Storm Mirinae battered mainland from northern Quảng Ninh Province to central Thanh Hóa Province last night, bringing heavy rain and strong winds.

 The HCM City People’s Committee has approved a plan to modernise fire-fighting facilities and equipment by 2025.

The central city plans to open a 31.8km Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) route connecting the Đà Nẵng International Airport and favourite destinations with Hội An City in neighbouring Quảng Nam Province.

The HCM City Department of Transport has called on the administration to build smart parking lots at hospitals to meet the burgeoning demand for parking space at most of them.

A rural sanitation and clean water programme for the Central Highlands and central southern provinces was launched yesterday in the Central Highlands Lâm Đồng Province’s Đà Lạt City.

Cheap gas cylinders are a danger users as the gas in them is usually extracted or traded illegally.

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc yesterday ordered the administrations of northern localities and the northern central province of Thanh Hóa, and relevant agencies to promptly brace for Typhoon Mirinae that hit the mainland later that day.

Nearly 80 households set up tents to prevent the operations of Giang Sơn Manufacture, Trade and Services Joint-Stock Company's asphalt mixing station on Monday night.

Dengue fever is spreading rapidly in Việt Nam with 14 fatalities over the past seven months, the Ministry of Health said.