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Read what is in the news today, December 7: Society -- Ho Chi Minh City’s tax department has proposed the mandatory use of point-of-sale (POS) machines in place of cash payment at restaurants and other high-end services to move toward a cashless society and allow for better tax administration. -- Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has agreed in principal to upgrading the rural district of Sa Pa in northern Vietnam’s Lao Cai Province into a district-level town and requested that efforts be made to conserve the tourist destination’s green space and natural beauty. -- Vietnam’s Ministry of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs and the Government Office on Wednesday launched a national hotline for children’s protection as 111, at which citizens are encouraged to reach for reports of child abuse, harassment and other forms of violence against children. -- Police in north-central Thanh Hoa Province on Wednesday initiated legal … [Read more...] about ​Breakfast @ Tuoi Tre News – December 7

Check out what is in the news today, December 6 Society-- The administration in the central city of Da Nang is working to trim down and streamline its mechanism and cut 2,000 jobs at local government agencies.-- A 34-year-old pregnant woman was carried on Tuesday from Vietnam’s Truong Sa Archipelago in a hydroplane to a military hospital in Nha Trang City in the south-central province of Khanh Hoa for better care.-- More than 5,500 houses remained inundated in the south-central Vietnamese province of Binh Dinh as of Tuesday following a recent typhoon while its neighbors were struggling to clear roads blocked by landslides.-- Police in the northern province of Quang Ninh and the border guard unit at the Mong Cai border gate on Tuesday deported 52 Chinese nationals for running an online goods selling ring on tourist visas. Business-- Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc asserted at an international conference and exhibition on Tuesday that the government is focusing efforts on … [Read more...] about ​Breakfast @ Tuoi Tre News – December 6

Lao Prime Minister Thongloun Sisoulith  (R) receives VNA General Director Nguyen Duc Loi. (Photo: VNA)Vientiane (VNA) – Lao Prime Minister Thongloun Sisoulith laudedVietnam News Agency (VNA)’s supports for the Lao News Agency (KPL) in the pastyears at a reception on December 6 for a VNA delegation led by General DirectorNguyen Duc Loi.The Lao Government leader affirmed the important roles of the two newsagencies, stating that VNA’s companion in the past years has helped the KPL betterperform missions entrusted by the Lao Party and Government.The VNA General Director, for his part, informed his host about joint workbetween the two agencies, including information exchange, personnel trainingand upgrade of technical infrastructure.Notably, both sides effectively carried out popularisation work on significantevents, especially the Vietnam-Laos Solidarity and Friendship Year 2017 and theLaos-Vietnam Solidarity and Friendship Year 2017, he stressed.The VNA hopes to … [Read more...] about Lao Prime Minister hails Vietnam News Agency’s support

Add-on rooms put residents in peril Old residential buildings on Ha Noi's Nguyen Cong Tru Street. The safety of residents is threatened by the creation of extra "rooms" mostly carved out of balcony space, in residential buildings. Many extra rooms, mostly carved out of balcony spaces, have been built in resettlement and residential quarters in Ha Noi affecting the buildings' and people's safety, according to local authorities. Observations by the Vietnam News Agency's correspondent at the Den Lu 2 residential quarter in Ha Noi's Hoang Mai District showed that many add-on structures were built out of the apartment's balcony for several metres on the 17th and 18th floor causing dangerous conditions. Pham Vinh Quang, head of the E Building in the residential quarter, said that building the expanded parts seriously affected the building's safety. The management boards gave warning to the residents, but they still made it to have more space, he said. The same situation … [Read more...] about Social News 5/12