Despite the efforts of city authorities to remove hindrances in accessing land-use rights and house-ownership certificates - known as red books - the certificates still remain out of reach for many residents.

It was not until the current food safety havoc has the market realised a huge demand of Vietnamese customers for food of clear original, and the enterprises were quick to jump in the highly-potential agriculture sector which was used to be dominated by household farming only.

Việt Nam Coast Guard Commander Major General Nguyễn Quang Đạm said this morning that search teams were determined to locate the black box recorder of missing aircraft CASA 212 today.

Some VNĐ231.5 billion (US$10.4 million) will be allocated to 11 provinces and a company for handling the problems of drought and saline intrusion, a government report has said.

A club for women working in service establishments that expose them to a high risk of prostitution will be set up in HCM City in the third quarter to apprise them about labour laws and test them for sexually transmitted disease, a city official has said.

Migrant people who lack land for production are being blamed for deforestation over the last decade in the northern Điện Biên Province’s Mường Nhé District.

HCM City authorities plan to begin construction of the first of five massive flyovers next year.

About 180 railway bridges across the country are in need of urgent repairs to ensure traffic safety, according to Vietnam Railways (VNR).

President of the Việt Nam Fatherland Front (VFF) Central Committee Nguyễn Thiện Nhân yesterday visited and presented gifts to Major Nguyễn Hữu Cường, the surviving pilot of aircraft SU30 MK2 that recently went missing in the waters off of Nghệ An Province.