Health experts from Việt Nam and Australia have exchanged medical knowledge at a conference on health services and medical science that began on Tuesday in Hà Nội.

Almost 1,100 households in the northwestern mountainous provinces of Lào Cai, Sơn La and Lai Châu are in areas with a high risk of landslides, erosion and flash floods.

A court in HCM City on Tuesday (July 19, 2016) began to try 36 defendents in a scam that caused losses of over VNĐ9 trillion (over US$403 million) to the State coffers at the Việt Nam Construction Bank (VNCB).

Researchers from Hà Nội Medical University have warned alcohol consumers about an increased risk of methanol poisoning from consuming improperly brewed homemade alcohol.

Hà Nội traffic police have proposed a plan to the Ministry of Public Security to strictly handle cases of traffic law violations.

Seven fishermen from the central province of Quảng Bình returned home safely on Sunday after their ship was hit by a Philippine cargo vessel and sunk near the waters of Côn Đảo Island in central Quảng Trị Province on July 4.

The central province of Thừa Thiên–Huế is accelerating a project to improve the water environment in the former imperial city of Huế, funded by the Japan International Co-operation Agency (JICA).

Mekong Delta’s Long An province and its neighbour, HCM City,  need to have better transportation and communications connections in order to improve their economic development.