The first tropical storm to hit East Sea this year, which formed 450km south of Hoàng Sa (Paracel) archipelago on Sunday, will weaken on Tuesday after making a landfall in China's Quangdong Province.

Prime Minsiter Nguyễn Xuân Phúc has directed relevant ministries and agencies to strengthen drug prevention and control to ensure reduction in supply, use and attendant evils.

Since middle last years, Bắc Giang farmers reportedly chopped down exhausted natural forest to make room to grow industrial trees which helped generate more income.

Fuel smuggling is on the rise in Vietnamese waters bordering Malaysia, Indonesia and Thailand recently, partly due to the discrepancy between selling prices in Việt Nam and neighboring countries, according to the Vietnamese coastguard.

Many transport projects in southern localities have been delayed due to the scarcity and surging price of construction sand, Giao Thông (Transport) newspaper reported.

A south-north train caught fire while travelling across central Thừa Thiên-Huế Province, blocking traffic on the national railway system for 30 minutes.

A tropical depression formed in the East Sea developed into this year’s first area storm on Sunday afternoon, according to the National Hydro-meteorological Forecast Centre.

The National Committee of Search and Rescue on Sunday urged authorities to rescue a foreign vessel stranded near Phú Quý Island off the south-central coastal province of Bình Thuận.

Dr Vũ Anh Tài has just been honoured as one of the 400 role models for his outstanding discoveries for Việt Nam and the world’s biology science. But little did people know that the scientist began his biologist career with the monthly wage as little as VNĐ300,000 (US$13). That was to pay for his basic life needs, and scientific research also.