Hà Nội Transport Corporation (Transerco) this morning began operations of two new bus routes linking downtown Hà Nội with suburban districts.

More than 500 households living along the banks of the Bồ River in central Thừa Thiên-Huế have been threatened by serious landslides.

 Farmers in the Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta have begun harvesting the year’s third rice crop, but face low yields even as prices have been pushed down by export difficulties.

Treatment for urinary kidney stones, a common health problem in countries with a tropical climate, has become more advanced in Việt Nam, but surgery is often required because patients wait too long to visit the hospital, according to doctors at Bình Dân Hospital in HCM City.

The number of hospitalised child patients with respiratory infections has risen to a record high at the two paediatric hospitals in HCM City as the diseases reach seasonal peaks from late September through December.

Police in central Thừa Thiên-Huế Province said yesterday that they arrested a woman who work as job broker to appropriate over VNĐ 700 million (US$ 31,500 )

Black boxes will be installed on all garbage trucks in HCM City next month so the city can supervise trash management.

A truck plunged off the Bó Củng Bridge in northern Lạng Sơn Province early yesterday morning, killing one person and injuring another.

The final railway beams of the Cát Linh Hà Đông urban railway were inserted on Saturday, putting a finish to the basic infrastructure construction of the skytrain project.