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Two dead, eight injured in explosion

Two people died and at least eight others were injured in an explosion before dawn yesterday at a construction site on the Long Thanh golf course.

Head-on collision kills four, injures 38

At least four people were killed and 38 passengers injured in a head-on collision between a passenger coach and a truck early this morning, June 17, in the northern province of Hoa Binh.

 

Dance about Kieu’s Tale returns to Opera House

A contemporary dance based on Truyện Kiều (The Tale of Kieu), the masterpiece by the great poet Nguyen Du, will be restaged at the HCM City Opera House on June 22.

Vietnam hosts regional cardio-metabolic education forum

Diabetes, as a major public health issue, will be addressed across multiple fronts, from prevention and disease management to patient care and engagement, health experts have said.

Vietnam ratifies ILO convention on collective bargaining

The International Labor Organization (ILO) has congratulated Vietnam on its decision to ratify one of the organization’s fundamental conventions to promote collective bargaining.

 

In HCM City, administration, sellers closely monitor pork for disease

Official agencies and distributors in HCM City have dispatched their quality management teams to major slaughtering facilities and wholesale markets to ensure that 100 per cent of pork coming to the market is of good quality and without diseases, 

Vietnam's midfielder Quang Hai named in top 6 Asia to play in Europe

Vietnamese midfielder Nguyen Quang Hai has been named one of six notable names of Asia that are good enough to play in Europe this summer.

Vietnam enter quarter-finals of AFC U-20 futsal champs

Vietnam came from behind on Saturday to defeat Tajikistan 2-1 in the group stage and book their place in the quarter-finals of the AFC U-20 Futsal Championships in Iran.

Rampant hotel development is a waste of national resources

The hotel room redundancy is deepening in various parts of the country, especially Nha Trang City in Khanh Hoa Province, despite, paradoxically, a steep rise in international visitor arrivals in the past few years.

BUSINESS NEWS 17/6

Aquatic firm sets to withdraw from two sub units

Move over Hanoi Hannah … meet Havana Hannah

On a summer morning just before Vietnam’s Reunification Day, April 30, an elderly American lady showed up at VOV’s office.

 

OVs in France mark 100th anniversary of patriotic movement

A ceremony marking the 100th anniversary of the movement of Overseas Vietnamese (OV) in France was held on June 15 at the Maison de la Mutualité in Paris.

Mong ethnic people cultivate on rocks

"Live on rocks and die buried in rocks". That is how people from the Mong Meo Vac ethnic group define their identity. 

BUSINESS NEWS 16/6

Investor permitted to start survey for giant offshore wind power farm

 

Asia Dragon Bazar’s 20th anniversary marked in Czech Republic

A ceremony marking the 20th anniversary of Asia Dragon Bazar, a shopping centre of the Vietnamese community in the Czech Republic, recently took place in Cheb city, Karlovarsky province bordering with Germany.

 

About five storms to hit mainland Vietnam from July – December

Among 10-12 storms or tropical low pressure forecast to hit East Sea, up to five are forecast to directly impact Vietnam’s mainland from July – December 2019, according to the National Centre for Hydrometeorological Forecasting.

 

Hanoi to install more automatic vending machines in public areas

The initial success in piloting the installation of vending machines in Hoan Kiem Lake and the surrounding areas has proven the advantages of this form of retail in crowded and narrowed areas.

 

HCM City launches bus crime hotline

HCM City has announced a hotline for bus passengers to report sexual harassment and pickpockets, said Tran Chi Trung, the municipal Department of Transport’s director of the Public Transport Management Centre.

Abandoned children find a home with nuns in Lam Dong

Most of the children at the Tin Thac Charity House are nicknamed after fruits, vegetables or animals.

Growing vegetables against all odds on the Spratly Islands

As the last-born in a four-children family with two brothers and one sister in Quang Ngai, 21-year-old Phan Gia Cuong never had to worry about cooking or planting vegetables for daily meals as he had his loving mother to do all of those chores.