The clean water supply for about 50,000 households in three districts of Tiền Giang Province was suspended after a pipeline connecting the areas to the Bình Đức Water Plant failed.

The Ministry of Health’s Department of Food Safety and Hygiene has urged the provincial authority to quickly send samples of frozen mackerel scads to Hà Nội City for further testing.

Police of the northern mountainous province of Lai Châu have arrested a man for illegally transporting more than 36,000 tablets of methamphetamine.

Đồng Nai Police's Economic Crime Investigation Department discovered 300kg of smuggled Chinese fireworks while inspecting packages being transported from Hà Nội Station to Hố Nai Station in this southern province.

Quảng Nam Province has seen a number of forest destruction cases recently and provincial authorities determined management overlap and loose inspections led to the problem.

The Cao Bằng Border Guards, in co-ordination with the Hạ Lang District Police, seized a man on Saturday for keeping 10kg of heroin. Dẫn’s accomplice, Hoàng Văn Cường, 19, was also seized.

Nghệ An central province authorities are investigating the death of a gayal or wild oxen  in a protected forest in Vĩnh Sơn Commune, Anh Sơn District.

Chemical markets that are endangering food and public safety must be moved out of residential areas and criminal charges filed against violation of trading rules in toxic substances.

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc urged Đồng Tháp Province to mobilise and boost diversification of investment models in agricultural development.