A worker at Hà Nội’s Cát Linh-Hà Đông Urban railway work was hospitalised late yesterday afternoon after falling from a height of five metres on the road.

More than 2,500 workers of Matrix Vinh Ltd Company – a toy producer in Bắc Vinh Industrial Zone in central Nghệ An Province – ended their strike and resumed work this morning.

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc has asked central provincial authorities and relevant ministries to inspect water discharge from reservoirs in wake of the recent floods.

Việt Nam-Cuba Hospital in collaboration with Operation Smile Việt Nam launched the eponymous orthopaedic surgery programme yesterday to help children with congential hare-lip in the northern region.

An eight-year-old boy's body was discovered by a herdsman yesterday, 3km from where he went missing in the southern province of Bình Dương two days ago.

A helicopter with three people on board lost communication with its control centre after flying for 15 minutes this morning in the southern province of Bà Rịa-Vũng Tàu.

Việt Nam Fatherland Front Central Committee President Nguyễn Thiện Nhân called on organisations and individuals at home and abroad to continue supporting the poor, especially those affected by natural calamities.

A fire occurred at a height of 30m, around the middle section of the television tower in northern Tuyên Quang Province yesterday afternoon. No casualties were reported.

An eight-year-old boy was missing as of late Monday afternoon following prolonged heavy rains, which flooded streets in the southeastern province of Bình Dương on Sunday.