News
Public administrative units must reduce personnel by 2 percent annually
Minister of Home Affairs Le Vinh Tan suggested the Prime Minister assign administrative units to reduce personnel by 2 percent per year during a teleconference between the Government and localities on July 2. Keep reading ...
VNA Reporter
Poor countries face $168 billion interest bill due to climate change
Poor countries could have to pay up to $168 billion more in interest over the next decade as extreme weather events brought on by climate change affect their credit ratings, a study said on Monday.[]Rice plantations in Vietnam are vulnerable to rising sea levels.Keep reading ...
Facebook fixed map wrongfully depicting Việt Nam’s territory as Chinese
Facebook fixed a map wrongfully depicting Hoàng Sa (Paracel) and Trường Sa (Spratly) Archipelagoes as Chinese territory after the Vietnamese Government complained about the error on Sunday.Keep reading ...
Viet Tuan
Vietnam’s New Cyber Law Could Hobble Foreign Investors and Limit Basic Freedoms
Vietnam’s controversial new cybersecurity law may dent the country’s well-honed image as a darling of foreign investors, particularly those operating in the information technology space. Keep reading ...
Murray Hiebert
Vietnam demands Facebook fix wrong depiction of its sovereignty
The Vietnamese government has demanded that Facebook takes immediate action to correct a map of Vietnam that does not include the Hoang Sa (Paracel) and Truong Sa (Spratly) Archipelagoes.Keep reading ...
Nguyen Quy
81.7 percent of population covered by health insurance
Some 81.3 million people across Vietnam have been covered by health insurance by the end of May, up nearly 21 million people from 2012 or 35.6 percent and representing 81.7 percent of the population. Keep reading ...
VNA Reporter
Vietnam invests in 67 projects abroad in H1
Vietnam had 67 new investment projects with combined registered capital of 222.5 million U.S. dollars licensed in 27 foreign countries and regions in the first half of this year.Keep reading ...
ZD
Revised Vietnam Law Sheds Light on Sex Abuse of Boys
Both boys and girls can fall victim to sexual abuse.[]But that has changed with the revisions to the Penal Code that took effect on January 1, now offering male and female victims the same protection.Keep reading ...
Ha Nguyen
HCM City raises environmental protection, parking fees
New environmental protection fees are expected to reduce the volume of industrial waste water in HCM City, while higher parking fees on city centre streets will curb traffic congestion, according to the city’s Transport Department. The city expects to collect several million dollars through the ...
Financial Times Reporter
Vietnam has first-ever robot-assisted kidney removal surgery
Doctors at Cho Ray Hospital in Ho Chi Minh City have carried out kidney removal from living donors using robot-assisted laparoscopic surgery.Keep reading ...
VNA Reporter
