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.

The Zika virus has been discovered in a small sampling of Aedes mosquitos in the costal city of Nha Trang, the National Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology reported.

Construction has started on the main road in the southern gateway of the city in Hoàng Mai District at a cost of VNĐ2,067 billion (US$ 92.66 million)

The HCM City Department of Health last week inspected 25 fish-sauce and dipping-sauce processing and trading establishments and found 19 of them flouting food safety and hygiene regulations.

The nation’s premier coffee growing region has replaced more than a hundred thousand hectares of the crop with other cash crops like cashew and pepper.

Flood waters broke a protective dyke in Quảng Bình Province yesterday. No casualties were reported.

A communication campaign will be launched nationwide from October 16 to 23 in efforts to strengthen community awareness on nutrition safety and malnutrition prevention in people, especially children.