Tân Sơn Nhất International Airport’s customs officials said yesterday that they arrested a Vietnamese-Australian passenger for allegedly transporting 14 cakes of heroin from Việt Nam to Australia.

The 27th International Biology Olympiad (IBO) has wrapped up in Hà Nội after a week of numerous activities.

The Việt Nam Farmer’s Union (VNFU) and the Japanese Institute of East Asian Studies (TOA) have signed an agreement on co-operation in agriculture, forestry, fisheries and rural development in Hà Nội.

A mud waste product of manganese mining and exploitation has allegedly polluted the environment and threatened the lives of local residents in Chiêm Hóa District in northern Tuyên Quang Province.

The southernmost province of Cà Mau over the next five years plans to raise the incomes of workers at craft villages that make fishing nets, repair fishing boats, and produce dried sea shrimp and fish.

Flood-prevention projects in HCM City will require an additional expenditure of at least VNĐ72 trillion (US$3.22 billion) over the next five years, according to a report from the city’s Department of Planning and Investment.

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc has presented certificates of merit and gifts to outstanding individuals who rendered their service to the country’s revolution during a ceremony in the Mekong Delta city of Cần Thơ.

Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Phạm Bình Minh have requested Vietnamese representative agencies in Germany work with local authorities to provide updates on the latest situation of Vietnamese citizens following a gun attack in Munich city on Friday.

Residents living near the polluted Nhiêu Lộc – Thị Nghè Canal in HCM City are performing a public service as they take turns spinning the wheels of a bicycle system designed to clean the canal’s dirty water.