Nearly 1.2 million students in HCM City are expected to enrol in schools for the upcoming academic year, an increase of 59,000 compared to last year, according to the city’s Department of Education and Training.

The Centre for Science and Technology Development for Youth has kicked off the Contest on Youth Innovation Ideas 2016 for young Vietnamese aged 6 to 35 at home and abroad.

Despite an order issued by the Hà Nội People’s Committee two months ago to tear down all illegal billboards in the capital, not only have they not been removed - their number has increased.

 HCM City plans to use state budget funds to build 10 fly-over systems at the city’s most congested traffic sites this year, according to the city’s Department of Transport.

The amount of hi-tech crimes has risen by 21.6 per cent in the first six months of the year, according to a report by the Ministry of Public Security.

Hà Nội’s People’s Committee has approved, in principle, the construction of 1,000 public toilets to serve the local populace and tourists visiting the city.

Authorities in the Central Highlands province of Lâm Đồng are conducting an investigation of a case in which one man was killed and two others injured while on duty at the Nam Ban Protective Forest in Lâm Hà District on Monday afternoon.

A Lexus car crashed into a house in northern Hải Phòng City at 1am today, leaving one dead and five others injured, including a 17-month-old baby.

The regulation to penalise drivers who drive through yellow traffic lights will be reviewed and cancelled if it is found improper and impractical, Police Major General Trần Thế Quân said.