 2017 and evaluate its capacity and resources to respond to emergencies.

The helmet use rate of primary school pupils in the southern province of Dong Nai reached 79% in 2017.

Chairman of the Planning, Finance and Audit Committee of the Lao National Assembly Vilayvong Budakham hoped the central province of Quang Nam will continue increasing cooperation with Lao localities.

The Ministry of Public Security has deployed synchronous measures to curb the increase of crime in the first six months of this year, heard a press conference in Hanoi on June 28.

The government will offer all possible support to businesses, start-ups and create jobs to workers, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has said. 

Ho Chi Minh City has set up a special task force to look into the expansion of the Tan Son Nhat Airport and submit to the Government in early September, the city’s top leader has said.

Over 650 children with disabilities have had access to early detection, intervention and inclusive education services during a three-year project in central Quang Binh province.

The Government Inspectorate on June 27 sent a team to Yen Bai province to examine suspected land mismanagement and misuse by Director of the provincial Department of Environment and Natural Resources Pham Sy Quy.

The Institute of Earth and Environmental Sciences under the German University of Postdam has sponsored US$85,545 for a flood resilience project in the central city of Hue.   

The Mekong Delta, home to some 18 million inhabitants, is plagued by severe riverbank erosion, which has been blamed on climate change and human factors.

VOV.VN - Workshop on the review and update of Vietnam’s Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) as part of the implementation of the Paris Agreement was held on June 28 in Hanoi.

The number of bus users in Ho Chi Minh has increased during the first half of this year thanks to the use of new and improved buses as well as the opening of extra routes and services.

A manhunt was launched by Vietnamese police on Monday for the former top executive of a state-run enterprise for his role in the company’s steep losses, even though the fugitive is believed to be hiding overseas.

The Health Ministry discussed a strategy to develop the pharmaceutical industry at a seminar it jointly held with the Party Central Committee's Commission for Economic Affairs and the Australian Embassy in Vietnam in Hanoi on June 27. 

A cultural, sport and tourism exchange programme between border localities of Vietnam and Laos will take place in the northern mountainous province of Son La from July 5-7. 

A UN delegation on June 27 had a working session with the Engineering High Command and watched the performance of a combat engineering team at Brigade 249 to assess their readiness for UN peacekeeping  activities. 

Sixty seven vessels have been approved to be built for fishermen in the central province of Thanh Hoa over the past three years of implementing the Government’s Decree 67 on measures to develop fisheries.

The Mekong Delta province of Long An plans to invest more than VND17 trillion (US$748 million) by 2030, or some VND1.21 trillion (US$53.2 million) each year on average, to construct water works to supply clean water to the localit’s entire 1.5 million population.

Nguyen Thi Lua, 54, a homemaker in Hanoi, was detected with leukaemia at Saint Paul Hospital where she had registered for a check-up, funded by health insurance.

VOV.VN - Authorities arrested three drug dealers today (June 27) for smuggling heroin across the border from Laos into Vietnam, reported the Vietnam News Agency.

VOV.VN - Hanoi health officials reported on June 25 that the capital city had experienced a dramatic increase in dengue fever cases this year to date compared to 2016, reported the Vietnam News Agency. 

The Vietnamese National Assembly (NA)’s Finance and Budget Committee and the Planning, Finance and Audit Committee of the Lao NA jointly held a conference to discuss decentralisation of state budget and public debt management on June 27 in the central province of Quang Nam.

As a centre of the Mekong Delta, Can Tho is expected to pioneer in the enhancement of urban resilience in Vietnam, heard a workshop held in the city on June 27.

The rapid rise of apartment blocks along several small roads in Hanoi has strained traffic infrastructure with thousands of new residents arriving at once.

The Ministry of Public Security’s Investigation Police Agency on June 26 issued a national warrant for Vu Dinh Duy, former General Director of Petrovietnam Petrochemical and Textile Fiber Joint Stock Company (PVTEX), for alleged crimes related to economic management.

Exams to select leaders and managers at department and division levels will be piloted in 14 ministries and 22 provinces and cities nationwide, according to the Ministry of Home Affairs.