Kids toys to get compulsory safety labels

From September 15 all children's toys must carry a safety stamp saying "CR", Tran Van Vinh, deputy head of the Directorate for Standards, Metrology and Quality, said.

Toys without the stamp would be seized, he warned.

Thoi Bao Kinh Te Viet Nam (Viet Nam Economic Times)

Speedy completion of Ha Noi road urged

Deputy Prime Minister Hoang Trung Hai has ordered the Viet Nam Construction Import Export Corporation (Vinaconex) to speed up construction to upgrade the Lang-Hoa Lac Road in Ha Noi.

He has also instructed the city People's Committee to speed up land clearance to enable construction of the road's end section.

It is meant to ensure the project, now 80 per cent completed, is finished in early October in time for the 1,000th anniversary of Thang Long-Ha Noi.

Nhan Dan (The People)

Bottled water makers flout quality standards

Following inspections of bottled-water units in 12 provinces and cities in the last two months, the Food Hygiene and Safety Department found 25 out of 31 of them failing to conform to hygiene and quality standards.

The most common problems were lack of hygiene, labelling violations, and flouting advertising regulations.

Out of 38 samples from 31 plants, 13 were found to contain bacteria that cause diarrhoea and other intestinal problems.

The department blamed the problems on manual and small scale of production.

Sai Gon Giai Phong (Liberated Sai Gon)

Farm sector to attract foreign investors

The agricultural sector has attracted just 3 per cent of FDI this year but the figure is expected to rise sharply, Dr Dang Kim Son, head of the Institute of Policy and Strategy for Agriculture and Rural Development, said.

Only four FDI agricultural projects were licensed at the beginning of the year but the figure had increased to 20 by August, he said.

Most focus on technology-based farming, he added.

Nguoi Lao Dong (The Labourer)