Environmental police in Hà Nội have seized 1.3 tonnes of food and additives whose origin is unknown and 10,000 packs of various kinds of candy.

Doctors called for better personal hygiene and nutrition among children to prevent and fight against hand-foot-mouth disease, especially during the period from March to May, which typically sees the biggest spread of the disease each year in Việt Nam.

A total of 83 traffic accidents have been reported nation-wide during the three-day holiday in commemoration of the Hùng kings, killing 63 people and injuring another 56, according to the National Traffic Safety Committee.

Hà Nội could be hit by water shortages this summer because the Đà River water pipeline No.1 faced risk of re-breaking, while a second pipeline will not be finished by its scheduled deadline, according to city authorities.

Four out of 25 self-nominated candidates running for seats in the HCM City’s People’s Council for 2016 – 2021 were approved to the shortlist of 175 qualified candidates during the third consultative conference organised in HCM City on April 17.

Two young children and a teenager drowned in the Sơn Tịnh and Ba Tơ districts in the central province on Saturday.

The country will receive adequate power this summer, Đinh Thế Phúc, deputy head of Electricity Regulatory Authority of Việt Nam (ERAV) under the Ministry of Industry and Trade, said.

A whirlwind swept across central Thừa Thiên-Huế Province on April 17, blowing the roofs off 50 houses.

Eleven workers were injured when a boiler exploded this morning at the Wood World Việt Nam JSC in Nam Cấm Industrial Park in Nghi Lộc District, Central Nghệ An Province.