Việt Nam’s cybersecurity company Bkav has warned people about ransomware, a type of malicious software designed to block access to a computer system till a sum of money is paid.

The Cam Ly garbage dump in Lâm Đồng Province has been reopened after more than a year, to reduce the load on a waste treatment plant in Đà Lạt City.

Floods killed at least seven gold miners in Lào Cai Province’s Văn Bàn District, while sweeping away their tents early Saturday morning, instead of two deaths as reported earlier.

The HCM City People’s Court yesterday afternoon sentenced two persons to death and six to life imprisonment for drug trafficking.

Universities should reduce the minimum enrollment quotas to focus on improving training quality, said Head of the Ministry of Education and Training’s Higher Education, Nguyễn Thị Kim Phụng.

Three working teams from the Central Steering Committee for Anti-Corruption yesterday began their inspection of anti-corruption work in Phú Yên, Hậu Giang and Bắc Ninh provinces.

At least 13,000 of a total of 14,000 medical clinics nationwide have installed a healthcare insurance IT system since June.

Deputy Prime Minister Vương Đình Huệ, who is also head of the South West Steering Committee, yesterday (August 23) called on authorities in Mekong Delta provinces to do more to reduce poverty, especially among ethnic minorities.

Owners of illegal outdoor advertising billboards in Hà Nội have been asked to remove them by September 3, or the relevant authorities will take corrective action.