Electricity of Việt Nam is set to link up more islands with the national power grid this year.

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc has approved a plan to allow HCM City district authorities to speed up the renovation or demolition of older apartment buildings to ensure safety for residents and their property.

The Mekong Delta has vast tourism potential but it has not been exploited well, partly due to poor communications among relevant players, a seminar on tourism development in the delta heard yesterday. 

Residents in HCM City are worried about the road-users’ safety following successive trees fallen on its routes during the recent rains.

The Central Highland Lâm Đồng Province’s local authorities have warned drivers to be cautious on National Highway 20 after many people were either injured or killed in several serious accidents.

The building of Long Thành International Airport must begin by 2019, Deputy Prime Minister Trịnh Đình Dũng told the leaders of Đồng Nai Province, where the airport will be located.

People will be allowed to record traffic violations for the first time, in an attempt to increase road safety awareness.

Nearly 100 young people in HCM City yesterday began their volunteer trip to neighbouring Laos as part of the “Red Holiday” and “Green Summer” campaigns launched by the city.

Families of seven Vietnamese fishermen, who were missing for nearly one week after their fishing vessel collided with a Philippines cargo ship in central Quảng Trị Province’s territorial waters, talked with the fishermen via telephones yesterday.