Flash floods triggered by heavy rain killed two men in the northern province of Thái Nguyên on Friday night and early Saturday. Many major streets in Thái Nguyên City were flooded by 35-70cm of water.

A shortage of high-quality labourers has caused headaches for a range of software companies in central Đà Nẵng City that wanted to do business with foreign countries.

The Ministry of Health has ordered major cities and provinces to supervise suspension of the production and sales of 13 products of Coca-Cola Việt Nam, including the popular brands Minute Maid and Samurai.

HCM City will mobilise all possible resources for spending on anti-pollution measures and urban improvement to improve the quality of life as set out in a recent Party Committee resolution.

Ministries must intensify their actions to prevent all kinds of illegal river-bed mining and strictly punish those found to be illegally exploiting sand across the country, said Deputy Prime Minister Trịnh Đình Dũng.

Livestock husbandry and forestry plantation have maintained good growth, but agricultural production slowed over the last six months, a senior official from the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development has said.

Việt Nam has failed to issue a national certificate of quality for organic produce, creating obstacles for local producers pioneering in developing organic agriculture.

Many fishermen in the central province of Khánh Hoà are becoming prosperous by catching and selling young lobsters to breeding farms.