The island country of Indonesia has repatriated 33 Vietnamese fishermen who were reportedly detained in late 2015 and early 2016 for accidently fishing in Indonesia’s seas.

The Vietnamese Embassy in Ukraine has urged the host country’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs to quickly work with relevant agencies to clarify the unwarranted raid and property confiscation of Vietnamese citizens in Odessa city on May 23.

Police in central Phú Yên Province have found signs of criminal activity leading to deforestation across nearly 110ha of land in Phú Mỡ Commune, Đồng Xuân District.

All samples of salt products taken from central coastal provinces that recently recorded an unusual massive fish death along the coast were tested and have met the national quality standards, the National Agro-Forestry-Fisheries Quality Assurance Department (NAFIQUAD) announced yesterday.

A global business start-up contest is being organised for the first time in Việt Nam to offer high school and university students in the country a chance to win money and support for their business ideas.

The Deputy Minister of Education and Training yesterday urged vocational training schools to renew curricula and methodology to help improve employee skills at industrial parks and export processing zones.

Local authorities of islands in central provinces- such as Quảng Nam, Quảng Ngãi and Bình Định - are facing shortages of knowledgable officials and difficulties in calling for officials to work at local authorised agencies.

The Ministry of Transport will inspect and discard unreasonable toll booths on build-operate-transfer (BOT) expressways across the country.

The World Health Organisation (WHO) urged Việt Nam to create a non-smoking environment during a meeting held on Thursday in Hà Nội, ahead of World No Tobacco Day on May 31.