The Hà Nội Department of Education and Training will withdraw the regulation stipulating that pupils can be suspended from school for repeated traffic offences.

Việt Nam has banned the import of soil into the country, said the Ministry of Agricultural and Rural Development (MARD).

At least two people died while 13 others were seriously injured after a tank truck collided a 24-seater coach in the northern province of Hòa Bình’s Mai Châu District yesterday afternoon.

Hà Nội Police are investigating local media reports that most police patrol bicycles are in mothballs in police stations in the Nam Từ Liêm, Hà Đông and Long Biên districts.

State officials say the implementation of the Social Insurance Law, which went into effect at the beginning of the year, has made matters complicated.

At a workshop yesterday in Hà Nội, a representative from the World Bank (WB) said Việt Nam should have a comprehensive and strategic assessment of the problem. It should fine-tune plans on using water resources.

The northern Bắc Ninh Province and Thailand’s King Prajadhipok’s Institute (KPI) exchanged experiences in socio-economic development during a meeting in the province yesterday.

The Supreme People's Procuracy yesterday indicted nine former officials of VN Pharma on charges of smuggling and creating counterfeit documents to import medicines.

Police in HCM City yesterday said the drug criminal investigation department (PC47) has smashed a large drug trafficking ring the city.