The Ministry of Public Security has started legal proceedings against Nguyen Thi Thu Thuy, former director of HCM City’s State-run House Trade Management Ltd Company, for violations related to a land lot project in the city’s downtown districts.

The authorities of Tam Dao District, Vinh Phuc Province has decided to revoke the land which has been used illegally by Thich Thanh Toan, a Buddhist monk who reportedly requested sexual favours from a female journalist.

Today, Hanoi celebrates its 65th anniversary of liberation (October 10, 1954 - October 10, 2019).

The HCM City Department of Natural Resources and Environment has warned about pollution in the Sai Gon and Dong Nai rivers and said the city water supply utilities should ensure the water it supplies residents is safe.

The strong demand in China for pigs, due to its year-long struggle against African swine fever, has caused local pig prices to surge over the past week. However, the local market is also facing a pig undersupply.

Trade readiness improvements and economic dynamism are driving Vietnam’s trade growth potential.

Vietnam’s trade deficit with China has been increasingly widening, exceeding US$27 billion during the first nine months of the year, according to statistics released by the Ministry of Industry and Trade.

The Vietnam Maritime Administration (Vinamarine) and authorities of central Binh Dinh Province have agreed to not to dump 300,000cu.m of waste mud into the sea and instead use it for another project.

Vietnamese retailers strive to gain strong foothold in domestic market

Education has been absorbing larger volumes of investment capital from international investors and private equity funds.

People who have consumed alcohol should not be allowed to ride motorcycles, a conference held to discuss the influence of alcohol on driving has suggested.

Some local banks, including Bank for Investment and Development of Vietnam (BIDV), Nam A Bank and Agribank, have warned their customers to be wary of hi-tech fraudsters, Nguoi Lao Dong newspaper reported.

One passenger was killed and four others seriously injured when a sleeper bus overturned in central Hà Tinh Province’s Son Trung Commune.

Despite frequent warnings and penalties, the trading of mediocre cosmetics continues in many places, affecting consumer health.

Party building: Filling in “loopholes” in personnel work

The HCM City Development and Research Institute has proposed preserving 16 villas built before 1975 because of their historical and cultural importance.

Hand, foot and mouth disease is reaching its peak season in HCM City, with incidence doubling last month from August, according to the city Preventive Medicine Centre.

Tighter regulations are being planned on school buses, after one child died and another needed hospital treatment when they were left on board for hours unnoticed over the past two months.

V.League 1 champions Hanoi FC have been banned from taking part in both the Asian Football Confederation’s Champions League and Cup next season.

Vietnam finished second at the first World Beach Pencak Silat Championship which closed in Phuket, Thailand, on October 4.