District-level authorities in HCM City must promote scientific and technological activities in order to modernise production, a seminar heard in HCM City last week.

The number of dengue fever cases has soared in the southern province of Ninh Thuận and HCM City, although the disease often peaks in the rainy season.

After being unable to sell their catches for many days due to the mass fish deaths, fishermen in the central provinces of Hà Tĩnh and Quảng Bình have been thrown a lifeline by businesses coming forward to buy from them.

An influx of people returned to big cities, particularly Hà Nội and HCM City, after enjoying the four-day holiday for the Reunification and Labour Day celebrations, causing some traffic congestion along cities’ entrance routes.

US Ambassador Ted Osius and Senior Lieutenant General Nguyễn Chí Vịnh, the deputy minister of Defence, announced yesterday the successful treatment of dioxin-contaminated soil at Đà Nẵng International Airport under a project managed by the US Agency for International Development (USAID) and the Ministry of National Defence.

Two Vietnamese women scientists have been honoured in Asian Scientist Magazine's The Asian Scientist 100.

A total of 55 traffic accidents occurred during the nationwide holiday, the National Traffic Safety Committee has reported.

Specific measures must be deployed to deal with the consequences of massive fish deaths, and to avoid similar environmental disasters, Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc said this afternoon in central Hà Tĩnh Province.

The Ministry of Industry and Trade (MIT) has set up a hotline to help fishermen in the coastal central provinces sell fish caught offshore. The move also aims to eliminate problems for fishermen who suffered losses due to massive fish deaths along beaches in the region over the past weeks.