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Chairman of Muong Thanh Group charged with client cheating

Investigators in the capital city of Hanoi have accused Chairman of Muong Thanh Group, Le Thanh Than, of cheating his clients in a housing project.

 

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Hanoi office rental maintains upward trend

 

Timely intervention needed for growth hormone deficiency

5-year-old Nguyen L. A. of Hanoi has been receiving treatment for her growth hormone deficiency at the National Hospital of Pediatrics nearly her entire life.

World billionaires have their eyes on Vietnamese key economic sectors

Vietnam now has to ensure fair competition, national treatment for foreigners and nationals equally as well as no quantitative restrictions in foreign trade.

 

Vietnam’s automobile market to be flooded with zero-tariff ASEAN cars

The car sales in Vietnam are forecast to reach 500,000 units per year in 2020 and 1 million per year by 2030, with a turnover of US$12 billion each year.

 

Central Vietnam faces water shortages amid drought

Prolonged hot weather in the central region has caused low water levels in reservoirs and dams, seriously affecting agricultural production and the daily lives of local residents.

Hanoi sets to raise tuition fees at public schools

Ha Noi’s People’s Council has approved a resolution to raise tuition fees at some public schools in the academic year 2019-20.

Thousands of counterfeit-suspect Honda and Yamaha motor parts seized

Thousands of fake motor parts imitating the two leading motorcycle manufacturers Honda and Yamaha were found by Lang Son province authorities, showing that counterfeit and fake goods are growing into a serious social issue.

Vietnamese spend 400,000 hours daily on game live stream watching

Vietnam is the country with the highest level of patience in staring at mobile ads with 19 seconds compares to the average time of 8-9 seconds in other countries.

 

Over 900,000 sets of remains of martyrs reburied

The Ministry of National Defence has so far discovered and reburied more than 900,000 sets of remains of martyrs at over 3,000 cemeteries across the country, heard a press conference in Hanoi on July 9.

 

Further African swine fever outbreaks detected throughout Vietnam

Outbreaks of African swine fever have been discovered in 62 provinces and cities across the nation as of July 9, forcing a total of 2.9 million pigs to be culled.

 

Hanoi halts two metro projects to wait for new government regulations

Hanoi authorities have halted two metro projects under the form of public-private partnership (PPP) to wait for new regulations following the government’s on-going revision of its investment mechanism.

 

Illegal karaoke facilities rampant in Hanoi

Hundreds of karaoke facilities which have been suspended still illegally operate in many districts in Hanoi.

 

Man with heart rate of 300 beats/min in Ben Tre cured

A 62-year-old man in the Mekong Delta Province of Ben Tre whose rare disorder made his heart beat abnormally fast – at times 300 beats per minute – was successfully treated, doctors from the HCM City-based Cho Ray Hospital said.

Boy with 'lobster claw syndrome' undergoes corrective surgery

Doctors at HCM City’s Paediatrics Hospital have performed successful surgery on a two-year-old boy with the split-hand and split-foot malformation.

Health ministry asked for report on Hue mother and child's deaths

The health ministry yesterday demanded that Hue University Hospital turn in their report on a medical incident that resulted in the death of a mother and her child earlier this week by July 11.

HCM City arrests hundreds of smugglers, counterfeiters

HCM City has handled 903 violations and arrested 863 violators since the beginning of the year for smuggling or counterfeiting goods.

Vietnam real estate firms issue bonds to raise capital

As the State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) has ordered tight control over real estate loans by credit institutions, property firms and developers have to seek alternative ways to raise their capital.

Train-car collision kills two, injures three in Quang Ngai

Two people were killed, including a one-month-old baby, and three others were seriously injured after a taxi in which they were riding collided with a train at a railway crossing in central Quang Ngai Province at 5pm on Tuesday.

Vietnam's delayed and cancelled flight report in H1 released

The Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam (CAAV) has released its report on delayed and cancelled flights by local airlines in the first half of 2019.