An American-Vietnamese collector, Trần Thắng, has donated to the Hoàng Sa (Paracel) Island District an 1827 map printed in the six-volume World Atlas (Atlas universel) by Belgium cartographer Phillippe Vandermaelen (1795-1869).

Students at Văn Lang University in HCM City won first prize in the Breaking Down Barriers contest that called for designs and upgrades of public works for people with disabilities.

Two persons were killed and one other injured in a road accident on National Highway 10 in Thái Bình northern province’s Vũ Thư District on Tuesday morning, after a truck crashed into a parked container.

Two Filipino fishermen were handed over to the border guards of central Phú Yên Province yesterday after being rescued from the sea by a local fisherman.

Two commune land officers in Buôn Ma Thuột City in this province have received a disciplinary warning over their involvement in the illegal construction of the Đồi Thông Tourism Area.

Rainfall will occur in the northern localities from Tuesday until Thursday following the impact of a trough, the National Centre for Hydro-meteorological Forecasting said.

One person died and another went missing after their boat flipped over in the Đáy River on Monday afternoon.

A road connecting Nguyễn Văn Cừ Street in Long Biên District to the left bank of the Red River was inaugurated on Monday in the capital city.

Fourteen foreign tourists, one tour guide and a crew of six were rescued early Tuesday morning after a fire occurred on their boat.