The Hà Nội police will investigate and prosecute those responsible for starting the fire in a karaoke bar in the city’s Cầu Giấy District on Tuesday, which claimed 13 lives.

Residents in Central provinces of Hà Tĩnh and Quảng Bình said they are fed up with the repeated floods, with one occurred in October and another repeated from Monday. Floods also happenned in Quảng Trị on Tuesday and in Thừa Thiên - Huế today.

The Department of Fire Prevention and Control, Rescue and Salvage under the Ministry of Public Security has ordered authorities of provinces and cities to review fire safety of entertainment venues.

A north-south train crashed into a motorbike last night in the capital’s Thanh Trì District, killing two people.

A man who was spreading false news on a top-ranking leader was interrogated and fined by the police of the southern province of Bến Tre yesterday.

A chemical processing and trading workshop in Phước Lập Hamlet, Tân Thành District of southern Bà Rịa-Vũng Tàu Province is affecting people’s health.

With women facing increased risks of HIV infection, experts are calling for greater emphasis on addressing the needs of women and girls in the national HIV response.

The floodgates of Dầu Tiếng Lake in Đồng Nai Province’s will be opened for the third time this year to ease rising flood waters, the HCM City Steering Committee for Flood and Storm Prevention and Control has said..

More than 95 per cent of Vietnamese journalists were hindered from publishing news at least once during their career, according to a report by RED Communication announced yesterday.