The municipal People’s Committee chairman, Nguyễn Đức Chung, has ordered the establishment of five inter-sector inspection teams on food safety and hygiene.

A bus bearing Laos license plates exploded and caught fire while en route to Việt Nam today, killing nine Vietnamese and heavily injuring three others, 15km from the central province of Quảng Bình.

A campaign aiming to collect 1,000 national flags to send to the Trường Sa (Spratly) archipelago was launched yesterday in Huế.

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc has instructed the concerned ministries to adopt urgent measures to prevent and limit accidents caused by bombs and mines left over from the resistance war.

The Phú Quý Island District Police in the central province of Bình Thuận are investigating the reasons behind the explosion in Quý Hải Village in Long Hải Commune last evening.

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.