Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc has approved a plan for solid waste management in key economic zones in the north until 2030.

Residents of Mù Cang Chải District in the northern mountainous province of Yen Bai are enjoying better lives thanks to their special ethnic fruit called Sơn Tra.

Strong social dialogue, better working conditions and improved productivity will define economic progress in Việt Nam, as it enters a new era of global integration.

Every level crossing in the country will be inspected to ensure railway traffic safety and minimise accidents involving trains under a directive issued by Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc.

Border guards in the central Thanh Hóa Province have arrested two Lao nationals for trying to smuggle 69 cakes of heroin across the border.

Hà Nội People’s Committee has banned the business operations of boats and floating houses on the West Lake.

A 37-year-old traffic inspector allegedly involved in the assault of a woman employee at Nội Bài International Airport last Tuesday will be relieved of his duties with effect from November.

Around 600 drug addicts escaped from a rehabilitation centre in Đồng Nai Province’s Xuân Lộc District late last night, and caused havoc on and around National Highway 1, blocking traffic, rioting and looting. More than 300 have returned the centre this morning.

Trucks that weigh over 50 tonnes and coaches with more than 25 seats are banned from entering several streets in Hà Nội as three regional summits take place here on October 24-26.