A tractor collided with a bridge’s handrail and fell into the sandbank on the Hương River in Huế City today, killing the driver.

The Vietnamese Consulate General in Fukuoka, Japan, is actively carrying out measures to support Vietnamese nationals affected by the recent back-to-back earthquakes in Kumamoto Prefecture and its surrounding areas.

More than 1,000 tourists who were stuck yesterday on Cù Lao Chàm Island in this central province were safely taken to the mainland this morning.

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.