Social Affairs

The culprit in the joss paper scam was handed over to Long Bien district police to for further investigation.

Son Tinh storm circulation has caused heavy rains, and damaged houses, crops in the area, Vietnam News Agency reported.

On July 20, Deputy Prime Minister Trinh Dinh Dung, chairman of the National Committee for responding incidents, disasters, search and rescue, presided over the meeting on accident and disaster response since 2017 and deploying tasks in the last six months of 2018.

The authorities and people of the north central region of Vietnam, especially Thanh Hoa and Nghe An provinces, are making great efforts to overcome the aftermaths of Son Tinh storm.

Hazardous alcoholic consumption deprives valuable resources to meet the urgent needs of health care and development in Vietnam.

The Hanoi Department of Tourism grasped the information that the visitors from France were given the change in joss paper by a cyclo driver as posted on social media Facebook on July 17.

Developing self-driving cars is a global trend, Vietnam is also strongly encouraged to put this type of vehicle into operation.

The right of information access is one of the fundamental human rights that are stated in Vietnam`s Constitution.

A symposium themed “data analytics for future cities research” is being held in the central city of Da Nang on July 11-13 as part of the researcher links program funded by the Newton Fund.

The first week of July, Hanoi’s air quality saw a significant improvement, according to the city’s Environment Protection Authority under the Department of Natural Resources and Environment.

Vietnam is the first country which received the Jaipur Foot Artificial Limb Fitment Camp under the agreement signed between the Government of India and Bhagwan Mahaveer Viklang Sahayata Samiti (BMVSS), a Jaipur-based non-profit organization in November 2017.

The Water Safety Plan (WSP), developed by Finland to reduce risks in water supply, has been piloted in Hai Phong and Da Nang cities, and Dong Nai province.

A proposal to increase the regional minimum wage by 8% in Vietnam for next year is facing objection as it will burden more enterprises.

Vietnam has recorded fewer traffic accidents and life losses in the first half of this year, but much remains to be done to radically improve the situation.

A severe heat wave in the northern and central regions of Vietnam over the past days will continue until July 5 and cause disorder and troubles to locals, the National Center for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting (NCHMF) said.

Nine new laws will take effect in Vietnam on July 1, 2018, including the law on public debt management, and the law on guard force.

The Inspection Commission of the Party Central Committee on June 30 announced disciplinary measures and notices against a number of high-ranking military, banking and corporate officials as the Party intensifies the internal cleanup.

Some 81.3 million people across Vietnam, or 81.7% of the country`s population, have been covered by health insurance at the end of May, up nearly 21 million people from 2012 or 35.6%.

The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) hosted a mini-conference on new partnerships to combat ocean plastic pollution on June 29 in Hanoi.

Vietnam has built six prioritized programs for natural disaster prevention, which include key contents of the UN Sendai framework for disaster risk reduction.