Countries in the Mekong River basin have been urged to stop building hydroelectric dams on the river’s main stream as alluvial soil and vital nutrients are being seriously depleted.

Six out of 18 kidney patients who were receiving dialysis at northern Hòa Bình Province General Hospital died yesterday morning with suspected sysmtoms of anaphylactoid shock.

A man from the capital city is being investigated for keeping 18 pieces of animal horns at his house in Hoàng Mai District, the Tiền Phong (Vanguard) newspaper reported.

Hải Dương province drug investigators have arrested four men for supposed involvement in a drug trafficking ring.

The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development's Animal Health Department has declared that all provinces and cities nationwide are free of avian flu, with no new outbreak detected.

A 27-year-old Vietnamese citizen was killed and three others injured in a coach explosion in Vientiane, Laos, on Sunday.

Forty-two workers of JY Vina Company, who were hospitalised at two large hospitals in the Mekong Delta's Bến Tre Province last weekend for alleged food poisoning, are recovering well.

Investment in transport infrastructure in the south falls short of the requirement, hindering the region’s growth, a seminar heard in HCM City on Thursday.

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc has requested country leaders to heighten their focus on preventing Vietnamese fishermen from illegally harvesting seafood in foreign waters.