Social Affairs

Lieutenant General Phan Van Vinh, former head of the General Department of Police has been prosecuted due to his involvement in a multi-million-dollar online gambling ring.

Hanoi People’s Committee requests relevant units to take measures for developing transportation modes in the cities under Central Government.

A new report published by the World Bank (WB) in just six years, 1.8 million ethnic minorities in Vietnam have escaped from poverty, down from 8.4 million in 2010 to 6.6 million in 2016.

In order to ensure safety in power supply and use, Hanoi Department of Industry and Trade has recently issued Official Letter No. 1351/SCT-QLNL.

The Steering Committee for Program 04-CTr/TU has just released Plan No.09/KH-BCD on promoting the socio-cultural development, improving the quality of the Capital’s human resources and building elegant and civilized Hanoians in 2018.

The Hanoi People’s Committee has recently released Official Letter No.1322/UBND-KGVX, implementing the Directive 13/CT-TTg on food safety.

National flag carrier Vietnam Airlines has announced a plane flying from Frankfurt (Germany) to Hanoi (Vietnam) had to make an emergency landing in Bucharest Henri Coanda Airport (Romania) on April 2 to save a Danish passenger after he stopped breathing.

The General Statistics Office (GSO) has begun carrying out a national business census in 2018 to take stock of the real situation in corporate development.

Vietnam is collecting opinions on "red light streets in special economic zones", said Nguyen Xuan Lap, Director of the Department of Social Evils Prevention and Control, Ministry of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs.

National flag carrier Vietnam Airlines received the 11th of the 14 Airbus A350-900 XWB at Orly Airport, in Paris (French), on March 28.

The Hanoi People’s Committee released Official Letter No. 1267/UBND-DT on March 27, strengthening the effective management and use of residential high-rise blocks in the Capital city.

The Hanoi People’s Committee issued Document No. 1191 dated March 21, requesting city’s agencies, departments and sectors, People`s Comimttees of districts and towns to perform the task of controlling administrative procedures.

The Hanoi People’s Committee issued Plan No. 69/KH-UBND dated March 14 on improving, increasing Provincial Governance and Public Administration Performance Index (PAPI) of Hanoi in 2018.

The Office of Hanoi People’s Committee has recently issued Document No. 1761/VP-KT on increasing advisory and operation for natural disaster prevention and control.

Deputy Prime Minister Vuong Dinh Hue has asked relevant bodies to report a pilot plan on applying new payment services to Prime Minister before April of 2018.

Hanoi Social Insurance has just released a list of 500 enterprises with social insurance debt lasting 6-24 months. The total debt owed by these companies amounts to US$14 billion.

Hanoi will deploy five cars in 2018 to check the quality of food in markets, supermarkets and food stores in an effort to prevent low-quality food from being consumed, said Tran Van Chung, deputy director of Hanoi Health Department.

Decree No. 38/2018 / ND-CP is issued by Vietnamese Government providing detailed regulations on investment for small and medium enterprises.

The Electricity of Vietnam of Hanoi (EVN Hanoi) has carried out activities in response to Earth Hour 2018, aiming to raise public awareness of energy saving.

The Prime Minister has approved the Government Inspectorate (GI)`s inspection results over Mobifone`s controversial acquisition 95% of multimedia company Audio Visual Global (AVG), informed the Government Office on March 19.