The People's Committee of central Nghệ An Province's Vinh City has suspended the construction of 17 building sites, which had unlicensed tower cranes or cranes that were operating outside specified construction areas.

The mass development of hydropower power plants in the country's central regions over the past 10 years has led to a series of problems in the central regions, such as flooding, riverbank erosion, drought and degradation of water quality.

“Through research and practices, management and use of land is considered to be one of the fields with highest risks of corruption in Việt Nam. This affects sustainable development and life quality of residents,” said Professor Trần Thọ Đạt, principal of National Economics University (NEU) yesterday.

Four people died and two others went missing in the central provinces of Quảng Ngãi and Bình Định on December 6-7, while more than 2,300 houses were submerged in water, the Centre of Flood and Storm Prevention in the Central and Central Highlands regions reported yesterday.

Save the Children and GlaxoSmithKline on Thursday announced a healthcare project in the northern mountain Yên Bái Province, to improve facilities for mothers and newborns among ethnic minorities and reduce mortality rates.

Vàng Lòng Cà of Điện Biên Province in northern Viet Nam pointed at his pig and explained how he planned to sell it.

The HCM City People’s Council is reviewing the socio-economic situation and the city’s revenues and spending this year, drawing up plans for 2017 and reviewing all voters’ complaints at a four-day meeting which ends today.

The Ministry of Public Security's Criminal Police Department has affirmed that it has arrested Nguyễn Thanh Dũng, the suspect accused of brutally beating a small child in Cambodia.

At least 123 people were hospitalised in the central Thừa Thiên-Huế Province’s Phong Điền District after eating bread bought from a local shop between November 28 and December 2.