Check out the news you should not miss today, January 15, 2018: Society — Police raided a nightclub in Bien Hoa, the capital of the southern province of Dong Nai, on Sunday, with 80 out of 218 club-goers later testing positive for drugs. — The tenth annual Spring Volunteer Campaign, where local students take part in community work, was officially kick-started in Ho Chi Minh City on Sunday, with more than 30,000 participants. — The number of people learning to drive in Ho Chi Minh City in 2017 rose 11 percent year on year to 141,000, many of whom were apparently future car buyers who anticipated tax cuts, applicable this year, for vehicles imported from ASEAN countries. — Police in the northern city of Hai Phong are hunting for a pickup truck driver who fled away after fatally crashing into two ninth graders on Sunday. — The Ministry of Construction has proposed reinstating a coercive measure, which was nullified in 2015, to cut power and water supply to developers that violate construction rules. — The eighth annual “Red Sunday” 2018 was held at Hong Duc University in the north-central province of Thanh Hoa on Sunday, receiving nearly 700 blood units donated by more than 1,500 people. Business — Prices of ethanol, the main ingredient to make E5 petrol, have repeatedly soared in Vietnam shortly after the government required the cessation of the popular A92 gasoline supply and its replacement with the biofuel. — In a bid to maintain its post… [Read full story]
Here are the news stories you should not miss today: Society -- Typhoon Bolaven, the first to hit Vietnam this year, was located around Song Tu Tay Island, part of Vietnam’s Truong Sa (Spratly) Archipelago, on Wednesday evening before weakening into a tropical depression at sea, according to the National Center for Hydro-meteorological Forecasting. -- Singaporean attorney Remy Choo Zheng Xi confirmed to Tuoi Tre (Youth) newspaper on Wednesday that Phan Van Anh Vu, who is being held by Singapore’s Immigration and Checkpoints Authority (ICA), is Vu “nhom” (aluminum), who is being wanted by Vietnamese police. -- Nguyen Hong Lam, chairman…... [read more]
Society -- An official confirmed on Saturday evening the artery connecting Nha Trang and Da Lat was paralyzed due to repeated landslides that had occurred on a pass in the south-central province of Khanh Hoa earlier the same day.-- The Vietnam Railways, the state-run enterprise that manages the country's railway system, has put multiple incidents with the automatic signaling system in recent times down to human error.-- Ta Van Long, deputy chair of the northern province of Yen Bai, confirmed to Tuoi Tre (Youth) newspaper on Saturday that they had imposed a fine of VND507 million (US$21,990) for violations in…... [read more]
Society -- The firefighting department in Ho Chi Minh City on Saturday organized a fire drill at a depot in Nha Be District.-- Police in Ninh Phuoc District in the south-central province of Ninh Thuan revealed on Saturday they were looking into a case in which two local forest ranging officers were accused of opening fire and assaulting a woman and her teenage daughter. -- Police in Binh Duong Province, approximately 30km from Ho Chi Minh City, are investigating an alleged murder in which the head of a man was found in a garbage bin in Thuan An Town on…... [read more]
Have a nice Sunday! Politics -- Speaking at a meeting on Saturday, Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc stressed more efforts will be exerted to deepen Vietnam and Laos’ political ties and to boost socio-economic development and international integration, particularly in joint projects in port and electricity. Society -- Jaywalking remains rampant in Ho Chi Minh City despite a law to jail violators causing fatal accidents which has taken effect since January 1, 2018, as pedestrians continue to risk their own and others’ lives by crossing busy streets or climbing median strips. -- Serious congestion lasted for around two hours…... [read more]
Check out what is in the news today, November 15 Society-- The costly signal system at many train stations across the country meant to prevent train collisions has failed to operate as expected and even caused incidents and near- crashes. -- The Ministry of Information and Communication has slapped fines of up to VND140 million ($6,121) on two newswires and suspended them from publication for three months for distorted coverage. -- The Military Command of Dong Nai Province, neighboring Ho Chi Minh City, has revealed they had worked with competent authorities in Bien Hoa City, the province’s heart, to excavate two…... [read more]
