Việt Nam's population density of 274 persons per square kilometre is 5.2 times higher than the world average , the Ministry of Health’s General Office of Population and Family Planning said.

A huge fire erupted in the Minh Hưng-Korea II industrial zone in Bình Phước Province this morning, destroying workshops of a company with an area of thousands of square metres.

Two people died due to the heavy rainfall which drenched much of the northern province of Quảng Ninh yesterday and this morning.

The Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam (CAAV) has proposed the Ministry of Transport apply criminal charges for the act of projecting laser beams on planes during landing or take off.

The US Government has provided US$500,000 in additional emergency assistance to people in Mekong Delta provinces as they experienced the worst drought and saltwater intrusion in Việt Nam in the last decade.

Two recent work-related accidents in which six people were killed were caused by weak management at both central and local levels, said labour experts.

Authorities in Thừa Thiên - Huế Province have announced that the estimated damage of the locality from the mass fish deaths was VNĐ135 billion or US$6 million, following a meeting report released on Monday.

The Việt Nam Association of Bridge and Road Science and Technology has asked agencies to inspect the construction of a railway overpass under the north-south axis project in Hà Nội.

President Trần Đại Quang yesterday cabled a message of condolences to his Iraqi counterpart Fuad Masum over a terror bombing in the Iraqi capital of Bagdad that claimed the lives of at least 165 people and wounded over 131 others.