VIETNAM TODAY

A high-level meeting to devise a plan for the implementation of the Paris Agreement in Vietnam took place on October 25 in Hanoi.

The Ministry of Construction is seeking strategic investors in the Urban and Industrial Zone Development Investment Corporation (IDICO), the Housing and Urban Development Corporation (HUD), the Vietnam Cement Industry Corporation (Vicem), and the Song Da Corporation.

Many traditional lottery companies in the southern region are losing out to Vietnam Computerised Lottery Company, Vietlott, which is attracting lots of customers due to its high-value prizes.

Many of DanTri’s readers have commented on the light punishment for former minister of Industry and Trade Vu Huy Hoang, after serious violations were recently uncovered.

The Ministry of Science and Technology has ordered an investigation into chaotic scenes where staff and members of the public were recorded taking away fake fashion products which were earmarked for destruction.

The nine-month imports of coal reached 10.5 million tonnes, shooting up 147 percent from a year earlier, and this trend will continue in the next years to meet economic growth demand and ensure energy security.

PM Nguyen Xuan Phuc hoped to see the model of “Miracle Village” in Kawakami, Nagano Prefecture, which is a leading high-tech agricultural centre in Japan, being applied in Vietnam.

Nearly 3,500 gifts from DTiNews readers have been sent to the people who are suffering after the massive flood in Ha Tinh Province.

A total of 55 photo collections featuring the beauty of Vietnam’s land and people are being displayed at an exhibition in Nguyen Van Binh Book Street in Ho Chi Minh City.

An inspector from the Hanoi Transport Department who allegedly involved in the attack of a female employee at Noi Bai International Airport last Tuesday will be relieved of his duties according to the department.

Around 76 per cent of Vietnamese internet protocol (IP) cameras are susceptible to illegal access because users keep the fixed accounts of the makers rather than changing them, a report by the Bách Khoa Technology Group (BKAV) revealed on Thursday.

The Prime Minister has approved a plan to add VND3.6 trillion of reciprocal capital to projects using ODA capital from the medium-term public investment plan for 2016-2020.

Vietnam has been rated by leading Australia-based travel website News as among cheapest destinations for tourists in the world.

The escape nearly 600 inmates at Dong Nai Province Drug Rehabilitation Centre may be because of fears of being convicted at courts, according to Minister of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs, Dao Ngoc Dung.

Vietnam calls on all countries to make constructive contributions in line with international law to maintaining peace, stability and the rule of law at sea and in the ocean, said Foreign Ministry spokesperson Le Hai Binh.

Hanoi has approved Department of Transport's proposal to suspend the operation of restaurant boats on the West Lake for hygienic reasons.

All fish sauces on the market are safe for human consumption, the Ministry of Health confirmed after a10-day inspection.

A group of 26 hostages freed from nearly five years in the hands of Somali pirates touched down in Kenya on Sunday, with both tears and smiles marking the end of their ordeal.

Vietnam’s Consulate General in Nepal went into operation on October 23 after an opening ceremony in Kathmandu, Nepal’s capital city.