Electric short-circuit was cited as the main cause of the huge fire that engulfed a Taiwanese garment factory in southern Cần Thơ Province’s Trà Nóc Industrial Zone.

Some 200 firefighters from the Mekong Delta city of Cần Thơ and seven neighbouring provinces and cities worked themselves into exhaustion to extinguish a fire that broke out last week at a Taiwanese garment factory.

Doctors of HCM City Paediatrics Hospital No 1 have successfully performed a congenital heart surgery for a premature baby weighing 900grams, the lightest patient ever.

Hà Nội police yesterday reported they had detained a suspect for investigation into a cheating case related to property appropriation.

The Hải Phòng City police have decided to initiate criminal proceedings against three journalists from Kinh Doanh and Pháp Luật (Business and Law) newspaper for extortion.

One foreign tourist was killed and another injured in a traffic accident on National Highway 6 through northern mountainous Hòa Bình Province.

The Việt Nam Maritime Search and Rescue Co-ordination Centre is mobilising efforts and has called for support from all vessels to participate in the search for nine missing crewmen.

The Hà Nội People’s Committee has approved a pilot programme that will use software and automation technology to manage public parking zones on two streets in Hoàn Kiếm District.

Traffic accidents have killed 2,100 people and injured 3,800 others in the first three months of 2017, which is a decrease compared to the same period last year.