The Quảng Bình People’s Committee has proposed to increase the fee collection period at the tollbooth at km604+700 and at the Quán Hàu tollbooth on Highway 1 that passes through this province.

National Traffic Safety Committee vice chairman Khuất Việt Hùng has ordered prosecution of the coach driver responsible for the accident that killed four people and seriously injured five others in the central province of Quảng Ngãi yesterday.

All wet markets in Hồ Chí Minh City are likely to be cleared if the People’s Committee approves a proposal by the Department of Health.

Passengers taking domestic flights in Viet Nam can now carry liquids, aerosols and gels on their flights, the Civil Aviation Authority of Việt Nam (CAAV) announced.

The environmental authorities in the Red River Delta province of Ninh Bình said that it would multiply the waste incineration model as a way of dealing with the growing amount of garbage.

Two naval ships set sail for the southern continental shelf on Monday to help the forces and fishermen working there cast their votes on the National Assembly (NA) and People’s Council deputies earlier than scheduled.

A Korean Coast Guard Academy training ship (3011 HAM), which has 170 crew members, arrived in Đà Nẵng yesterday to mark its three-day friendly visit to the city.

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.