The Ministry of Health has asked the Department of Health in central Nghệ An Province to quickly clarify the details surrounding the death of a pregnant woman.

The People’s Committee of northern Quảng Ninh Province has allowed cars driven by Chinese nationals to enter Hạ Long City through Móng Cái border gate for tourism purposes.

Ten former Nam Việt Commercial Joint Stock Bank (Navibank) officials, who were indicted for “deliberately violating State regulations on economic management, causing serious consequences”, were sentenced to seven to 13 years in jail by the HCM City People’s Court yesterday.

The People’s Court of Hòa Bình Province has released charges against three accused for the death of eight persons after undergoing kidney dialysis at the provincial General Hospital.

The Quảng Nam Province authorities and a local gold mining company are probing if a rupture in the wastewater dam triggered the massive fish deaths in two rivers some days ago.

Receiving billions of đồng in compensation, several residents in Nước Trong water reservoir project area, Tây Trà District’s Trà Thọ Commune, thought they’d be able to escape debts they had accrued through high interest loans.

HCM City will increase automobile parking fees on some sidewalks and roadsides in the city centre to VNĐ20,000-40,000 (US$0.9-1.8) per hour from June 1.

Kim Thái, 37, a Khmer man living in the Mekong Delta province of Sóc Trăng, wears a broad-brim hat to walk the streets of Long Phú Town, selling lottery tickets to earn a living as he has for the past 13 years.

A concert last Saturday in southern Cần Thơ Province was abruptly interrupted when a woman and several of her friends jumped on the stage claiming her gold bar (37.5gr which is worth approximately US$1,500) was stolen.