Two hailstorms occurred yesterday afternoon in central Nghệ An Province, blowing away the roofs of hundreds of houses in two communes, local authorities said.

Six people were seriously injured after a pick-up truck lost control and crashed into three motorbikes and a taxi on Wednesday afternoon in the central province of Thanh Hóa.

Ngô Văn Tính, 19, a diver with seven years’ experience, went to sea with his father when he was a child and had his first dive at 12.

To make a name for oneself in a foreign country is no mean feat, but to do that in Japan, that too in the early seventies and eighties, takes extraordinary resolve and perseverance, qualities that Trần Ngọc Phúc has displayed in ample measure.

As many as 265,106 civil servants will be included in the State payroll this year, a year-on-year decrease of about 4,000, according to a Prime Minister’s decision that takes effect this month.

The project of recruiting 500 youth volunteers who are the nation’s best and brightest to work as civil servants in rural and mountainous communes in the period 2013-20, often called Project 500, has reached significant achievements.

Shortcomings and violations in Hà Nội’s sidewalk paving have been pointed out after two months of investigation.

HCM City has announced several criteria for selecting bidders for waste-to-energy projects this year.

During the week-long Tết holiday from February 14 to 20 traffic accidents claimed 168 lives across the country while 37,200 other people were injured, according to a report issued on Tuesday afternoon by the Ministry of Health.