Father kills newborn son over family quarrel

A father in the central province of Nghe An has been arrested after throwing his seven-day-old son into a well which led to the baby's death.

Vietnam in urgent need of legislation to prevent child sex abuse: experts

VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam still lacks mechanisms to prevent the abuse of children in various forms and support children victims, participants said at the second meeting of the National Committee for Children in Hanoi on Friday.

Ministries work to share driving licence database

VietNamNet Bridge – The Transport Police Department under the Ministry of Public Security and the Directorate for Roads of Viet Nam under the Ministry of Transport have agreed to share a driving licence management database.

HCM City targets safer roads

VietNamNet Bridge – HCM City has set a target of reducing the number of traffic accidents and casualties by 5-10 per cent each year in 2019 and 2020.

Overloaded trucks destroying Vietnam’s roads

VietNamNet Bridge – Nguyen Van Huyen, Director General of the Directorate for Roads of Viet Nam (DRVN), speaks to Viet Nam News Agency on measures to solve the problem of overloaded trucks.

Addicts receive free job training at detox establishments

VietNamNet Bridge – A 31-year-old man from HCM City burst into tears 11 months ago when his daughter visited him for the first time at Detoxification Establishment No 3 in Binh Duong Province.

Naval soldiers in the fight against smugglers

The Coast Guard Zone 3 has for many years fought criminals in the country’s East and Southeast sea, especially drug and fuel smugglers. 

Vietnam on the way to end TB by 2030

VietNamNet Bridge – Around 12,000 people die from tuberculosis each year in Vietnam - that’s one and half times higher than those killed in traffic accidents over the same period.

Funding issues mean Agent Orange victims have no place to call

VietNamNet Bridge – A place where hundreds of Agent Orange victims have called home will soon close, and so far for those who are there now, they have nowhere else to live.

Digitalization – the best way to help Vietnam obtain SDGs, UNDP says

Digitalization has brought numerous changes in Vietnam since the first Internet connection in 1997, enabling the country to obtain a series of socio-economic achievements, mostly the sustainable development goals.

Vietnamese, Philippine police work on trans-national drug trafficking case

The police of Vietnam and the Philippines have worked together on the trans-national case trafficking 300 kilos of drugs in Vietnam and seized 276 kilos more in the Philippines.

Pensioner dies, six rescued from five-storey house fire

 VietNamNet Bridge – A 72-year-old man died while six members of his family were rescued from a fire at their home in Hanoi’s Phu Xuyen Town on Sunday afternoon.

Vietnam targets $5 bln in veggie, fruit export value by 2020

 Boasting 1.8 million hectares of fruit and vegetable plantation, with many various zones applied advanced technologies into production, Vietnam aims to gain 5 billion USD from farm produce exports by 2020.

ABB FIA Formula E Championship: Racing for the future

 In the context of increasingly serious environmental pollution, the development of green technology in the production of cars and motorcycles is the optimal choice to limit fossil fuel consumption and reduce emissions. 

Woowa wants to waylay food apps

 With its significant financial potential, technology, and customer base,  newcomer Woowa Brothers hopes to break the dominance of GrabFood, Now, and Go-Food in the Vietnamese food delivery market. 

Local airlines reconsider Boeing 737 MAX orders

 Vietnamese airlines may have to give up their intentions of purchasing hundreds of Boeing-made aircraft due to the controversy surrounding two recent crashes which killed hundreds of people.

The Face 2018 winner Trung Kien models in Seoul Fashion Week

Mac Trung Kien, winner of The Face Vietnam 2018, recently took to the catwalk alongside a number of other foreign models during Seoul Fashion Week, which is currently underway in the Republic of Korea.

Parents say there are too many “useless” competitions for students

VietNamNet Bridge - Huynh Thanh Hoa, a media executive at an ad firm in Hanoi, has not worked extra hours recently, even though her firm is preparing for a big event to take place in two weeks.

Da Lat beautiful in pink

Every year in January and February, Dalat City in the Central Highlands province of Lam Dong is blanketed by the pink of sour cherry flowers (Prunus cerasoides), or mai anh dao in Vietnamese, which is a harbinger of spring.

1858-60 fight: a history of the country’s defence in retrospect

 VietNamNet Bridge – Da Nang has been voted one of the best cities to live in throughout Vietnam. People around the world arrive to walk along its beaches and enjoy the streets of the nearby ancient city of Hoi An. 

Global trade opens to VN companies

 Upon the entry into force of the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership, great opportunities for Vietnam will usher in export and import market expansion, as well as an ease in rule of origin. 

Masan bids adieu to $217.39 million capitalisation

 Masan lost VND5 trillion ($217.39 million) capitalisation due to a draft introducing new standards for fish sauce, which many producers find impossible to surmount.

BUSINESS NEWS IN BRIEF 25/3

Vietnam ride-hailing app FastGo to hit Singapore streets, World city residential index pins hopes on Vietnamese market, HCM City transport authorities, firms discuss problems at dialogue

Valuable trees illegally cut down at Hoa Binh reserve

 Dozens of valuable trees have been illegally logged at a nature reserve in the northern province of Hoa Binh.

Nha Trang hotels violate construction, fire control regulations

 Authorities of the southern-central province of Khanh Hoa have announced a list of 21 hotels guilty of violations.