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Two drug cases uncovered in Hanoi

Police of Hanoi’s Long Bien district said on July 31 that they have detained three people for illegal drug transportation and trading.

 

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Sharp rises in Q2 corporate earnings come from asset sales

 

New digital era for Vietnam's banks

Much is being done to take Vietnam's banking and finance sector into the digital age, according to industry insiders.

Controversy raised over HCM City bus lanes

HCM City authorities have planned to open pilot public bus lanes on Dien Bien Phu and Vo Thi Sau streets in late 2019.

 

A trip to Truong Sa – a destination of attractions and emotions

I first learned about the Truong Sa (Spratly) Islands when I was at primary school in the 1980s. Every year, when Tết (Lunar New Year) approached, the students wrote letters and collected gifts to send to the soldiers stationed on the islands.

Sweet longan fruits of Hung Yen

Longan fruit is a specialty of the northern province of Hung Yen. The fruit is round, its skin is light yellow and firm, while its flesh is fragrant, sweet and succulent.

Fake reporters extort VNĐ50 million from construction material companies

Hanoi police on Tuesday started criminal proceedings against three men suspected of posing as journalists to blackmail 20 construction material firms in Hanoi and neighbouring provinces.

SMS campaign launched to help Agent Orange victims in Vietnam

The Viet Nam Association for Victims of Agent Orange/Dioxin (VAVA) in collaboration with the National Humanitarian Information Portal 1400 launched an SMS campaign to mobilise funds to support Agent Orange victims in Vietnam on Tuesday.

Vietnam's GM Truong Son shines at Hunan International Chess Open

Vietnamese grandmaster Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son enjoyed a straight-forward victory during the second match of the Belt and Road China Hunan International Chess Open 2019 in China.

 

Four die in train-bus collision in Binh Thuan

Four people were killed when a train hit a passenger bus in the southern province of Binh Thuan on Wednesday morning.

 

British Embassy in Vietnam joins fight against slavery

The British Embassy in Hanoi yesterday joined the global fight to tackle human slavery.

International volleyball tourney to open in Quang Nam

The International Women’s Volleyball Tournament, the VTV Hoa Sen Sheet Metal Cup, will be held with the participation of seven clubs from different countries on August 3-11 in Quảng Nam Province.

‘Magic’ givey sim turns locked iPhones into international iPhones

Khoa, a university student, complained he was deceived when buying an iPhone. He wanted to buy an international iPhone 8 Plus, but he mistakenly got a locked iPhone.

Couple arrested for illegally transporting pangolins

Local police have arrested a couple on suspicion of transporting 30 live pangolins in a coach in the central province of Ha Tinh.

HCM City police crack down on massive fake medicine ring

Economic police in HCMC have cracked down on a large ring that was producing and selling counterfeit medicines and supplements throughout the city’s districts and many Mekong Delta provinces.

 

Con Dao may face freshwater shortage as tourist numbers surge

Local authorities of Con Dao Island off Ba Ria-Vung Tau Province have grown concerned over the potential undersupply of fresh water for residents and tourists if tourist arrivals to the island keep rising.

 

Many ministries, gov't agencies in Vietnam fail to disclose spending details

Twenty of total 37 ministries and central government agencies receiving funding from the State budget disclosed no information about expenses in 2018, a report revealed on July 30.

 

Nearly 107,000 mobile subscribers in Vietnam switch networks in July

Nearly 107,000 out of 164,871 or 70.7 percent of mobile service subscribers that registered to change their networks performed the procedures successfully and retained their numbers from July 1-28.

 

Low tropical pressure in East Sea strengthens into storm

 A tropical depression in the northern part of the East Sea has strengthened into a typhoon, becoming the third one to hit the region this year, announced the National Centre for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting on July 31.

 

VN government issues decree on wetlands conservation

The Government has issued a decree on the conservation and sustainable use of wetlands.