Heavy metals have been detected in six out of nine seafood samples taken on August 5 off Hà Tĩnh Province, the National Institute for Food Control’s latest report said.

A large crack has appeared in National Highway 32 C in the northern Yên Bái Province, which was heavily battered by storm Dianmu last week.

An explosion at a coal gasification furnace in the central Nghệ An Province‘s Trung Đô Granite brick factory killed two workers, a factory manager said yesterday.

The central city has chosen the red-shanked douc langur (Pygathryx nemaeus) as the official mascot of Đà Nẵng at the 2017 APEC (Asia-Pacific Economic Co-operation) Summit.

 A programme initiated by the Việt Nam Youth Union provides not only financial and employment support but also vocational training as well as legal consultation to young inmates and drug addicts.

The life of a badly injured five-year-old child was saved after she received blood donated by doctors at Thạch Thành District General Hospital in the central Thanh Hóa Province yesterday.

Local authorities should facilitate private investment in affordable housing for workers at the Tân Thuận Export Processing Zone in District 7, HCM City Party Committee Secretary Đinh La Thăng has said.

Hà Nội’s People’s Committee has urged the People’s Committee in Sóc Sơn District to review their management of agricultural land after local households have reportedly illegally built houses on farmland.

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc has signed a decision on the establishment of a steering committee to stabilise lives and production in four central provinces affected by the serious environmental incident.