The HCM City People’s Committee has instructed the Sài Gòn Water Supply Corporation (Sawaco) to upgrade and build water pumping stations and install water pipes to supply to households in the outlying districts of Bình Tân, Bình Chánh and Hóc Môn.

The Phú Thọ People’s Court yesterday gave a 38-year-old man a life sentence for committing fraud and misappropriating 50kg of gold.

Better service quality, more transit bus stations, a new legal framework, and enforcement of fines are expected to shut down illegal bus stations and unlicensed transport firms in HCM City.

HCM City plans to provide wireless internet (WiFi) free of charge for tourists and local residents, the deputy chairman of the HCM City People’s Committee Trần Vĩnh Tuyến said on Tuesday.

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.