Many farmers who breed brackish-water shrimp in the Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta have cut back on production because of high salinity this year.

Nearly 9,000 litres of suspected smuggled petrol that was seized early last month originated from military sources, reported National Steering Committee 389.

Cars offering taxi services on technology platforms like GrabTaxi and Uber must put signs reading “TAXI E” [E for "electronic"] on their roofs, the Directorate for Roads of Việt Nam has proposed.

The HCM City Department of Health plans to set up six teams to check for mosquitoes and larvae in all city districts as part of its Zika prevention plan, as a pregnant woman has tested positive for the virus.

The central city will start construction of a road tunnel at the junction of Điện Biên Phủ, Nguyễn Tri Phương and Lê Độ, one of the busiest roundabouts in the city, with a total investment of VNĐ220 billion (US$9.77 million) in the third quarter of this year.

Police in Thanh Hóa central province have detained 13 suspects for running football pools on the Internet worth a total of more than VNĐ1.3 trillion (US$57.8 million).

The schedule for HCM City’s first bus rapid transit route and details of its construction have been finalized.

Mỹ Mỹ Trades and Services Co. Ltd. yesterday began construction of the American International Hospital (AIH) in HCM City’s District 2, the country’s first American-standard hospital.

Enterprises with more than five per cent of their Vietnamese interns in Japan breaking their contracts will be stopped from bringing more interns to this country.