Vương Bạch Liên won the first prize of the journalism writing contest Young Francophones Reporters –Việt Nam 2016 which was organised for the first time by Le Courrier du Vietnam (CVN), a weekly French language newspaper under Vietnam News Agency.

The cause of the helicopter crash that killed three military officers on Tuesday has not been established, a colonel said.

Almost 2,400 leather products seized for being falsely labelled as designer brands were destroyed on Friday morning in Hà Nội.

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc has launched the National Statistical Survey Programme, which consists of three national survey censuses and 11 statistical surveys.

The anti-smuggling investigation department, under the customs department, on Friday gave the go-ahead to prosecute a criminal case against Thành Hải Trading & Services Limited on charges of smuggling.

Two passengers who hit a female airline employee at the Nội Bài International Airport on Tuesday have been banned from flying by Civil Aviation Authority of Việt Nam.

The Hà Nội International Women’s Club (HIWC) has awarded the Vision Award for Inspiring Women to Doctor Khuất Thị Hải Oanh, a woman who has worked to address the plight of some of Việt Nam’s most marginalised people.

In a bid to ease payroll pressure on the national budget and improve staff performance, the Prime Minister has decided to reduce the number of those on the State payroll at all levels next year by 1.4 per cent.

The Government of Italy has agreed to provide preferential loans for Việt nam to enhance its flood warning capability and wastewater treatment.