HCM City authorities have paved the way for the long-delayed US$500-million Saigon Safari Park by paying compensation for households affected by the project.

The Chairman of Hà Nội People’s Committee Nguyễn Đức Chung is asking relevant agencies to speed up the issuance of land-use rights certificates in the city.

Bus fares in Hà Nội will continue to rise after more cuts to government subsidies, Hà Huy Quang, deputy director of Hà Nội’s Transport Department said at a press conference on Tuesday.

Swarms of bọ đậu đen, an insect shaped like black bean, have invaded residents’ homes in southern provinces of Đồng Nai and Bình Phước

The central Quảng Nam Province's police have shut down the bigges-evert explosive material smuggling ring, seizing 2,964kg of explosives, 10,000 electric detonators and 1,500 metres of electric wire.

Brake failure was ruled the cause of a road accident in the Central Highlands province of Lâm Đồng that killed at least eight people and injured 30 others on Sunday, an initial investigation revealed.

The HCM City People’s Court handed down sentences ranging from five years to life to five Vietnamese defendants on charges of misappropriating assets and violating loan provision regulations at a trial on May 31.

The shortage of micronutrients in Việt Nam has decreased, but the rate of decrease is slow, experts from the health ministry's Institute of Nutrition said.

Vietnamese and foreign residents no longer have to visit the headquarters of authorised agencies to get their international driving permits issued thanks to an online service which began operations yesterday.