A fire broke out at about 8pm yesterday, destroying nearly 20,000 tonnes of sliced cassavas belonging to Phú Lợi Private Company in Ia Dêr Commune.

The Vietnamese Embassy in Belgium has launched two hotlines to receive emergency information relating to Vietnamese nationals there following the terror attacks in Brussels yesterday, the foreign affairs ministry said.

China’s Xinxing Corporation has won the bid for the supply of materials for the second phase of the Đà River water pipeline.

More than 1,400 State office workers, and 1,000 lecturers and students received training and access to technical documents about gender equality.

The Government has approved the Ministry of Natural Resource and Environment’s temporary ban on mining at many places in the central province of Ninh Thuận.

The Prime Minister has approved a project for three new farm co-operative models for rice, aquatic products and fruit in the Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta by 2020. The project aims to promote connections between co-operatives and farmers, as well as improve the conditions of local people.

The People’s Court of the northern province of Hòa Bình sentenced two drug traffickers for illegally transporting heroin.

Doctors at Chợ Rẫy Hospital’s cardiac surgery ward have begun using a less invasive surgical technique to treat patients with aortic disease.

Việt Nam has ranked fourth out of 149 countries assessed for how well they convert national wealth into well-being for the population, according to a recent analysis from the Boston Consulting Group’s (BCG) Sustainable Economic Development Assessment (SEDA).