Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc has tasked the Ministry of Health to quickly clarify contents in the article reported by Thanh Niên (Young People) newspaper about “industrial” fish sauces containing a number of chemical additives selling in the market.

The central city of Da Nang is worried that its main source of fresh water will be polluted if a steel factory in Quảng Nam Province is relocated to the banks of the Vu Gia-Thu Bồn River.

One person has died after a ship carrying 44 passengers from Cửa Tùng Harbour to Cồn Cỏ Island in central Quảng Trị Province sank on Tuesday morning.

The first steel overpass in the inner city of Hải Phòng at the most crowded intersection is expected to be put into operation in January next year.

A 55-year-old man fell on the road and died after being pierced by metal sheets while trying to steer his three-wheeled vehicle to avoid a semi-truck in central Huế City yesterday.

The Institute of Material Science under the Việt Nam Academy of Science and Technology has announced its successful application of nano technology in researching and creating Nano FGC complex.

Outbreaks of cattle diseases have appeared in some areas across the country, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development’s Veterinary Department.

“Almost all farmers face difficulties getting bank loans as they struggle to put a security up for loans,” said Nguyễn Đăng Cường, a farmer in Thuận Thành District, northern Bắc Ninh Province.

The Ministry of Health last Saturday confirmed two new cases of Zika virus infection, raising the total number of locally transmitted cases in Việt Nam to five since April.